1 <sect2><title>Contents of util-linux-&util-linux-contversion;</title>
3 <sect3><title>Program Files</title>
4 <para>agetty, arch, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chkdupexe, col, colcrt,
5 colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, cytune, ddate, dmesg, elvtune, fdformat, fdisk,
6 fsck.minix, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize
7 kill, line, logger, look, losetup, mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.minix,
8 mkswap, more, mount, namei, pivot_root,
9 ramsize (link to rdev), raw, rdev, readprofile, rename, renice, rev,
10 rootflags (link to rdev), script, setfdprm, setsid, setterm, sfdisk,
11 swapoff (link to swapon), swapon, tunelp, ul, umount, vidmode, whereis
12 and write</para></sect3>
14 <sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
16 <sect4><title>agetty</title>
17 <para>agetty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the
18 /bin/login command.</para></sect4>
20 <sect4><title>arch</title>
21 <para>arch prints the machine architecture.</para></sect4>
23 <sect4><title>blockdev</title>
24 <para>blockdev allows to call block device ioctls from the command
27 <sect4><title>cal</title>
28 <para>cal displays a simple calender.</para></sect4>
30 <sect4><title>cfdisk</title>
31 <para>cfdisk is an libncurses based disk partition table
32 manipulator.</para></sect4>
34 <sect4><title>chkdupexe</title>
35 <para>chkdupexe finds duplicate executables.</para></sect4>
37 <sect4><title>col</title>
38 <para>col filters reverse line feeds from input.</para></sect4>
40 <sect4><title>colcrt</title>
41 <para>colcrt filters nroff output for CRT previewing.</para></sect4>
43 <sect4><title>colrm</title>
44 <para>colrm removes columns from a file.</para></sect4>
46 <sect4><title>column</title>
47 <para>column columnates lists.</para></sect4>
49 <sect4><title>ctrlaltdel</title>
50 <para>ctrlaltdel sets the function of the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination (hard
51 or soft reset).</para></sect4>
53 <sect4><title>cytune</title>
54 <para>cytune queries and modifies the interruption threshold for the Cyclades
55 driver.</para></sect4>
57 <sect4><title>ddate</title>
58 <para>ddate converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates.</para></sect4>
60 <sect4><title>dmesg</title>
61 <para>dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer (boot
62 messages from the kernel).</para></sect4>
64 <sect4><title>elvtune</title>
65 <para>elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue
68 <sect4><title>fdformat</title>
69 <para>fdformat low-level formats a floppy disk.</para></sect4>
71 <sect4><title>fdisk</title>
72 <para>fdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect4>
74 <sect4><title>fsck.minix</title>
75 <para>fsck.minix performs a consistency check for the Linux MINIX
76 filesystem.</para></sect4>
78 <sect4><title>getopt</title>
79 <para>getops parses command options the same way as the getopt C
80 command.</para></sect4>
82 <sect4><title>hexdump</title>
83 <para>hexdump displays specified files, or standard input, in a user specified
84 format (ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal).</para></sect4>
86 <sect4><title>hwclock</title>
87 <para>hwclock queries and sets the hardware clock (Also called the RTC or BIOS
88 clock).</para></sect4>
90 <sect4><title>ipcrm</title>
91 <para>ipcrm removes a specified resource.</para></sect4>
93 <sect4><title>ipcs</title>
94 <para>ipcs provides information on IPC facilities.</para></sect4>
96 <sect4><title>isosize</title>
97 <para>isosize outputs the length of a iso9660 file system.</para></sect4>
99 <sect4><title>kill</title>
100 <para>kill sends a specified signal to the specified process.</para></sect4>
102 <sect4><title>line</title>
103 <para>line copies one line (up to a newline) from standard input and writes it
104 to standard output.</para></sect4>
106 <sect4><title>logger</title>
107 <para>logger makes entries in the system log.</para></sect4>
109 <sect4><title>look</title>
110 <para>look displays lines beginning with a given string.</para></sect4>
112 <sect4><title>losetup</title>
113 <para>losetup sets up and controls loop devices.</para></sect4>
115 <sect4><title>mcookie</title>
116 <para>mcookie generates magic cookies for xauth.</para></sect4>
118 <sect4><title>mkfs</title>
119 <para>mkfs builds a Linux filesystem on a device, usually a harddisk
120 partition.</para></sect4>
122 <sect4><title>mkfs.bfs</title>
123 <para>mkfs.bfs creates a SCO bfs file system on a device, usually a harddisk
124 partition.</para></sect4>
126 <sect4><title>mkfs.minix</title>
127 <para>mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device, usually a
128 harddisk partition.</para></sect4>
130 <sect4><title>mkswap</title>
131 <para>mkswap sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file.</para></sect4>
133 <sect4><title>more</title>
134 <para>more is a filter for paging through text one screen full at a
137 <sect4><title>mount</title>
138 <para>mount mounts a filesystem from a device to a directory (mount
139 point).</para></sect4>
141 <sect4><title>namei</title>
142 <para>namei follows a pathname until a terminal point is found.</para></sect4>
144 <sect4><title>pivot_root</title>
145 <para>pivot_root moves the root file system of the current process.</para></sect4>
147 <sect4><title>ramsize</title>
148 <para>ramsize queries and sets RAM disk size.</para></sect4>
150 <sect4><title>raw</title>
151 <para>raw is used to bind a Linux raw character device to a block device.</para></sect4>
153 <sect4><title>rdev</title>
154 <para>rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size, or
155 video mode.</para></sect4>
157 <sect4><title>readprofile</title>
158 <para>readprofile reads kernel profiling information.</para></sect4>
160 <sect4><title>rename</title>
161 <para>rename renames files.</para></sect4>
163 <sect4><title>renice</title>
164 <para>renice alters priority of running processes.</para></sect4>
166 <sect4><title>rev</title>
167 <para>rev reverses lines of a file.</para></sect4>
169 <sect4><title>rootflags</title>
170 <para>rootflags queries and sets extra information used when mounting
173 <sect4><title>script</title>
174 <para>script makes typescript of terminal session.</para></sect4>
176 <sect4><title>setfdprm</title>
177 <para>setfdprm sets user-provides floppy disk parameters.</para></sect4>
179 <sect4><title>setsid</title>
180 <para>setsid runs programs in a new session.</para></sect4>
182 <sect4><title>setterm</title>
183 <para>setterm sets terminal attributes.</para></sect4>
185 <sect4><title>sfdisk</title>
186 <para>sfdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect4>
188 <sect4><title>swapoff</title>
189 <para>swapoff disables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect4>
191 <sect4><title>swapon</title>
192 <para>swapon enables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect4>
194 <sect4><title>tunelp</title>
195 <para>tunelp sets various parameters for the LP device.</para></sect4>
197 <sect4><title>ul</title>
198 <para>ul reads a file and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
199 which indicates underlining for the terminal in use.</para></sect4>
201 <sect4><title>umount</title>
202 <para>umount unmounts a mounted filesystem.</para></sect4>
204 <sect4><title>vidmode</title>
205 <para>vidmode queries and sets the video mode.</para></sect4>
207 <sect4><title>whereis</title>
208 <para>whereis locates a binary, source and manual page for a
209 command.</para></sect4>
211 <sect4><title>write</title>
212 <para>write sends a message to another user.</para></sect4>