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[673b0d8] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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[ddd5542] | 7 |
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[e1428f3] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-util-linux" role="wrap">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="util-linux.html"?>
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[ddd5542] | 10 |
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[e747759] | 11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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[e1428f3] | 12 | <productname>util-linux</productname>
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| 13 | <productnumber>&util-linux-version;</productnumber>
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| 14 | <address>&util-linux-url;</address>
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[e747759] | 15 | </sect1info>
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| 16 |
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[e1428f3] | 17 | <title>Util-linux-&util-linux-version;</title>
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[ddd5542] | 18 |
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[e1428f3] | 19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux">
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| 20 | <primary sortas="a-Util-linux">Util-linux</primary>
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[ddd5542] | 21 | </indexterm>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 24 | <title/>
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| 25 |
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[e1428f3] | 26 | <para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs.
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[4bac71c] | 27 | Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles, partitions,
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| 28 | and messages.</para>
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[ddd5542] | 29 |
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| 30 | <segmentedlist>
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| 31 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 32 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <seglistitem>
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[e1428f3] | 35 | <seg>&util-linux-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 36 | <seg>&util-linux-ch6-du;</seg>
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[ddd5542] | 37 | </seglistitem>
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| 38 | </segmentedlist>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | </sect2>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 43 | <title>FHS compliance notes</title>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <para>The FHS recommends using the <filename
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| 46 | class="directory">/var/lib/hwclock</filename> directory instead of the
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| 47 | usual <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> directory as the
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| 48 | location for the <filename>adjtime</filename> file. To make the
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| 49 | <command>hwclock</command> program FHS-compliant, run the
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| 50 | following:</para>
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[673b0d8] | 51 |
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[cd3c10c] | 52 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e 's@etc/adjtime@var/lib/hwclock/adjtime@g' \
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[12d9bda6] | 53 | $(grep -rl '/etc/adjtime' .)
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| 54 |
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[d0cada48] | 55 | mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
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[673b0d8] | 56 |
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[ddd5542] | 57 | </sect2>
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[673b0d8] | 58 |
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[ddd5542] | 59 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[e1428f3] | 60 | <title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
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[673b0d8] | 61 |
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[12d9bda6] | 62 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --disable-su --disable-sulogin --disable-login</userinput></screen>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <variablelist>
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| 65 | <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <varlistentry>
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| 68 | <term><parameter>--disable-*</parameter></term>
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| 69 | <listitem>
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| 70 | <para>These switches disable building su, sulogin, and login. They
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| 71 | duplicate the same programs provided by <xref
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| 72 | linkend='ch-system-shadow'/>. They also require <ulink
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| 73 | url="&blfs-root;/view/svn/postlfs/linux-pam.html">Linux-PAM</ulink>
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| 74 | which is not available in LFS.</para>
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| 75 | </listitem>
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| 76 | </varlistentry>
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| 77 | </variablelist>
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[673b0d8] | 78 |
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[ddd5542] | 79 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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[673b0d8] | 80 |
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[e990ec99] | 81 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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[0556946] | 82 |
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| 83 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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[673b0d8] | 84 |
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[0b8bbee] | 85 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 86 |
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[4bac71c] | 87 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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[673b0d8] | 88 |
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[ddd5542] | 89 | </sect2>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <sect2 id="contents-utillinux" role="content">
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[e1428f3] | 92 | <title>Contents of Util-linux</title>
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[ddd5542] | 93 |
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| 94 | <segmentedlist>
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| 95 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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[cd82ee5] | 96 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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[fe05b08] | 97 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
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[ddd5542] | 98 |
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| 99 | <seglistitem>
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[0c90d60] | 100 | <seg>addpart, agetty, blkid, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chcpu, chkdupexe,
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[3119ddc] | 101 | chrt, col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, cytune, delpart,
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[6541b70] | 102 | dmesg, fallocate, fdformat, fdisk, findfs, findmnt, flock, fsck,
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[e1428f3] | 103 | fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, i386,
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[3119ddc] | 104 | ionice, ipcmk, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize, ldattach, linux32, linux64,
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[e1428f3] | 105 | logger, look, losetup, lsblk, lscpu, mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs,
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[eb797aa] | 106 | mkfs.minix, mkswap, more, mount, mountpoint, namei, partx, pg, pivot_root,
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[0c90d60] | 107 | prlimit, raw, readprofile, rename, renice, rev, rtcwake, script, scriptreplay,
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[6541b70] | 108 | setarch, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, swaplabel, swapoff (link to swapon),
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| 109 | swapon, switch_root, tailf, taskset, tunelp, ul, umount, unshare,
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[0c90d60] | 110 | uuidd, uuidgen, wall, whereis, wipefs, and x86_64</seg>
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[12d9bda6] | 111 |
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[6541b70] | 112 | <seg>libblkid.{a,so}, libmount.{a,so}, libuuid.{a,so}</seg>
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[12d9bda6] | 113 |
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[3119ddc] | 114 | <seg>/usr/include/blkid, /usr/include/libmount, /usr/include/uuid,
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| 115 | /usr/share/getopt, /var/lib/hwclock</seg>
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[ddd5542] | 116 | </seglistitem>
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| 117 | </segmentedlist>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <variablelist>
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| 120 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 121 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 122 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 123 |
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[5c92d21] | 124 | <varlistentry id="addpart">
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| 125 | <term><command>addpart</command></term>
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| 126 | <listitem>
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| 127 | <para>Informs the Linux kernel of new partitions</para>
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[e1428f3] | 128 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux addpart">
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[5c92d21] | 129 | <primary sortas="b-addpart">addpart</primary>
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| 130 | </indexterm>
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| 131 | </listitem>
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| 132 | </varlistentry>
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| 133 |
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[ddd5542] | 134 | <varlistentry id="agetty">
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| 135 | <term><command>agetty</command></term>
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| 136 | <listitem>
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| 137 | <para>Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
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| 138 | and then invokes the <command>login</command> program</para>
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[e1428f3] | 139 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux agetty">
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[ddd5542] | 140 | <primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary>
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| 141 | </indexterm>
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| 142 | </listitem>
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| 143 | </varlistentry>
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| 144 |
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[cd82ee5] | 145 | <varlistentry id="blkid">
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| 146 | <term><command>blkid</command></term>
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| 147 | <listitem>
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| 148 | <para>A command line utility to locate and print block device
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| 149 | attributes</para>
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[e1428f3] | 150 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkid">
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[cd82ee5] | 151 | <primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary>
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| 152 | </indexterm>
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| 153 | </listitem>
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| 154 | </varlistentry>
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| 155 |
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[ddd5542] | 156 | <varlistentry id="blockdev">
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| 157 | <term><command>blockdev</command></term>
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| 158 | <listitem>
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| 159 | <para>Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command
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| 160 | line</para>
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[e1428f3] | 161 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blockdev">
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[ddd5542] | 162 | <primary sortas="b-blockdev">blockdev</primary>
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| 163 | </indexterm>
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| 164 | </listitem>
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| 165 | </varlistentry>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <varlistentry id="cal">
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| 168 | <term><command>cal</command></term>
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| 169 | <listitem>
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| 170 | <para>Displays a simple calendar</para>
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[e1428f3] | 171 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cal">
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[ddd5542] | 172 | <primary sortas="b-cal">cal</primary>
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| 173 | </indexterm>
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| 174 | </listitem>
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| 175 | </varlistentry>
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| 176 |
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| 177 | <varlistentry id="cfdisk">
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| 178 | <term><command>cfdisk</command></term>
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| 179 | <listitem>
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| 180 | <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
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[e1428f3] | 181 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cfdisk">
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[ddd5542] | 182 | <primary sortas="b-cfdisk">cfdisk</primary>
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| 183 | </indexterm>
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| 184 | </listitem>
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| 185 | </varlistentry>
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| 186 |
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[0c90d60] | 187 | <varlistentry id="chcpu">
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| 188 | <term><command>chcpu</command></term>
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| 189 | <listitem>
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| 190 | <para>Modifies the state of CPUs</para>
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| 191 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chcpu">
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| 192 | <primary sortas="b-chcpu">chcpu</primary>
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| 193 | </indexterm>
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| 194 | </listitem>
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| 195 | </varlistentry>
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| 196 |
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[ddd5542] | 197 | <varlistentry id="chkdupexe">
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| 198 | <term><command>chkdupexe</command></term>
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| 199 | <listitem>
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| 200 | <para>Finds duplicate executables</para>
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[e1428f3] | 201 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chkdupexe">
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[ddd5542] | 202 | <primary sortas="b-chkdupexe">chkdupexe</primary>
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| 203 | </indexterm>
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| 204 | </listitem>
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| 205 | </varlistentry>
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| 206 |
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[5c92d21] | 207 | <varlistentry id="chrt">
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| 208 | <term><command>chrt</command></term>
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| 209 | <listitem>
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| 210 | <para>Manipulates real-time attributes of a process</para>
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[e1428f3] | 211 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chrt">
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[5c92d21] | 212 | <primary sortas="b-chrt">chrt</primary>
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| 213 | </indexterm>
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| 214 | </listitem>
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| 215 | </varlistentry>
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| 216 |
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[ddd5542] | 217 | <varlistentry id="col">
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| 218 | <term><command>col</command></term>
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| 219 | <listitem>
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| 220 | <para>Filters out reverse line feeds</para>
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[e1428f3] | 221 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux col">
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[ddd5542] | 222 | <primary sortas="b-col">col</primary>
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| 223 | </indexterm>
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| 224 | </listitem>
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| 225 | </varlistentry>
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| 226 |
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| 227 | <varlistentry id="colcrt">
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| 228 | <term><command>colcrt</command></term>
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| 229 | <listitem>
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| 230 | <para>Filters <command>nroff</command> output for terminals
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| 231 | that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines</para>
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[e1428f3] | 232 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colcrt">
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[ddd5542] | 233 | <primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary>
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| 234 | </indexterm>
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| 235 | </listitem>
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| 236 | </varlistentry>
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| 237 |
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| 238 | <varlistentry id="colrm">
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| 239 | <term><command>colrm</command></term>
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| 240 | <listitem>
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| 241 | <para>Filters out the given columns</para>
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[e1428f3] | 242 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colrm">
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[ddd5542] | 243 | <primary sortas="b-colrm">colrm</primary>
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| 244 | </indexterm>
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| 245 | </listitem>
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| 246 | </varlistentry>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | <varlistentry id="column">
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| 249 | <term><command>column</command></term>
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| 250 | <listitem>
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| 251 | <para>Formats a given file into multiple columns</para>
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[e1428f3] | 252 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux column">
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[ddd5542] | 253 | <primary sortas="b-column">column</primary>
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| 254 | </indexterm>
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| 255 | </listitem>
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| 256 | </varlistentry>
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| 257 |
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| 258 | <varlistentry id="ctrlaltdel">
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| 259 | <term><command>ctrlaltdel</command></term>
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| 260 | <listitem>
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| 261 | <para>Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a
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| 262 | hard or a soft reset</para>
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[e1428f3] | 263 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ctrlaltdel">
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[ddd5542] | 264 | <primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary>
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| 265 | </indexterm>
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| 266 | </listitem>
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| 267 | </varlistentry>
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| 268 |
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| 269 | <varlistentry id="cytune">
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| 270 | <term><command>cytune</command></term>
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| 271 | <listitem>
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| 272 | <para>Tunes the parameters of the serial line drivers for
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| 273 | Cyclades cards</para>
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[e1428f3] | 274 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cytune">
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[ddd5542] | 275 | <primary sortas="b-cytune">cytune</primary>
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| 276 | </indexterm>
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| 277 | </listitem>
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| 278 | </varlistentry>
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| 279 |
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[5c92d21] | 280 | <varlistentry id="delpart">
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| 281 | <term><command>delpart</command></term>
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[ddd5542] | 282 | <listitem>
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[5c92d21] | 283 | <para>Asks the Linux kernel to remove a partition</para>
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[e1428f3] | 284 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux delpart">
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[5c92d21] | 285 | <primary sortas="b-delpart">delpart</primary>
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[ddd5542] | 286 | </indexterm>
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| 287 | </listitem>
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| 288 | </varlistentry>
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| 289 |
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[5c92d21] | 290 | <varlistentry id="dmesg">
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| 291 | <term><command>dmesg</command></term>
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[ddd5542] | 292 | <listitem>
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[5c92d21] | 293 | <para>Dumps the kernel boot messages</para>
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[e1428f3] | 294 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux dmesg">
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[5c92d21] | 295 | <primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary>
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[ddd5542] | 296 | </indexterm>
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| 297 | </listitem>
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| 298 | </varlistentry>
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| 299 |
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[9d42ad9] | 300 | <varlistentry id="fallocate">
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| 301 | <term><command>fallocate</command></term>
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| 302 | <listitem>
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| 303 | <para>Preallocates space to a file</para>
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[e1428f3] | 304 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fallocate">
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[9d42ad9] | 305 | <primary sortas="b-fallocate">fallocate</primary>
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| 306 | </indexterm>
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| 307 | </listitem>
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| 308 | </varlistentry>
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| 309 |
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[ddd5542] | 310 | <varlistentry id="fdformat">
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| 311 | <term><command>fdformat</command></term>
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| 312 | <listitem>
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| 313 | <para>Low-level formats a floppy disk</para>
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[e1428f3] | 314 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdformat">
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[ddd5542] | 315 | <primary sortas="b-fdformat">fdformat</primary>
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| 316 | </indexterm>
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| 317 | </listitem>
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| 318 | </varlistentry>
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| 319 |
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[2791a8e] | 320 | <varlistentry id="fdisk">
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| 321 | <term><command>fdisk</command></term>
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| 322 | <listitem>
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| 323 | <para>Manipulates the paritition table of the given device</para>
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[e1428f3] | 324 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdisk">
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[2791a8e] | 325 | <primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary>
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| 326 | </indexterm>
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| 327 | </listitem>
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| 328 | </varlistentry>
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| 329 |
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[cd82ee5] | 330 | <varlistentry id="findfs">
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| 331 | <term><command>findfs</command></term>
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| 332 | <listitem>
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| 333 | <para>Finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier
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| 334 | (UUID)</para>
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[e1428f3] | 335 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findfs">
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[cd82ee5] | 336 | <primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary>
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| 337 | </indexterm>
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| 338 | </listitem>
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| 339 | </varlistentry>
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| 340 |
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[6541b70] | 341 | <varlistentry id="findmnt">
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| 342 | <term><command>findmnt</command></term>
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| 343 | <listitem>
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| 344 | <para>Is a command line interface to the libmount library
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| 345 | for work with mountinfo, fstab and mtab files</para>
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[e1428f3] | 346 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findmnt">
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[6541b70] | 347 | <primary sortas="b-findmnt">findmnt</primary>
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| 348 | </indexterm>
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| 349 | </listitem>
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| 350 | </varlistentry>
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| 351 |
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[8bc46a5] | 352 | <varlistentry id="flock">
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| 353 | <term><command>flock</command></term>
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| 354 | <listitem>
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| 355 | <para>Acquires a file lock and then executes a command with the lock
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| 356 | held</para>
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[e1428f3] | 357 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux flock">
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[a2add74] | 358 | <primary sortas="b-flock">flock</primary>
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[8bc46a5] | 359 | </indexterm>
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| 360 | </listitem>
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| 361 | </varlistentry>
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| 362 |
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[cd82ee5] | 363 | <varlistentry id="fsck">
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| 364 | <term><command>fsck</command></term>
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| 365 | <listitem>
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| 366 | <para>Is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems</para>
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[e1428f3] | 367 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck">
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[cd82ee5] | 368 | <primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary>
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| 369 | </indexterm>
|
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| 370 | </listitem>
|
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| 371 | </varlistentry>
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| 372 |
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[ddd5542] | 373 | <varlistentry id="fsck.cramfs">
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| 374 | <term><command>fsck.cramfs</command></term>
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| 375 | <listitem>
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| 376 | <para>Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the
|
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| 377 | given device</para>
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[e1428f3] | 378 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.cramfs">
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[ddd5542] | 379 | <primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary>
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| 380 | </indexterm>
|
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| 381 | </listitem>
|
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| 382 | </varlistentry>
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| 383 |
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| 384 | <varlistentry id="fsck.minix">
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| 385 | <term><command>fsck.minix</command></term>
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| 386 | <listitem>
|
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| 387 | <para>Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the
|
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| 388 | given device</para>
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[e1428f3] | 389 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.minix">
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[ddd5542] | 390 | <primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary>
|
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| 391 | </indexterm>
|
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| 392 | </listitem>
|
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| 393 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 394 |
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[6541b70] | 395 | <varlistentry id="fsfreeze">
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| 396 | <term><command>fsfreeze</command></term>
|
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| 397 | <listitem>
|
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| 398 | <para>Is a very simple wrapper around FIFREEZE/FITHAW ioctl
|
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| 399 | kernel driver operations</para>
|
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[e1428f3] | 400 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsfreeze">
|
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[6541b70] | 401 | <primary sortas="b-fsfreeze">fsfreeze</primary>
|
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| 402 | </indexterm>
|
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| 403 | </listitem>
|
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| 404 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 405 |
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[e1428f3] | 406 | <varlistentry id="fstrim">
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| 407 | <term><command>fstrim</command></term>
|
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| 408 | <listitem>
|
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| 409 | <para>Discards unused blocks on a mounted filesystem</para>
|
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| 410 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fstrim">
|
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| 411 | <primary sortas="b-fstrim">fstrim</primary>
|
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| 412 | </indexterm>
|
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| 413 | </listitem>
|
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| 414 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 415 |
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[ddd5542] | 416 | <varlistentry id="getopt">
|
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| 417 | <term><command>getopt</command></term>
|
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| 418 | <listitem>
|
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| 419 | <para>Parses options in the given command line</para>
|
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[e1428f3] | 420 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux getopt">
|
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[ddd5542] | 421 | <primary sortas="b-getopt">getopt</primary>
|
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| 422 | </indexterm>
|
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| 423 | </listitem>
|
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| 424 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 425 |
|
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| 426 | <varlistentry id="hexdump">
|
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| 427 | <term><command>hexdump</command></term>
|
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| 428 | <listitem>
|
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| 429 | <para>Dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given
|
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| 430 | format</para>
|
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[e1428f3] | 431 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hexdump">
|
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[ddd5542] | 432 | <primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary>
|
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| 433 | </indexterm>
|
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| 434 | </listitem>
|
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| 435 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 436 |
|
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| 437 | <varlistentry id="hwclock">
|
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| 438 | <term><command>hwclock</command></term>
|
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| 439 | <listitem>
|
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| 440 | <para>Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called
|
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| 441 | the Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
|
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| 442 | clock</para>
|
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[e1428f3] | 443 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hwclock">
|
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[ddd5542] | 444 | <primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary>
|
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| 445 | </indexterm>
|
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| 446 | </listitem>
|
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| 447 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 448 |
|
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[db2f21e] | 449 | <varlistentry id="i386">
|
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| 450 | <term><command>i386</command></term>
|
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| 451 | <listitem>
|
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| 452 | <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
|
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[e1428f3] | 453 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux i386">
|
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[db2f21e] | 454 | <primary sortas="b-i386">i386</primary>
|
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| 455 | </indexterm>
|
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| 456 | </listitem>
|
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| 457 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 458 |
|
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[5c92d21] | 459 | <varlistentry id="ionice">
|
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| 460 | <term><command>ionice</command></term>
|
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| 461 | <listitem>
|
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| 462 | <para>Gets or sets the io scheduling class and priority for a program</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 463 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ionice">
|
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[5c92d21] | 464 | <primary sortas="b-ionice">ionice</primary>
|
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| 465 | </indexterm>
|
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| 466 | </listitem>
|
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| 467 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 468 |
|
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[cd82ee5] | 469 | <varlistentry id="ipcmk">
|
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| 470 | <term><command>ipcmk</command></term>
|
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| 471 | <listitem>
|
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| 472 | <para>Creates various IPC resources</para>
|
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[e1428f3] | 473 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcmk">
|
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[cd82ee5] | 474 | <primary sortas="b-ipcmk">ipcmk</primary>
|
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| 475 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 476 | </listitem>
|
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| 477 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 478 |
|
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[ddd5542] | 479 | <varlistentry id="ipcrm">
|
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| 480 | <term><command>ipcrm</command></term>
|
---|
| 481 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 482 | <para>Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource</para>
|
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[e1428f3] | 483 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcrm">
|
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[ddd5542] | 484 | <primary sortas="b-ipcrm">ipcrm</primary>
|
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| 485 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 486 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 487 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 488 |
|
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| 489 | <varlistentry id="ipcs">
|
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| 490 | <term><command>ipcs</command></term>
|
---|
| 491 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 492 | <para>Provides IPC status information</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 493 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcs">
|
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[ddd5542] | 494 | <primary sortas="b-ipcs">ipcs</primary>
|
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| 495 | </indexterm>
|
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| 496 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 497 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 498 |
|
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| 499 | <varlistentry id="isosize">
|
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| 500 | <term><command>isosize</command></term>
|
---|
| 501 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 502 | <para>Reports the size of an iso9660 file system</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 503 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux isosize">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 504 | <primary sortas="b-isosize">isosize</primary>
|
---|
| 505 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 506 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 507 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 508 |
|
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[5c92d21] | 509 | <varlistentry id="ldattach">
|
---|
| 510 | <term><command>ldattach</command></term>
|
---|
| 511 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 512 | <para>Attaches a line discipline to a serial line</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 513 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ldattach">
|
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[5c92d21] | 514 | <primary sortas="b-ldattach">ldattach</primary>
|
---|
| 515 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 516 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 517 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 518 |
|
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[db2f21e] | 519 | <varlistentry id="linux32">
|
---|
| 520 | <term><command>linux32</command></term>
|
---|
| 521 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 522 | <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 523 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux32">
|
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[db2f21e] | 524 | <primary sortas="b-linux32">linux32</primary>
|
---|
| 525 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 526 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 527 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 528 |
|
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| 529 | <varlistentry id="linux64">
|
---|
| 530 | <term><command>linux64</command></term>
|
---|
| 531 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 532 | <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 533 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux64">
|
---|
[db2f21e] | 534 | <primary sortas="b-linux64">linux64</primary>
|
---|
| 535 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 536 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 537 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 538 |
|
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[ddd5542] | 539 | <varlistentry id="logger">
|
---|
| 540 | <term><command>logger</command></term>
|
---|
| 541 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 542 | <para>Enters the given message into the system log</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 543 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux logger">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 544 | <primary sortas="b-logger">logger</primary>
|
---|
| 545 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 546 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 547 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 548 |
|
---|
| 549 | <varlistentry id="look">
|
---|
| 550 | <term><command>look</command></term>
|
---|
| 551 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 552 | <para>Displays lines that begin with the given string</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 553 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux look">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 554 | <primary sortas="b-look">look</primary>
|
---|
| 555 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 556 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 557 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 558 |
|
---|
| 559 | <varlistentry id="losetup">
|
---|
| 560 | <term><command>losetup</command></term>
|
---|
| 561 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 562 | <para>Sets up and controls loop devices</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 563 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux losetup">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 564 | <primary sortas="b-losetup">losetup</primary>
|
---|
| 565 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 566 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 567 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 568 |
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 569 | <varlistentry id="lsblk">
|
---|
| 570 | <term><command>lsblk</command></term>
|
---|
| 571 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 572 | <para>Lists information about all or selected block devices in
|
---|
| 573 | a tree-like format.</para>
|
---|
| 574 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsblk">
|
---|
| 575 | <primary sortas="b-lsblk">lsblk</primary>
|
---|
| 576 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 577 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 578 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 579 |
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 580 | <varlistentry id="lscpu">
|
---|
| 581 | <term><command>lscpu</command></term>
|
---|
| 582 | <listitem>
|
---|
[cb02946] | 583 | <para>Prints CPU architecture information</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 584 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lscpu">
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 585 | <primary sortas="b-lscpu">lscpu</primary>
|
---|
| 586 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 587 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 588 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 589 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 590 | <varlistentry id="mcookie">
|
---|
| 591 | <term><command>mcookie</command></term>
|
---|
| 592 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 593 | <para>Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for
|
---|
| 594 | <command>xauth</command></para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 595 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mcookie">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 596 | <primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary>
|
---|
| 597 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 598 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 599 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 600 |
|
---|
| 601 | <varlistentry id="mkfs">
|
---|
| 602 | <term><command>mkfs</command></term>
|
---|
| 603 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 604 | <para>Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk
|
---|
| 605 | partition)</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 606 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 607 | <primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary>
|
---|
| 608 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 609 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 610 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 611 |
|
---|
| 612 | <varlistentry id="mkfs.bfs">
|
---|
| 613 | <term><command>mkfs.bfs</command></term>
|
---|
| 614 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 615 | <para>Creates a Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 616 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.bfs">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 617 | <primary sortas="b-mkfs.bfs">mkfs.bfs</primary>
|
---|
| 618 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 619 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 620 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 621 |
|
---|
| 622 | <varlistentry id="mkfs.cramfs">
|
---|
| 623 | <term><command>mkfs.cramfs</command></term>
|
---|
| 624 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 625 | <para>Creates a cramfs file system</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 626 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.cramfs">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 627 | <primary sortas="b-mkfs.cramfs">mkfs.cramfs</primary>
|
---|
| 628 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 629 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 630 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 631 |
|
---|
| 632 | <varlistentry id="mkfs.minix">
|
---|
| 633 | <term><command>mkfs.minix</command></term>
|
---|
| 634 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 635 | <para>Creates a Minix file system</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 636 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.minix">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 637 | <primary sortas="b-mkfs.minix">mkfs.minix</primary>
|
---|
| 638 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 639 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 640 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 641 |
|
---|
| 642 | <varlistentry id="mkswap">
|
---|
| 643 | <term><command>mkswap</command></term>
|
---|
| 644 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 645 | <para>Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap
|
---|
| 646 | area</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 647 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkswap">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 648 | <primary sortas="b-mkswap">mkswap</primary>
|
---|
| 649 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 650 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 651 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 652 |
|
---|
| 653 | <varlistentry id="more">
|
---|
| 654 | <term><command>more</command></term>
|
---|
| 655 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 656 | <para>A filter for paging through text one screen at a time</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 657 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux more">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 658 | <primary sortas="b-more">more</primary>
|
---|
| 659 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 660 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 661 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 662 |
|
---|
| 663 | <varlistentry id="mount">
|
---|
| 664 | <term><command>mount</command></term>
|
---|
| 665 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 666 | <para>Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified
|
---|
| 667 | directory in the file-system tree</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 668 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mount">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 669 | <primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary>
|
---|
| 670 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 671 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 672 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 673 |
|
---|
[eb797aa] | 674 | <varlistentry id="mountpoint">
|
---|
| 675 | <term><command>mountpoint</command></term>
|
---|
| 676 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 677 | <para>Checks if the directory is a mountpoint</para>
|
---|
| 678 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mountpoint">
|
---|
| 679 | <primary sortas="b-mountpoint">mountpoint</primary>
|
---|
| 680 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 681 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 682 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 683 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 684 | <varlistentry id="namei">
|
---|
| 685 | <term><command>namei</command></term>
|
---|
| 686 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 687 | <para>Shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 688 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux namei">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 689 | <primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary>
|
---|
| 690 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 691 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 692 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 693 |
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 694 | <varlistentry id="partx">
|
---|
| 695 | <term><command>partx</command></term>
|
---|
| 696 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 697 | <para>Tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk
|
---|
| 698 | partitions</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 699 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux partx">
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 700 | <primary sortas="b-partx">partx</primary>
|
---|
| 701 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 702 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 703 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 704 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 705 | <varlistentry id="pg">
|
---|
| 706 | <term><command>pg</command></term>
|
---|
| 707 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 708 | <para>Displays a text file one screen full at a time</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 709 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pg">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 710 | <primary sortas="b-pg">pg</primary>
|
---|
| 711 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 712 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 713 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 714 |
|
---|
| 715 | <varlistentry id="pivot_root">
|
---|
| 716 | <term><command>pivot_root</command></term>
|
---|
| 717 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 718 | <para>Makes the given file system the new root file system of the
|
---|
| 719 | current process</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 720 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pivot_root">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 721 | <primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary>
|
---|
| 722 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 723 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 724 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 725 |
|
---|
[0c90d60] | 726 | <varlistentry id="prlimit">
|
---|
| 727 | <term><command>prlimit</command></term>
|
---|
| 728 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 729 | <para>Get and set a process' resource limits</para>
|
---|
| 730 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux prlimit">
|
---|
| 731 | <primary sortas="b-prlimit">prlimit</primary>
|
---|
| 732 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 733 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 734 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 735 |
|
---|
| 736 | <varlistentry id="raw">
|
---|
| 737 | <term><command>raw</command></term>
|
---|
| 738 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 739 | <para>Bind a Linux raw character device to a block device</para>
|
---|
| 740 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux raw">
|
---|
| 741 | <primary sortas="b-raw">raw</primary>
|
---|
| 742 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 743 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 744 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 745 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 746 | <varlistentry id="readprofile">
|
---|
| 747 | <term><command>readprofile</command></term>
|
---|
| 748 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 749 | <para>Reads kernel profiling information</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 750 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux readprofile">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 751 | <primary sortas="b-readprofile">readprofile</primary>
|
---|
| 752 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 753 | </listitem>
|
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| 754 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 755 |
|
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| 756 | <varlistentry id="rename">
|
---|
| 757 | <term><command>rename</command></term>
|
---|
| 758 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 759 | <para>Renames the given files, replacing a given string with
|
---|
| 760 | another</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 761 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rename">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 762 | <primary sortas="b-rename">rename</primary>
|
---|
| 763 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 764 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 765 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 766 |
|
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| 767 | <varlistentry id="renice">
|
---|
| 768 | <term><command>renice</command></term>
|
---|
| 769 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 770 | <para>Alters the priority of running processes</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 771 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux renice">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 772 | <primary sortas="b-renice">renice</primary>
|
---|
| 773 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 774 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 775 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 776 |
|
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| 777 | <varlistentry id="rev">
|
---|
| 778 | <term><command>rev</command></term>
|
---|
| 779 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 780 | <para>Reverses the lines of a given file</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 781 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rev">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 782 | <primary sortas="b-rev">rev</primary>
|
---|
| 783 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 784 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 785 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 786 |
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 787 | <varlistentry id="rtcwake">
|
---|
| 788 | <term><command>rtcwake</command></term>
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 789 | <listitem>
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 790 | <para>Used to enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup
|
---|
| 791 | time</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 792 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rtcwake">
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 793 | <primary sortas="b-rtcwake">rtcwake</primary>
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 794 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 795 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 796 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 797 |
|
---|
| 798 | <varlistentry id="script">
|
---|
| 799 | <term><command>script</command></term>
|
---|
| 800 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 801 | <para>Makes a typescript of a terminal session</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 802 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux script">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 803 | <primary sortas="b-script">script</primary>
|
---|
| 804 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 805 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 806 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 807 |
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 808 | <varlistentry id="scriptreplay">
|
---|
| 809 | <term><command>scriptreplay</command></term>
|
---|
| 810 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 811 | <para>Plays back typescripts using timing information</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 812 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptreplay">
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 813 | <primary sortas="b-scriptreplay">scriptreplay</primary>
|
---|
| 814 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 815 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 816 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 817 |
|
---|
| 818 | <varlistentry id="setarch">
|
---|
| 819 | <term><command>setarch</command></term>
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 820 | <listitem>
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 821 | <para>Changes reported architecture in a new program environment and
|
---|
| 822 | sets personality flags</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 823 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setarch">
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 824 | <primary sortas="b-setarch">setarch</primary>
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 825 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 826 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 827 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 828 |
|
---|
| 829 | <varlistentry id="setsid">
|
---|
| 830 | <term><command>setsid</command></term>
|
---|
| 831 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 832 | <para>Runs the given program in a new session</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 833 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setsid">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 834 | <primary sortas="b-setsid">setsid</primary>
|
---|
| 835 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 836 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 837 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 838 |
|
---|
| 839 | <varlistentry id="setterm">
|
---|
| 840 | <term><command>setterm</command></term>
|
---|
| 841 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 842 | <para>Sets terminal attributes</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 843 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setterm">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 844 | <primary sortas="b-setterm">setterm</primary>
|
---|
| 845 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 846 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 847 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 848 |
|
---|
| 849 | <varlistentry id="sfdisk">
|
---|
| 850 | <term><command>sfdisk</command></term>
|
---|
| 851 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 852 | <para>A disk partition table manipulator</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 853 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sfdisk">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 854 | <primary sortas="b-sfdisk">sfdisk</primary>
|
---|
| 855 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 856 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 857 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 858 |
|
---|
[6541b70] | 859 | <varlistentry id="swaplabel">
|
---|
| 860 | <term><command>swaplabel</command></term>
|
---|
| 861 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 862 | <para>Allows to change swaparea UUID and label</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 863 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swaplabel">
|
---|
[6541b70] | 864 | <primary sortas="b-swaplabel">swaplabel</primary>
|
---|
| 865 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 866 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 867 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 868 |
|
---|
[90aae6b] | 869 | <varlistentry id="swapoff">
|
---|
| 870 | <term><command>swapoff</command></term>
|
---|
| 871 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 872 | <para>Disables devices and files for paging and swapping</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 873 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapoff">
|
---|
[90aae6b] | 874 | <primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary>
|
---|
| 875 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 876 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 877 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 878 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 879 | <varlistentry id="swapon">
|
---|
| 880 | <term><command>swapon</command></term>
|
---|
| 881 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 882 | <para>Enables devices and files for paging and swapping and
|
---|
| 883 | lists the devices and files currently in use</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 884 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapon">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 885 | <primary sortas="b-swapon">swapon</primary>
|
---|
| 886 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 887 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 888 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 889 |
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 890 | <varlistentry id="switch_root">
|
---|
| 891 | <term><command>switch_root</command></term>
|
---|
| 892 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 893 | <para>Switches to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 894 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux switch_root">
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 895 | <primary sortas="b-switch_root">switch_root</primary>
|
---|
| 896 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 897 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 898 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 899 |
|
---|
[8bc46a5] | 900 | <varlistentry id="tailf">
|
---|
| 901 | <term><command>tailf</command></term>
|
---|
| 902 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 903 | <para>Tracks the growth of a log file. Displays the last 10 lines
|
---|
| 904 | of a log file, then continues displaying any new entries in the
|
---|
| 905 | log file as they are created</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 906 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux tailf">
|
---|
[8bc46a5] | 907 | <primary sortas="b-tailf">tailf</primary>
|
---|
| 908 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 909 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 910 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 911 |
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 912 | <varlistentry id="taskset">
|
---|
| 913 | <term><command>taskset</command></term>
|
---|
| 914 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 915 | <para>Retrieves or sets a process' CPU affinity</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 916 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux taskset">
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 917 | <primary sortas="b-taskset">taskset</primary>
|
---|
| 918 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 919 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 920 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 921 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 922 | <varlistentry id="tunelp">
|
---|
| 923 | <term><command>tunelp</command></term>
|
---|
| 924 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 925 | <para>Tunes the parameters of the line printer</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 926 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux tunelp">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 927 | <primary sortas="b-tunelp">tunelp</primary>
|
---|
| 928 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 929 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 930 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 931 |
|
---|
| 932 | <varlistentry id="ul">
|
---|
| 933 | <term><command>ul</command></term>
|
---|
| 934 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 935 | <para>A filter for translating underscores into escape sequences
|
---|
| 936 | indicating underlining for the terminal in use</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 937 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ul">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 938 | <primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary>
|
---|
| 939 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 940 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 941 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 942 |
|
---|
| 943 | <varlistentry id="umount">
|
---|
| 944 | <term><command>umount</command></term>
|
---|
| 945 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 946 | <para>Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 947 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux umount">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 948 | <primary sortas="b-umount">umount</primary>
|
---|
| 949 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 950 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 951 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 952 |
|
---|
[9d42ad9] | 953 | <varlistentry id="unshare">
|
---|
| 954 | <term><command>unshare</command></term>
|
---|
| 955 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 956 | <para>Runs a program with some namespaces unshared from parent</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 957 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux unshare">
|
---|
[9d42ad9] | 958 | <primary sortas="b-unshare">unshare</primary>
|
---|
| 959 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 960 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 961 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 962 |
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 963 | <varlistentry id="uuidd">
|
---|
| 964 | <term><command>uuidd</command></term>
|
---|
| 965 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 966 | <para>A daemon used by the UUID library to generate time-based
|
---|
| 967 | UUIDs in a secure and guranteed-unique fashion.</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 968 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidd">
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 969 | <primary sortas="b-uuidd">uuidd</primary>
|
---|
| 970 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 971 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 972 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 973 |
|
---|
| 974 | <varlistentry id="uuidgen">
|
---|
| 975 | <term><command>uuidgen</command></term>
|
---|
| 976 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 977 | <para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered
|
---|
| 978 | unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
|
---|
| 979 | systems, in the past and in the future</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 980 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidgen">
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 981 | <primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary>
|
---|
| 982 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 983 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 984 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 985 |
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 986 | <varlistentry id="wall">
|
---|
| 987 | <term><command>wall</command></term>
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 988 | <listitem>
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 989 | <para>Displays the contents of a file or, by default, its standard
|
---|
| 990 | input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 991 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wall">
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 992 | <primary sortas="b-wall">wall</primary>
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 993 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 994 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 995 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 996 |
|
---|
| 997 | <varlistentry id="whereis">
|
---|
| 998 | <term><command>whereis</command></term>
|
---|
| 999 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1000 | <para>Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page
|
---|
| 1001 | for the given command</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 1002 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 1003 | <primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary>
|
---|
| 1004 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1005 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1006 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1007 |
|
---|
[9d42ad9] | 1008 | <varlistentry id="wipefs">
|
---|
| 1009 | <term><command>wipefs</command></term>
|
---|
| 1010 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1011 | <para>Wipes a filesystem signature from a device</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 1012 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wipefs">
|
---|
[9d42ad9] | 1013 | <primary sortas="b-wipefs">wipefs</primary>
|
---|
| 1014 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1015 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1016 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1017 |
|
---|
[0c90d60] | 1018 | <varlistentry id="x86_64">
|
---|
| 1019 | <term><command>x86_64</command></term>
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 1020 | <listitem>
|
---|
[0c90d60] | 1021 | <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
|
---|
| 1022 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux x86_64">
|
---|
| 1023 | <primary sortas="b-x86_64">x86_64</primary>
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 1024 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1025 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1026 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1027 |
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 1028 | <varlistentry id="libblkid">
|
---|
| 1029 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libblkid</filename></term>
|
---|
| 1030 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1031 | <para>Contains routines for device identification and token
|
---|
| 1032 | extraction</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 1033 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libblkid">
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 1034 | <primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary>
|
---|
| 1035 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1036 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1037 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1038 |
|
---|
[12d9bda6] | 1039 | <varlistentry id="libmount">
|
---|
| 1040 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmount</filename></term>
|
---|
| 1041 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1042 | <para>Contains routines for block device mounting and
|
---|
| 1043 | unmounting</para>
|
---|
| 1044 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libmount">
|
---|
| 1045 | <primary sortas="c-libmount">libmount</primary>
|
---|
| 1046 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1047 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1048 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1049 |
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 1050 | <varlistentry id="libuuid">
|
---|
| 1051 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename></term>
|
---|
| 1052 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1053 | <para>Contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects
|
---|
| 1054 | that may be accessible beyond the local system</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 1055 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libuuid">
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 1056 | <primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary>
|
---|
| 1057 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1058 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1059 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1060 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 1061 | </variablelist>
|
---|
| 1062 |
|
---|
| 1063 | </sect2>
|
---|
[673b0d8] | 1064 |
|
---|
| 1065 | </sect1>
|
---|