BOOK/chapter06/util-linux.xml

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   8 <sect1 id="ch-system-util-linux" role="wrap">
   9   <?dbhtml filename="util-linux.html"?>
  10
  11   <sect1info condition="script">
  12     <productname>util-linux</productname>
  13     <productnumber>&util-linux-version;</productnumber>
  14     <address>&util-linux-url;</address>
  15   </sect1info>
  16
  17   <title>Util-linux-&util-linux-version;</title>
  18
  19   <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux">
  20     <primary sortas="a-Util-linux">Util-linux</primary>
  21   </indexterm>
  22
  23   <sect2 role="package">
  24     <title/>
  25
  26     <para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs.
  27     Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles, partitions,
  28     and messages.</para>
  29
  30     <segmentedlist>
  31       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  32       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  33
  34       <seglistitem>
  35         <seg>&util-linux-ch6-sbu;</seg>
  36         <seg>&util-linux-ch6-du;</seg>
  37       </seglistitem>
  38     </segmentedlist>
  39
  40   </sect2>
  41
  42   <sect2 role="installation">
  43     <title>FHS compliance notes</title>
  44
  45     <para>The FHS recommends using the <filename
  46     class="directory">/var/lib/hwclock</filename> directory instead of the
  47     usual <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> directory as the
  48     location for the <filename>adjtime</filename> file.  First create a directory
  49     to enable storage for the <command>hwclock</command> program:</para>
  50
  51 <screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
  52
  53   </sect2>
  54
  55   <sect2 role="installation">
  56     <title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
  57 <!--
  58     <para>First, fix one of the regression tests:</para>
  59
  60 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -e 's/2^64/(2^64/' -e 's/E &lt;/E) &lt;=/' -e 's/ne /eq /' \
  61     -i tests/ts/ipcs/limits2</userinput></screen>
  62 -->
  63     <para revision="systemd">Remove the earlier created symlinks:</para>
  64
  65 <screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="pre">rm -vf /usr/include/{blkid,libmount,uuid}</userinput></screen>
  66
  67     <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
  68
  69 <screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime   \
  70             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
  71             --disable-chfn-chsh  \
  72             --disable-login      \
  73             --disable-nologin    \
  74             --disable-su         \
  75             --disable-setpriv    \
  76             --disable-runuser    \
  77             --disable-pylibmount \
  78             --disable-static     \
  79             --without-python     \
  80             --without-systemd    \
  81             --without-systemdsystemunitdir</userinput></screen>
  82
  83 <screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime   \
  84             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
  85             --disable-chfn-chsh  \
  86             --disable-login      \
  87             --disable-nologin    \
  88             --disable-su         \
  89             --disable-setpriv    \
  90             --disable-runuser    \
  91             --disable-pylibmount \
  92             --disable-static     \
  93             --without-python</userinput></screen>
  94
  95     <para>The --disable and --without options prevent warnings about
  96     building components that require packages not in LFS or are
  97     inconsistent with programs installed by other packages.</para>
  98
  99     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 100
 101 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 102
 103     <para>If desired, run the test suite as a non-root user:</para>
 104
 105     <warning><para>Running the test suite as the root user can be harmful to
 106     your system.  To run it, the CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG option for the kernel must
 107     be available in the currently running system, and must be built as a
 108     module.  Building it into the kernel will prevent booting.  For complete
 109     coverage, other BLFS packages must be installed.  If desired, this test can
 110     be run after rebooting into the completed LFS system and running:</para>
 111
 112     <screen role="nodump"><userinput>bash tests/run.sh --srcdir=$PWD --builddir=$PWD</userinput></screen>
 113     </warning>
 114
 115     <screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv nobody .
 116 su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "PATH=$PATH make -k check"</userinput></screen>
 117
 118     <para>Install the package:</para>
 119
 120 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
 121
 122   </sect2>
 123
 124   <sect2 id="contents-utillinux" role="content">
 125     <title>Contents of Util-linux</title>
 126
 127     <segmentedlist>
 128       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
 129       <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
 130       <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
 131
 132       <seglistitem>
 133         <seg>addpart, agetty, blkdiscard, blkid, blkzone, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chcpu,
 134         chmem, choom, chrt, col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, delpart, dmesg,
 135         eject, fallocate, fdformat, fdisk, fincore, findfs, findmnt, flock, fsck,
 136         fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hexdump, hwclock,
 137         i386, ionice, ipcmk, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize, kill, last, lastb (link to
 138         last), ldattach, linux32, linux64, logger, look, losetup, lsblk, lscpu,
 139         lsipc, lslocks, lslogins, lsmem, lsns, mcookie, mesg, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap,
 140         more, mount, mountpoint, namei, nsenter, partx, pivot_root, prlimit, raw,
 141         readprofile, rename, renice, resizepart, rev, rfkill, rtcwake, script,
 142         scriptreplay, setarch, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, sulogin, swaplabel,
 143         swapoff (link to swapon), swapon, switch_root, taskset, ul,
 144         umount, uname26, unshare, utmpdump, uuidd, uuidgen, uuidparse, wall, wdctl, whereis,
 145         wipefs, x86_64, and zramctl</seg>
 146         <seg>libblkid.so, libfdisk.so, libmount.so,
 147         libsmartcols.so, and libuuid.so</seg>
 148         <seg>/usr/include/blkid,
 149              /usr/include/libfdisk,
 150              /usr/include/libmount,
 151              /usr/include/libsmartcols,
 152              /usr/include/uuid,
 153              /usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;,
 154          and /var/lib/hwclock</seg>
 155       </seglistitem>
 156     </segmentedlist>
 157
 158     <variablelist>
 159       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
 160       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
 161       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
 162
 163       <varlistentry id="addpart">
 164         <term><command>addpart</command></term>
 165         <listitem>
 166           <para>Informs the Linux kernel of new partitions</para>
 167           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux addpart">
 168             <primary sortas="b-addpart">addpart</primary>
 169           </indexterm>
 170         </listitem>
 171       </varlistentry>
 172
 173       <varlistentry id="agetty">
 174         <term><command>agetty</command></term>
 175         <listitem>
 176           <para>Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
 177           and then invokes the <command>login</command> program</para>
 178           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux agetty">
 179             <primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary>
 180           </indexterm>
 181         </listitem>
 182       </varlistentry>
 183
 184       <varlistentry id="blkdiscard">
 185         <term><command>blkdiscard</command></term>
 186         <listitem>
 187           <para>Discards sectors on a device</para>
 188           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkdiscard">
 189             <primary sortas="b-blkdiscard">blkdiscard</primary>
 190           </indexterm>
 191         </listitem>
 192       </varlistentry>
 193
 194       <varlistentry id="blkid">
 195         <term><command>blkid</command></term>
 196         <listitem>
 197           <para>A command line utility to locate and print block device
 198           attributes</para>
 199           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkid">
 200             <primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary>
 201           </indexterm>
 202         </listitem>
 203       </varlistentry>
 204
 205       <varlistentry id="blkzone">
 206         <term><command>blkzone</command></term>
 207         <listitem>
 208           <para>Runs zone command on the given block device</para>
 209           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkzone">
 210             <primary sortas="b-blkzone">blkzone</primary>
 211           </indexterm>
 212         </listitem>
 213       </varlistentry>
 214
 215       <varlistentry id="blockdev">
 216         <term><command>blockdev</command></term>
 217         <listitem>
 218           <para>Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command
 219           line</para>
 220           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blockdev">
 221             <primary sortas="b-blockdev">blockdev</primary>
 222           </indexterm>
 223         </listitem>
 224       </varlistentry>
 225
 226       <varlistentry id="cal">
 227         <term><command>cal</command></term>
 228         <listitem>
 229           <para>Displays a simple calendar</para>
 230           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cal">
 231             <primary sortas="b-cal">cal</primary>
 232           </indexterm>
 233         </listitem>
 234       </varlistentry>
 235
 236       <varlistentry id="cfdisk">
 237         <term><command>cfdisk</command></term>
 238         <listitem>
 239           <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
 240           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cfdisk">
 241             <primary sortas="b-cfdisk">cfdisk</primary>
 242           </indexterm>
 243         </listitem>
 244       </varlistentry>
 245
 246       <varlistentry id="chcpu">
 247         <term><command>chcpu</command></term>
 248         <listitem>
 249           <para>Modifies the state of CPUs</para>
 250           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chcpu">
 251             <primary sortas="b-chcpu">chcpu</primary>
 252           </indexterm>
 253         </listitem>
 254       </varlistentry>
 255
 256       <varlistentry id="chmem">
 257         <term><command>chmem</command></term>
 258         <listitem>
 259           <para>Configures memory</para>
 260           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chmem">
 261             <primary sortas="b-chmem">chmem</primary>
 262           </indexterm>
 263         </listitem>
 264       </varlistentry>
 265
 266       <varlistentry id="choom">
 267         <term><command>choom</command></term>
 268         <listitem>
 269           <para>Displays and adjusts OOM-killer score</para>
 270           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux choom">
 271             <primary sortas="b-choom">choom</primary>
 272           </indexterm>
 273         </listitem>
 274       </varlistentry>
 275
 276       <varlistentry id="chrt">
 277         <term><command>chrt</command></term>
 278         <listitem>
 279           <para>Manipulates real-time attributes of a process</para>
 280           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chrt">
 281             <primary sortas="b-chrt">chrt</primary>
 282           </indexterm>
 283         </listitem>
 284       </varlistentry>
 285
 286       <varlistentry id="col">
 287         <term><command>col</command></term>
 288         <listitem>
 289           <para>Filters out reverse line feeds</para>
 290           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux col">
 291             <primary sortas="b-col">col</primary>
 292           </indexterm>
 293         </listitem>
 294       </varlistentry>
 295
 296       <varlistentry id="colcrt">
 297         <term><command>colcrt</command></term>
 298         <listitem>
 299           <para>Filters <command>nroff</command> output for terminals
 300           that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines</para>
 301           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colcrt">
 302             <primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary>
 303           </indexterm>
 304         </listitem>
 305       </varlistentry>
 306
 307       <varlistentry id="colrm">
 308         <term><command>colrm</command></term>
 309         <listitem>
 310           <para>Filters out the given columns</para>
 311           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colrm">
 312             <primary sortas="b-colrm">colrm</primary>
 313           </indexterm>
 314         </listitem>
 315       </varlistentry>
 316
 317       <varlistentry id="column">
 318         <term><command>column</command></term>
 319         <listitem>
 320           <para>Formats a given file into multiple columns</para>
 321           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux column">
 322             <primary sortas="b-column">column</primary>
 323           </indexterm>
 324         </listitem>
 325       </varlistentry>
 326
 327       <varlistentry id="ctrlaltdel">
 328         <term><command>ctrlaltdel</command></term>
 329         <listitem>
 330           <para>Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a
 331           hard or a soft reset</para>
 332           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ctrlaltdel">
 333             <primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary>
 334           </indexterm>
 335         </listitem>
 336       </varlistentry>
 337
 338       <varlistentry id="delpart">
 339         <term><command>delpart</command></term>
 340         <listitem>
 341           <para>Asks the Linux kernel to remove a partition</para>
 342           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux delpart">
 343             <primary sortas="b-delpart">delpart</primary>
 344           </indexterm>
 345         </listitem>
 346       </varlistentry>
 347
 348       <varlistentry id="dmesg">
 349         <term><command>dmesg</command></term>
 350         <listitem>
 351           <para>Dumps the kernel boot messages</para>
 352           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux dmesg">
 353             <primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary>
 354           </indexterm>
 355         </listitem>
 356       </varlistentry>
 357
 358       <varlistentry id="eject">
 359         <term><command>eject</command></term>
 360         <listitem>
 361           <para>Ejects removable media</para>
 362           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux eject">
 363             <primary sortas="b-eject">eject</primary>
 364           </indexterm>
 365         </listitem>
 366       </varlistentry>
 367
 368       <varlistentry id="fallocate">
 369         <term><command>fallocate</command></term>
 370         <listitem>
 371           <para>Preallocates space to a file</para>
 372           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fallocate">
 373             <primary sortas="b-fallocate">fallocate</primary>
 374           </indexterm>
 375         </listitem>
 376       </varlistentry>
 377
 378       <varlistentry id="fdformat">
 379         <term><command>fdformat</command></term>
 380         <listitem>
 381           <para>Low-level formats a floppy disk</para>
 382           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdformat">
 383             <primary sortas="b-fdformat">fdformat</primary>
 384           </indexterm>
 385         </listitem>
 386       </varlistentry>
 387
 388       <varlistentry id="fdisk">
 389         <term><command>fdisk</command></term>
 390         <listitem>
 391           <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
 392           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdisk">
 393             <primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary>
 394           </indexterm>
 395         </listitem>
 396       </varlistentry>
 397
 398       <varlistentry id="fincore">
 399         <term><command>fincore</command></term>
 400         <listitem>
 401           <para>Counts pages of file contents in core</para>
 402           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fincore">
 403             <primary sortas="b-fincore">fincore</primary>
 404           </indexterm>
 405         </listitem>
 406       </varlistentry>
 407
 408       <varlistentry id="findfs">
 409         <term><command>findfs</command></term>
 410         <listitem>
 411           <para>Finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier
 412           (UUID)</para>
 413           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findfs">
 414             <primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary>
 415           </indexterm>
 416         </listitem>
 417       </varlistentry>
 418
 419       <varlistentry id="findmnt">
 420         <term><command>findmnt</command></term>
 421         <listitem>
 422           <para>Is a command line interface to the libmount library
 423           for work with mountinfo, fstab and mtab files</para>
 424           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findmnt">
 425             <primary sortas="b-findmnt">findmnt</primary>
 426           </indexterm>
 427         </listitem>
 428       </varlistentry>
 429
 430       <varlistentry id="flock">
 431         <term><command>flock</command></term>
 432         <listitem>
 433           <para>Acquires a file lock and then executes a command with the lock
 434           held</para>
 435           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux flock">
 436             <primary sortas="b-flock">flock</primary>
 437           </indexterm>
 438         </listitem>
 439       </varlistentry>
 440
 441       <varlistentry id="fsck">
 442         <term><command>fsck</command></term>
 443         <listitem>
 444           <para>Is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems</para>
 445           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck">
 446             <primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary>
 447           </indexterm>
 448         </listitem>
 449       </varlistentry>
 450
 451       <varlistentry id="fsck.cramfs">
 452         <term><command>fsck.cramfs</command></term>
 453         <listitem>
 454           <para>Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the
 455           given device</para>
 456           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.cramfs">
 457             <primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary>
 458           </indexterm>
 459         </listitem>
 460       </varlistentry>
 461
 462       <varlistentry id="fsck.minix">
 463         <term><command>fsck.minix</command></term>
 464         <listitem>
 465           <para>Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the
 466           given device</para>
 467           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.minix">
 468             <primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary>
 469           </indexterm>
 470         </listitem>
 471       </varlistentry>
 472
 473       <varlistentry id="fsfreeze">
 474         <term><command>fsfreeze</command></term>
 475         <listitem>
 476           <para>Is a very simple wrapper around FIFREEZE/FITHAW ioctl
 477           kernel driver operations</para>
 478           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsfreeze">
 479             <primary sortas="b-fsfreeze">fsfreeze</primary>
 480           </indexterm>
 481         </listitem>
 482       </varlistentry>
 483
 484       <varlistentry id="fstrim">
 485         <term><command>fstrim</command></term>
 486         <listitem>
 487           <para>Discards unused blocks on a mounted filesystem</para>
 488           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fstrim">
 489             <primary sortas="b-fstrim">fstrim</primary>
 490           </indexterm>
 491         </listitem>
 492       </varlistentry>
 493
 494       <varlistentry id="getopt">
 495         <term><command>getopt</command></term>
 496         <listitem>
 497           <para>Parses options in the given command line</para>
 498           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux getopt">
 499             <primary sortas="b-getopt">getopt</primary>
 500           </indexterm>
 501         </listitem>
 502       </varlistentry>
 503
 504       <varlistentry id="hexdump">
 505         <term><command>hexdump</command></term>
 506         <listitem>
 507           <para>Dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given
 508           format</para>
 509           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hexdump">
 510             <primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary>
 511           </indexterm>
 512         </listitem>
 513       </varlistentry>
 514
 515       <varlistentry id="hwclock">
 516         <term><command>hwclock</command></term>
 517         <listitem>
 518           <para>Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called
 519           the Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
 520           clock</para>
 521           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hwclock">
 522             <primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary>
 523           </indexterm>
 524         </listitem>
 525       </varlistentry>
 526
 527       <varlistentry id="i386">
 528         <term><command>i386</command></term>
 529         <listitem>
 530           <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
 531           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux i386">
 532             <primary sortas="b-i386">i386</primary>
 533           </indexterm>
 534         </listitem>
 535       </varlistentry>
 536
 537       <varlistentry id="ionice">
 538         <term><command>ionice</command></term>
 539         <listitem>
 540           <para>Gets or sets the io scheduling class and priority for a program</para>
 541           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ionice">
 542             <primary sortas="b-ionice">ionice</primary>
 543           </indexterm>
 544         </listitem>
 545       </varlistentry>
 546
 547       <varlistentry id="ipcmk">
 548         <term><command>ipcmk</command></term>
 549         <listitem>
 550           <para>Creates various IPC resources</para>
 551           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcmk">
 552             <primary sortas="b-ipcmk">ipcmk</primary>
 553           </indexterm>
 554         </listitem>
 555       </varlistentry>
 556
 557       <varlistentry id="ipcrm">
 558         <term><command>ipcrm</command></term>
 559         <listitem>
 560           <para>Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource</para>
 561           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcrm">
 562             <primary sortas="b-ipcrm">ipcrm</primary>
 563           </indexterm>
 564         </listitem>
 565       </varlistentry>
 566
 567       <varlistentry id="ipcs">
 568         <term><command>ipcs</command></term>
 569         <listitem>
 570           <para>Provides IPC status information</para>
 571           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcs">
 572             <primary sortas="b-ipcs">ipcs</primary>
 573           </indexterm>
 574         </listitem>
 575       </varlistentry>
 576
 577       <varlistentry id="isosize">
 578         <term><command>isosize</command></term>
 579         <listitem>
 580           <para>Reports the size of an iso9660 file system</para>
 581           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux isosize">
 582             <primary sortas="b-isosize">isosize</primary>
 583           </indexterm>
 584         </listitem>
 585       </varlistentry>
 586
 587       <varlistentry id="kill">
 588         <term><command>kill</command></term>
 589         <listitem>
 590           <para>Sends signals to processes</para>
 591           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux kill">
 592             <primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary>
 593           </indexterm>
 594         </listitem>
 595       </varlistentry>
 596
 597       <varlistentry id="last">
 598         <term><command>last</command></term>
 599         <listitem>
 600           <para>Shows which users last logged in (and out), searching back
 601           through the <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> file; it also shows
 602           system boots, shutdowns, and run-level changes</para>
 603           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux last">
 604             <primary sortas="b-last">last</primary>
 605           </indexterm>
 606         </listitem>
 607       </varlistentry>
 608
 609       <varlistentry id="lastb">
 610         <term><command>lastb</command></term>
 611         <listitem>
 612           <para>Shows the failed login attempts, as logged in
 613           <filename>/var/log/btmp</filename></para>
 614           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lastb">
 615             <primary sortas="b-lastb">lastb</primary>
 616           </indexterm>
 617         </listitem>
 618       </varlistentry>
 619
 620       <varlistentry id="ldattach">
 621         <term><command>ldattach</command></term>
 622         <listitem>
 623           <para>Attaches a line discipline to a serial line</para>
 624           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ldattach">
 625             <primary sortas="b-ldattach">ldattach</primary>
 626           </indexterm>
 627         </listitem>
 628       </varlistentry>
 629
 630       <varlistentry id="linux32">
 631         <term><command>linux32</command></term>
 632         <listitem>
 633           <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
 634           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux32">
 635             <primary sortas="b-linux32">linux32</primary>
 636           </indexterm>
 637         </listitem>
 638       </varlistentry>
 639
 640       <varlistentry id="linux64">
 641         <term><command>linux64</command></term>
 642         <listitem>
 643           <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
 644           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux64">
 645             <primary sortas="b-linux64">linux64</primary>
 646           </indexterm>
 647         </listitem>
 648       </varlistentry>
 649
 650       <varlistentry id="logger">
 651         <term><command>logger</command></term>
 652         <listitem>
 653           <para>Enters the given message into the system log</para>
 654           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux logger">
 655             <primary sortas="b-logger">logger</primary>
 656           </indexterm>
 657         </listitem>
 658       </varlistentry>
 659
 660       <varlistentry id="look">
 661         <term><command>look</command></term>
 662         <listitem>
 663           <para>Displays lines that begin with the given string</para>
 664           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux look">
 665             <primary sortas="b-look">look</primary>
 666           </indexterm>
 667         </listitem>
 668       </varlistentry>
 669
 670       <varlistentry id="losetup">
 671         <term><command>losetup</command></term>
 672         <listitem>
 673           <para>Sets up and controls loop devices</para>
 674           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux losetup">
 675             <primary sortas="b-losetup">losetup</primary>
 676           </indexterm>
 677         </listitem>
 678       </varlistentry>
 679
 680       <varlistentry id="lsblk">
 681         <term><command>lsblk</command></term>
 682         <listitem>
 683           <para>Lists information about all or selected block devices in
 684            a tree-like format</para>
 685           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsblk">
 686             <primary sortas="b-lsblk">lsblk</primary>
 687           </indexterm>
 688         </listitem>
 689       </varlistentry>
 690
 691       <varlistentry id="lscpu">
 692         <term><command>lscpu</command></term>
 693         <listitem>
 694           <para>Prints CPU architecture information</para>
 695           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lscpu">
 696             <primary sortas="b-lscpu">lscpu</primary>
 697           </indexterm>
 698         </listitem>
 699       </varlistentry>
 700
 701       <varlistentry id="lsipc">
 702         <term><command>lsipc</command></term>
 703         <listitem>
 704           <para>Prints information on IPC facilities currently employed
 705           in the system</para>
 706           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsipc">
 707             <primary sortas="b-lsipc">lsipc</primary>
 708           </indexterm>
 709         </listitem>
 710       </varlistentry>
 711
 712       <varlistentry id="lslocks">
 713         <term><command>lslocks</command></term>
 714         <listitem>
 715           <para>Lists local system locks</para>
 716           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslocks">
 717             <primary sortas="b-lslocks">lslocks</primary>
 718           </indexterm>
 719         </listitem>
 720       </varlistentry>
 721
 722       <varlistentry id="lslogins">
 723         <term><command>lslogins</command></term>
 724         <listitem>
 725           <para>Lists information about users, groups and system accounts</para>
 726           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslogins">
 727             <primary sortas="b-lslogins">lslogins</primary>
 728           </indexterm>
 729         </listitem>
 730       </varlistentry>
 731
 732       <varlistentry id="lsmem">
 733         <term><command>lsmem</command></term>
 734         <listitem>
 735           <para>Lists the ranges of available memory with their online
 736           status</para>
 737           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsmem">
 738             <primary sortas="b-lsmem">lsmem</primary>
 739           </indexterm>
 740         </listitem>
 741       </varlistentry>
 742
 743       <varlistentry id="lsns">
 744         <term><command>lsns</command></term>
 745         <listitem>
 746           <para>Lists namespaces</para>
 747           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsns">
 748             <primary sortas="b-lsns">lsns</primary>
 749           </indexterm>
 750         </listitem>
 751       </varlistentry>
 752
 753       <varlistentry id="mcookie">
 754         <term><command>mcookie</command></term>
 755         <listitem>
 756           <para>Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for
 757           <command>xauth</command></para>
 758           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mcookie">
 759             <primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary>
 760           </indexterm>
 761         </listitem>
 762       </varlistentry>
 763
 764       <varlistentry id="mesg">
 765         <term><command>mesg</command></term>
 766         <listitem>
 767           <para>Controls whether other users can send messages to the current
 768           user's terminal</para>
 769           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mesg">
 770             <primary sortas="b-mesg">mesg</primary>
 771           </indexterm>
 772         </listitem>
 773       </varlistentry>
 774
 775       <varlistentry id="mkfs">
 776         <term><command>mkfs</command></term>
 777         <listitem>
 778           <para>Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk
 779           partition)</para>
 780           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs">
 781             <primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary>
 782           </indexterm>
 783         </listitem>
 784       </varlistentry>
 785
 786       <varlistentry id="mkfs.bfs">
 787         <term><command>mkfs.bfs</command></term>
 788         <listitem>
 789           <para>Creates a Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system</para>
 790           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.bfs">
 791             <primary sortas="b-mkfs.bfs">mkfs.bfs</primary>
 792           </indexterm>
 793         </listitem>
 794       </varlistentry>
 795
 796       <varlistentry id="mkfs.cramfs">
 797         <term><command>mkfs.cramfs</command></term>
 798         <listitem>
 799           <para>Creates a cramfs file system</para>
 800           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.cramfs">
 801             <primary sortas="b-mkfs.cramfs">mkfs.cramfs</primary>
 802           </indexterm>
 803         </listitem>
 804       </varlistentry>
 805
 806       <varlistentry id="mkfs.minix">
 807         <term><command>mkfs.minix</command></term>
 808         <listitem>
 809           <para>Creates a Minix file system</para>
 810           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.minix">
 811             <primary sortas="b-mkfs.minix">mkfs.minix</primary>
 812           </indexterm>
 813         </listitem>
 814       </varlistentry>
 815
 816       <varlistentry id="mkswap">
 817         <term><command>mkswap</command></term>
 818         <listitem>
 819           <para>Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap
 820           area</para>
 821           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkswap">
 822             <primary sortas="b-mkswap">mkswap</primary>
 823           </indexterm>
 824         </listitem>
 825       </varlistentry>
 826
 827       <varlistentry id="more">
 828         <term><command>more</command></term>
 829         <listitem>
 830           <para>A filter for paging through text one screen at a time</para>
 831           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux more">
 832             <primary sortas="b-more">more</primary>
 833           </indexterm>
 834         </listitem>
 835       </varlistentry>
 836
 837       <varlistentry id="mount">
 838         <term><command>mount</command></term>
 839         <listitem>
 840           <para>Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified
 841           directory in the file-system tree</para>
 842           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mount">
 843             <primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary>
 844           </indexterm>
 845         </listitem>
 846       </varlistentry>
 847
 848       <varlistentry id="mountpoint">
 849         <term><command>mountpoint</command></term>
 850         <listitem>
 851           <para>Checks if the directory is a mountpoint</para>
 852           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mountpoint">
 853             <primary sortas="b-mountpoint">mountpoint</primary>
 854           </indexterm>
 855         </listitem>
 856       </varlistentry>
 857
 858       <varlistentry id="namei">
 859         <term><command>namei</command></term>
 860         <listitem>
 861           <para>Shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames</para>
 862           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux namei">
 863             <primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary>
 864           </indexterm>
 865         </listitem>
 866       </varlistentry>
 867
 868       <varlistentry id="nsenter">
 869         <term><command>nsenter</command></term>
 870         <listitem>
 871           <para>Runs a program with namespaces of other processes</para>
 872           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux nsenter">
 873             <primary sortas="b-nsenter">nsenter</primary>
 874           </indexterm>
 875         </listitem>
 876       </varlistentry>
 877
 878       <varlistentry id="partx">
 879         <term><command>partx</command></term>
 880         <listitem>
 881           <para>Tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk
 882           partitions</para>
 883           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux partx">
 884             <primary sortas="b-partx">partx</primary>
 885           </indexterm>
 886         </listitem>
 887       </varlistentry>
 888
 889       <varlistentry id="pivot_root">
 890         <term><command>pivot_root</command></term>
 891         <listitem>
 892           <para>Makes the given file system the new root file system of the
 893           current process</para>
 894           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pivot_root">
 895             <primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary>
 896           </indexterm>
 897         </listitem>
 898       </varlistentry>
 899
 900       <varlistentry id="prlimit">
 901         <term><command>prlimit</command></term>
 902         <listitem>
 903           <para>Get and set a process' resource limits</para>
 904           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux prlimit">
 905             <primary sortas="b-prlimit">prlimit</primary>
 906           </indexterm>
 907         </listitem>
 908       </varlistentry>
 909
 910       <varlistentry id="raw">
 911         <term><command>raw</command></term>
 912         <listitem>
 913           <para>Bind a Linux raw character device to a block device</para>
 914           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux raw">
 915             <primary sortas="b-raw">raw</primary>
 916           </indexterm>
 917         </listitem>
 918       </varlistentry>
 919
 920       <varlistentry id="readprofile">
 921         <term><command>readprofile</command></term>
 922         <listitem>
 923           <para>Reads kernel profiling information</para>
 924           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux readprofile">
 925             <primary sortas="b-readprofile">readprofile</primary>
 926           </indexterm>
 927         </listitem>
 928       </varlistentry>
 929
 930       <varlistentry id="rename">
 931         <term><command>rename</command></term>
 932         <listitem>
 933           <para>Renames the given files, replacing a given string with
 934           another</para>
 935           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rename">
 936             <primary sortas="b-rename">rename</primary>
 937           </indexterm>
 938         </listitem>
 939       </varlistentry>
 940
 941       <varlistentry id="renice">
 942         <term><command>renice</command></term>
 943         <listitem>
 944           <para>Alters the priority of running processes</para>
 945           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux renice">
 946             <primary sortas="b-renice">renice</primary>
 947           </indexterm>
 948         </listitem>
 949       </varlistentry>
 950
 951       <varlistentry id="resizepart">
 952         <term><command>resizepart</command></term>
 953         <listitem>
 954           <para>Asks the Linux kernel to resize a partition</para>
 955           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux resizepart">
 956             <primary sortas="b-resizepart">resizepart</primary>
 957           </indexterm>
 958         </listitem>
 959       </varlistentry>
 960
 961       <varlistentry id="rev">
 962         <term><command>rev</command></term>
 963         <listitem>
 964           <para>Reverses the lines of a given file</para>
 965           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rev">
 966             <primary sortas="b-rev">rev</primary>
 967           </indexterm>
 968         </listitem>
 969       </varlistentry>
 970
 971       <varlistentry id="rkfill">
 972         <term><command>rkfill</command></term>
 973         <listitem>
 974           <para>Tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices</para>
 975           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rkfill">
 976             <primary sortas="b-rkfill">rkfill</primary>
 977           </indexterm>
 978         </listitem>
 979       </varlistentry>
 980
 981       <varlistentry id="rtcwake">
 982         <term><command>rtcwake</command></term>
 983         <listitem>
 984           <para>Used to enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup
 985           time</para>
 986           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rtcwake">
 987             <primary sortas="b-rtcwake">rtcwake</primary>
 988           </indexterm>
 989         </listitem>
 990       </varlistentry>
 991
 992       <varlistentry id="script">
 993         <term><command>script</command></term>
 994         <listitem>
 995           <para>Makes a typescript of a terminal session</para>
 996           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux script">
 997             <primary sortas="b-script">script</primary>
 998           </indexterm>
 999         </listitem>
1000       </varlistentry>
1001
1002       <varlistentry id="scriptreplay">
1003         <term><command>scriptreplay</command></term>
1004         <listitem>
1005           <para>Plays back typescripts using timing information</para>
1006           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptreplay">
1007             <primary sortas="b-scriptreplay">scriptreplay</primary>
1008           </indexterm>
1009         </listitem>
1010       </varlistentry>
1011
1012       <varlistentry id="setarch">
1013         <term><command>setarch</command></term>
1014         <listitem>
1015           <para>Changes reported architecture in a new program environment and
1016           sets personality flags</para>
1017           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setarch">
1018             <primary sortas="b-setarch">setarch</primary>
1019           </indexterm>
1020         </listitem>
1021       </varlistentry>
1022
1023       <varlistentry id="setsid">
1024         <term><command>setsid</command></term>
1025         <listitem>
1026           <para>Runs the given program in a new session</para>
1027           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setsid">
1028             <primary sortas="b-setsid">setsid</primary>
1029           </indexterm>
1030         </listitem>
1031       </varlistentry>
1032
1033       <varlistentry id="setterm">
1034         <term><command>setterm</command></term>
1035         <listitem>
1036           <para>Sets terminal attributes</para>
1037           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setterm">
1038             <primary sortas="b-setterm">setterm</primary>
1039           </indexterm>
1040         </listitem>
1041       </varlistentry>
1042
1043       <varlistentry id="sfdisk">
1044         <term><command>sfdisk</command></term>
1045         <listitem>
1046           <para>A disk partition table manipulator</para>
1047           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sfdisk">
1048             <primary sortas="b-sfdisk">sfdisk</primary>
1049           </indexterm>
1050         </listitem>
1051       </varlistentry>
1052
1053       <varlistentry id="sulogin">
1054         <term><command>sulogin</command></term>
1055         <listitem>
1056           <para>Allows <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to log in;
1057           it is normally invoked by <command>init</command> when the system goes
1058           into single user mode</para>
1059           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sulogin">
1060             <primary sortas="b-sulogin">sulogin</primary>
1061           </indexterm>
1062         </listitem>
1063       </varlistentry>
1064
1065       <varlistentry id="swaplabel">
1066         <term><command>swaplabel</command></term>
1067         <listitem>
1068           <para>Allows to change swaparea UUID and label</para>
1069           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swaplabel">
1070             <primary sortas="b-swaplabel">swaplabel</primary>
1071           </indexterm>
1072         </listitem>
1073       </varlistentry>
1074
1075       <varlistentry id="swapoff">
1076         <term><command>swapoff</command></term>
1077         <listitem>
1078           <para>Disables devices and files for paging and swapping</para>
1079           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapoff">
1080             <primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary>
1081           </indexterm>
1082         </listitem>
1083       </varlistentry>
1084
1085       <varlistentry id="swapon">
1086         <term><command>swapon</command></term>
1087         <listitem>
1088           <para>Enables devices and files for paging and swapping and
1089           lists the devices and files currently in use</para>
1090           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapon">
1091             <primary sortas="b-swapon">swapon</primary>
1092           </indexterm>
1093         </listitem>
1094       </varlistentry>
1095
1096       <varlistentry id="switch_root">
1097         <term><command>switch_root</command></term>
1098         <listitem>
1099           <para>Switches to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree</para>
1100           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux switch_root">
1101             <primary sortas="b-switch_root">switch_root</primary>
1102           </indexterm>
1103         </listitem>
1104       </varlistentry>
1105
1106       <varlistentry id="tailf">
1107         <term><command>tailf</command></term>
1108         <listitem>
1109           <para>Tracks the growth of a log file; displays the last 10 lines
1110           of a log file, then continues displaying any new entries in the
1111           log file as they are created</para>
1112           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux tailf">
1113             <primary sortas="b-tailf">tailf</primary>
1114           </indexterm>
1115         </listitem>
1116       </varlistentry>
1117
1118       <varlistentry id="taskset">
1119         <term><command>taskset</command></term>
1120         <listitem>
1121           <para>Retrieves or sets a process' CPU affinity</para>
1122           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux taskset">
1123             <primary sortas="b-taskset">taskset</primary>
1124           </indexterm>
1125         </listitem>
1126       </varlistentry>
1127
1128       <varlistentry id="ul">
1129         <term><command>ul</command></term>
1130         <listitem>
1131           <para>A filter for translating underscores into escape sequences
1132           indicating underlining for the terminal in use</para>
1133           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ul">
1134             <primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary>
1135           </indexterm>
1136         </listitem>
1137       </varlistentry>
1138
1139       <varlistentry id="umount">
1140         <term><command>umount</command></term>
1141         <listitem>
1142           <para>Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree</para>
1143           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux umount">
1144             <primary sortas="b-umount">umount</primary>
1145           </indexterm>
1146         </listitem>
1147       </varlistentry>
1148
1149       <varlistentry id="uname26">
1150         <term><command>uname26</command></term>
1151         <listitem>
1152           <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
1153           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uname26">
1154             <primary sortas="b-uname26">uname26</primary>
1155           </indexterm>
1156         </listitem>
1157       </varlistentry>
1158
1159       <varlistentry id="unshare">
1160         <term><command>unshare</command></term>
1161         <listitem>
1162           <para>Runs a program with some namespaces unshared from parent</para>
1163           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux unshare">
1164             <primary sortas="b-unshare">unshare</primary>
1165           </indexterm>
1166         </listitem>
1167       </varlistentry>
1168
1169       <varlistentry id="utmpdump">
1170         <term><command>utmpdump</command></term>
1171         <listitem>
1172           <para>Displays the content of the given login file in a more
1173           user-friendly format</para>
1174           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux utmpdump">
1175             <primary sortas="b-utmpdump">utmpdump</primary>
1176           </indexterm>
1177         </listitem>
1178       </varlistentry>
1179
1180       <varlistentry id="uuidd">
1181         <term><command>uuidd</command></term>
1182         <listitem>
1183           <para>A daemon used by the UUID library to generate time-based
1184           UUIDs in a secure and guaranteed-unique fashion</para>
1185           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidd">
1186             <primary sortas="b-uuidd">uuidd</primary>
1187           </indexterm>
1188         </listitem>
1189       </varlistentry>
1190
1191       <varlistentry id="uuidgen">
1192         <term><command>uuidgen</command></term>
1193         <listitem>
1194           <para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered
1195           unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
1196           systems, in the past and in the future</para>
1197           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidgen">
1198             <primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary>
1199           </indexterm>
1200         </listitem>
1201       </varlistentry>
1202
1203       <varlistentry id="uuidparse">
1204         <term><command>uuidparse</command></term>
1205         <listitem>
1206           <para>An utility to parse unique identifiers</para>
1207           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidparse">
1208             <primary sortas="b-uuidparse">uuidparse</primary>
1209           </indexterm>
1210         </listitem>
1211       </varlistentry>
1212
1213       <varlistentry id="wall">
1214         <term><command>wall</command></term>
1215         <listitem>
1216           <para>Displays the contents of a file or, by default, its standard
1217           input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users</para>
1218           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wall">
1219             <primary sortas="b-wall">wall</primary>
1220           </indexterm>
1221         </listitem>
1222       </varlistentry>
1223
1224       <varlistentry id="wdctl">
1225         <term><command>wdctl</command></term>
1226         <listitem>
1227           <para>Shows hardware watchdog status</para>
1228           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wdctl">
1229             <primary sortas="b-wdctl">wdctl</primary>
1230           </indexterm>
1231         </listitem>
1232       </varlistentry>
1233
1234       <varlistentry id="whereis">
1235         <term><command>whereis</command></term>
1236         <listitem>
1237           <para>Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page
1238           for the given command</para>
1239           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis">
1240             <primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary>
1241           </indexterm>
1242         </listitem>
1243       </varlistentry>
1244
1245       <varlistentry id="wipefs">
1246         <term><command>wipefs</command></term>
1247         <listitem>
1248           <para>Wipes a filesystem signature from a device</para>
1249           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wipefs">
1250             <primary sortas="b-wipefs">wipefs</primary>
1251           </indexterm>
1252         </listitem>
1253       </varlistentry>
1254
1255       <varlistentry id="x86_64">
1256         <term><command>x86_64</command></term>
1257         <listitem>
1258           <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
1259           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux x86_64">
1260             <primary sortas="b-x86_64">x86_64</primary>
1261           </indexterm>
1262         </listitem>
1263       </varlistentry>
1264
1265       <varlistentry id="zramctl">
1266         <term><command>zramctl</command></term>
1267         <listitem>
1268           <para>A program to set up and control zram (compressed ram disk)
1269           devices</para>
1270           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux zramctl">
1271             <primary sortas="b-zramctl">zramctl</primary>
1272           </indexterm>
1273         </listitem>
1274       </varlistentry>
1275
1276       <varlistentry id="libblkid">
1277         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libblkid</filename></term>
1278         <listitem>
1279           <para>Contains routines for device identification and token
1280           extraction</para>
1281           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libblkid">
1282             <primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary>
1283           </indexterm>
1284         </listitem>
1285       </varlistentry>
1286
1287       <varlistentry id="libfdisk">
1288         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfdisk</filename></term>
1289         <listitem>
1290           <para>Contains routines for manipulating partition tables</para>
1291           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libfdisk">
1292             <primary sortas="c-libfdisk">libfdisk</primary>
1293           </indexterm>
1294         </listitem>
1295       </varlistentry>
1296
1297       <varlistentry id="libmount">
1298         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmount</filename></term>
1299         <listitem>
1300           <para>Contains routines for block device mounting and
1301           unmounting</para>
1302           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libmount">
1303             <primary sortas="c-libmount">libmount</primary>
1304           </indexterm>
1305         </listitem>
1306       </varlistentry>
1307
1308       <varlistentry id="libsmartcols">
1309         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsmartcols</filename></term>
1310         <listitem>
1311           <para>Contains routines for aiding screen output in tabular form</para>
1312           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libsmartcols">
1313             <primary sortas="c-libsmartcols">libsmartcols</primary>
1314           </indexterm>
1315         </listitem>
1316       </varlistentry>
1317
1318       <varlistentry id="libuuid">
1319         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename></term>
1320         <listitem>
1321           <para>Contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects
1322           that may be accessible beyond the local system</para>
1323           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libuuid">
1324             <primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary>
1325           </indexterm>
1326         </listitem>
1327       </varlistentry>
1328
1329     </variablelist>
1330
1331   </sect2>
1332
1333 </sect1>