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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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[0844c14] | 72 | linkend='ch-system-shadow'/> and <xref linkend='ch-system-sysvinit'/>.
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| 73 | They also require
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| 74 | <ulink url="&blfs-root;/view/svn/postlfs/linux-pam.html">Linux-PAM</ulink>
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[12d9bda6] | 75 | which is not available in LFS.</para>
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| 76 | </listitem>
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| 77 | </varlistentry>
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| 78 | </variablelist>
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[673b0d8] | 79 |
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[ddd5542] | 80 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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[673b0d8] | 81 |
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[e990ec99] | 82 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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[0556946] | 83 |
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[6c4092b0] | 84 | <para>If desired, run the test suite as a non-root user:</para>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <warning><para>Running the test suite as the root user can be harmful to
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[de0e7714] | 87 | your system. To run it, the kernel CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG option for the kernel
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| 88 | must be available in the currently running system. The CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG
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| 89 | option must be built as a module. Building it into the kernel will prevent
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| 90 | booting. For complete coverage, other BLFS packages must be installed. If
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| 91 | desired, this test can be run after rebooting into the completed LFS system
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| 92 | and running:</para>
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[6c4092b0] | 93 |
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| 94 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>bash tests/run.sh --srcdir=$PWD --builddir=$PWD</userinput></screen>
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| 95 | </warning>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv nobody .
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| 98 | su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "PATH=$PATH make check"</userinput></screen>
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[673b0d8] | 99 |
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[0b8bbee] | 100 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 101 |
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[4bac71c] | 102 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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[673b0d8] | 103 |
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[ddd5542] | 104 | </sect2>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <sect2 id="contents-utillinux" role="content">
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[e1428f3] | 107 | <title>Contents of Util-linux</title>
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[ddd5542] | 108 |
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| 109 | <segmentedlist>
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| 110 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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[cd82ee5] | 111 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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[fe05b08] | 112 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
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[ddd5542] | 113 |
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| 114 | <seglistitem>
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[ca101ad] | 115 | <seg>addpart, agetty, blkid, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chcpu,
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[3119ddc] | 116 | chrt, col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, cytune, delpart,
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[ca101ad] | 117 | dmesg, eject, fallocate, fdformat, fdisk, findfs, findmnt, flock, fsck,
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[e1428f3] | 118 | fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, i386,
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[3119ddc] | 119 | ionice, ipcmk, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize, ldattach, linux32, linux64,
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[ca101ad] | 120 | logger, look, losetup, lsblk, lscpu, lslocks, mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs,
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| 121 | mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap, more, mount, mountpoint, namei, partx,
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| 122 | pg, pivot_root, prlimit, raw, readprofile, rename, renice, resizepart,
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| 123 | rev, rtcwake, script, scriptreplay, setarch, setsid, setterm, sfdisk,
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| 124 | swaplabel, swapoff (link to swapon), swapon, switch_root, tailf,
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[b5b97081] | 125 | taskset, ul, umount, unshare, utmpdump, uuidd, uuidgen, wall,
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[ca101ad] | 126 | wdctl, whereis, wipefs, and x86_64</seg>
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[12d9bda6] | 127 |
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[6541b70] | 128 | <seg>libblkid.{a,so}, libmount.{a,so}, libuuid.{a,so}</seg>
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[2ca8941] | 129 |
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[3119ddc] | 130 | <seg>/usr/include/blkid, /usr/include/libmount, /usr/include/uuid,
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| 131 | /usr/share/getopt, /var/lib/hwclock</seg>
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[ddd5542] | 132 | </seglistitem>
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| 133 | </segmentedlist>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <variablelist>
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| 136 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 137 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 138 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 139 |
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[5c92d21] | 140 | <varlistentry id="addpart">
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| 141 | <term><command>addpart</command></term>
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| 142 | <listitem>
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| 143 | <para>Informs the Linux kernel of new partitions</para>
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[e1428f3] | 144 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux addpart">
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[5c92d21] | 145 | <primary sortas="b-addpart">addpart</primary>
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| 146 | </indexterm>
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| 147 | </listitem>
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| 148 | </varlistentry>
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| 149 |
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[ddd5542] | 150 | <varlistentry id="agetty">
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| 151 | <term><command>agetty</command></term>
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| 152 | <listitem>
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| 153 | <para>Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
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| 154 | and then invokes the <command>login</command> program</para>
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[e1428f3] | 155 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux agetty">
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[ddd5542] | 156 | <primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary>
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| 157 | </indexterm>
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| 158 | </listitem>
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| 159 | </varlistentry>
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| 160 |
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[cd82ee5] | 161 | <varlistentry id="blkid">
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| 162 | <term><command>blkid</command></term>
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| 163 | <listitem>
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| 164 | <para>A command line utility to locate and print block device
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| 165 | attributes</para>
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[e1428f3] | 166 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkid">
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[cd82ee5] | 167 | <primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary>
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| 168 | </indexterm>
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| 169 | </listitem>
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| 170 | </varlistentry>
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| 171 |
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[ddd5542] | 172 | <varlistentry id="blockdev">
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| 173 | <term><command>blockdev</command></term>
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| 174 | <listitem>
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| 175 | <para>Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command
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| 176 | line</para>
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[e1428f3] | 177 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blockdev">
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[ddd5542] | 178 | <primary sortas="b-blockdev">blockdev</primary>
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| 179 | </indexterm>
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| 180 | </listitem>
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| 181 | </varlistentry>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <varlistentry id="cal">
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| 184 | <term><command>cal</command></term>
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| 185 | <listitem>
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| 186 | <para>Displays a simple calendar</para>
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[e1428f3] | 187 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cal">
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[ddd5542] | 188 | <primary sortas="b-cal">cal</primary>
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| 189 | </indexterm>
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| 190 | </listitem>
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| 191 | </varlistentry>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <varlistentry id="cfdisk">
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| 194 | <term><command>cfdisk</command></term>
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| 195 | <listitem>
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| 196 | <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
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[e1428f3] | 197 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cfdisk">
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[ddd5542] | 198 | <primary sortas="b-cfdisk">cfdisk</primary>
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| 199 | </indexterm>
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| 200 | </listitem>
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| 201 | </varlistentry>
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| 202 |
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[0c90d60] | 203 | <varlistentry id="chcpu">
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| 204 | <term><command>chcpu</command></term>
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| 205 | <listitem>
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| 206 | <para>Modifies the state of CPUs</para>
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| 207 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chcpu">
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| 208 | <primary sortas="b-chcpu">chcpu</primary>
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| 209 | </indexterm>
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| 210 | </listitem>
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| 211 | </varlistentry>
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| 212 |
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[5c92d21] | 213 | <varlistentry id="chrt">
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| 214 | <term><command>chrt</command></term>
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| 215 | <listitem>
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| 216 | <para>Manipulates real-time attributes of a process</para>
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[e1428f3] | 217 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chrt">
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[5c92d21] | 218 | <primary sortas="b-chrt">chrt</primary>
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| 219 | </indexterm>
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| 220 | </listitem>
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| 221 | </varlistentry>
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| 222 |
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[ddd5542] | 223 | <varlistentry id="col">
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| 224 | <term><command>col</command></term>
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| 225 | <listitem>
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| 226 | <para>Filters out reverse line feeds</para>
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[e1428f3] | 227 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux col">
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[ddd5542] | 228 | <primary sortas="b-col">col</primary>
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| 229 | </indexterm>
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| 230 | </listitem>
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| 231 | </varlistentry>
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| 232 |
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| 233 | <varlistentry id="colcrt">
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| 234 | <term><command>colcrt</command></term>
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| 235 | <listitem>
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| 236 | <para>Filters <command>nroff</command> output for terminals
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| 237 | that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines</para>
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[e1428f3] | 238 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colcrt">
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[ddd5542] | 239 | <primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary>
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| 240 | </indexterm>
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| 241 | </listitem>
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| 242 | </varlistentry>
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| 243 |
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| 244 | <varlistentry id="colrm">
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| 245 | <term><command>colrm</command></term>
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| 246 | <listitem>
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| 247 | <para>Filters out the given columns</para>
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[e1428f3] | 248 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colrm">
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[ddd5542] | 249 | <primary sortas="b-colrm">colrm</primary>
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| 250 | </indexterm>
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| 251 | </listitem>
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| 252 | </varlistentry>
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| 253 |
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| 254 | <varlistentry id="column">
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| 255 | <term><command>column</command></term>
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| 256 | <listitem>
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| 257 | <para>Formats a given file into multiple columns</para>
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[e1428f3] | 258 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux column">
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[ddd5542] | 259 | <primary sortas="b-column">column</primary>
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| 260 | </indexterm>
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| 261 | </listitem>
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| 262 | </varlistentry>
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| 263 |
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| 264 | <varlistentry id="ctrlaltdel">
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| 265 | <term><command>ctrlaltdel</command></term>
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| 266 | <listitem>
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| 267 | <para>Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a
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| 268 | hard or a soft reset</para>
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[e1428f3] | 269 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ctrlaltdel">
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[ddd5542] | 270 | <primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary>
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| 271 | </indexterm>
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| 272 | </listitem>
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| 273 | </varlistentry>
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| 274 |
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| 275 | <varlistentry id="cytune">
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| 276 | <term><command>cytune</command></term>
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| 277 | <listitem>
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| 278 | <para>Tunes the parameters of the serial line drivers for
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| 279 | Cyclades cards</para>
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[e1428f3] | 280 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cytune">
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[ddd5542] | 281 | <primary sortas="b-cytune">cytune</primary>
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| 282 | </indexterm>
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| 283 | </listitem>
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| 284 | </varlistentry>
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| 285 |
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[5c92d21] | 286 | <varlistentry id="delpart">
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| 287 | <term><command>delpart</command></term>
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[ddd5542] | 288 | <listitem>
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[5c92d21] | 289 | <para>Asks the Linux kernel to remove a partition</para>
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[e1428f3] | 290 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux delpart">
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[5c92d21] | 291 | <primary sortas="b-delpart">delpart</primary>
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[ddd5542] | 292 | </indexterm>
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| 293 | </listitem>
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| 294 | </varlistentry>
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| 295 |
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[5c92d21] | 296 | <varlistentry id="dmesg">
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| 297 | <term><command>dmesg</command></term>
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[ddd5542] | 298 | <listitem>
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[5c92d21] | 299 | <para>Dumps the kernel boot messages</para>
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[e1428f3] | 300 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux dmesg">
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[5c92d21] | 301 | <primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary>
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[ddd5542] | 302 | </indexterm>
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| 303 | </listitem>
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| 304 | </varlistentry>
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| 305 |
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[ca101ad] | 306 | <varlistentry id="eject">
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| 307 | <term><command>eject</command></term>
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| 308 | <listitem>
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| 309 | <para>Ejects removable media</para>
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| 310 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux eject">
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| 311 | <primary sortas="b-eject">eject</primary>
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| 312 | </indexterm>
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| 313 | </listitem>
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| 314 | </varlistentry>
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| 315 |
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[9d42ad9] | 316 | <varlistentry id="fallocate">
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| 317 | <term><command>fallocate</command></term>
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| 318 | <listitem>
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| 319 | <para>Preallocates space to a file</para>
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[e1428f3] | 320 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fallocate">
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[9d42ad9] | 321 | <primary sortas="b-fallocate">fallocate</primary>
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| 322 | </indexterm>
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| 323 | </listitem>
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| 324 | </varlistentry>
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| 325 |
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[ddd5542] | 326 | <varlistentry id="fdformat">
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| 327 | <term><command>fdformat</command></term>
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| 328 | <listitem>
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| 329 | <para>Low-level formats a floppy disk</para>
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[e1428f3] | 330 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdformat">
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[ddd5542] | 331 | <primary sortas="b-fdformat">fdformat</primary>
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| 332 | </indexterm>
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| 333 | </listitem>
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| 334 | </varlistentry>
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| 335 |
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[2791a8e] | 336 | <varlistentry id="fdisk">
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| 337 | <term><command>fdisk</command></term>
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| 338 | <listitem>
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| 339 | <para>Manipulates the paritition table of the given device</para>
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[e1428f3] | 340 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdisk">
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[2791a8e] | 341 | <primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary>
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| 342 | </indexterm>
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| 343 | </listitem>
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| 344 | </varlistentry>
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| 345 |
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[cd82ee5] | 346 | <varlistentry id="findfs">
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| 347 | <term><command>findfs</command></term>
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| 348 | <listitem>
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| 349 | <para>Finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier
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| 350 | (UUID)</para>
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[e1428f3] | 351 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findfs">
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[cd82ee5] | 352 | <primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary>
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| 353 | </indexterm>
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| 354 | </listitem>
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| 355 | </varlistentry>
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| 356 |
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[6541b70] | 357 | <varlistentry id="findmnt">
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| 358 | <term><command>findmnt</command></term>
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| 359 | <listitem>
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[2ca8941] | 360 | <para>Is a command line interface to the libmount library
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[6541b70] | 361 | for work with mountinfo, fstab and mtab files</para>
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[e1428f3] | 362 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findmnt">
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[6541b70] | 363 | <primary sortas="b-findmnt">findmnt</primary>
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| 364 | </indexterm>
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| 365 | </listitem>
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| 366 | </varlistentry>
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| 367 |
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[8bc46a5] | 368 | <varlistentry id="flock">
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| 369 | <term><command>flock</command></term>
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| 370 | <listitem>
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| 371 | <para>Acquires a file lock and then executes a command with the lock
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| 372 | held</para>
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[e1428f3] | 373 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux flock">
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[a2add74] | 374 | <primary sortas="b-flock">flock</primary>
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[8bc46a5] | 375 | </indexterm>
|
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| 376 | </listitem>
|
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| 377 | </varlistentry>
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| 378 |
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[cd82ee5] | 379 | <varlistentry id="fsck">
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| 380 | <term><command>fsck</command></term>
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| 381 | <listitem>
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| 382 | <para>Is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems</para>
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[e1428f3] | 383 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck">
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[cd82ee5] | 384 | <primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary>
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| 385 | </indexterm>
|
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| 386 | </listitem>
|
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| 387 | </varlistentry>
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| 388 |
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[ddd5542] | 389 | <varlistentry id="fsck.cramfs">
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| 390 | <term><command>fsck.cramfs</command></term>
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| 391 | <listitem>
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| 392 | <para>Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the
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| 393 | given device</para>
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[e1428f3] | 394 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.cramfs">
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[ddd5542] | 395 | <primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary>
|
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| 396 | </indexterm>
|
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| 397 | </listitem>
|
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| 398 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 399 |
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| 400 | <varlistentry id="fsck.minix">
|
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| 401 | <term><command>fsck.minix</command></term>
|
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| 402 | <listitem>
|
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| 403 | <para>Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the
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| 404 | given device</para>
|
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[e1428f3] | 405 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.minix">
|
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[ddd5542] | 406 | <primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary>
|
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| 407 | </indexterm>
|
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| 408 | </listitem>
|
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| 409 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 410 |
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[6541b70] | 411 | <varlistentry id="fsfreeze">
|
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| 412 | <term><command>fsfreeze</command></term>
|
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| 413 | <listitem>
|
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[2ca8941] | 414 | <para>Is a very simple wrapper around FIFREEZE/FITHAW ioctl
|
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[6541b70] | 415 | kernel driver operations</para>
|
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[e1428f3] | 416 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsfreeze">
|
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[6541b70] | 417 | <primary sortas="b-fsfreeze">fsfreeze</primary>
|
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| 418 | </indexterm>
|
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| 419 | </listitem>
|
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| 420 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 421 |
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[e1428f3] | 422 | <varlistentry id="fstrim">
|
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| 423 | <term><command>fstrim</command></term>
|
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| 424 | <listitem>
|
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| 425 | <para>Discards unused blocks on a mounted filesystem</para>
|
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| 426 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fstrim">
|
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| 427 | <primary sortas="b-fstrim">fstrim</primary>
|
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| 428 | </indexterm>
|
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| 429 | </listitem>
|
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| 430 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 431 |
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[ddd5542] | 432 | <varlistentry id="getopt">
|
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| 433 | <term><command>getopt</command></term>
|
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| 434 | <listitem>
|
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| 435 | <para>Parses options in the given command line</para>
|
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[e1428f3] | 436 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux getopt">
|
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[ddd5542] | 437 | <primary sortas="b-getopt">getopt</primary>
|
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| 438 | </indexterm>
|
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| 439 | </listitem>
|
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| 440 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 441 |
|
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| 442 | <varlistentry id="hexdump">
|
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| 443 | <term><command>hexdump</command></term>
|
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| 444 | <listitem>
|
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| 445 | <para>Dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given
|
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| 446 | format</para>
|
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[e1428f3] | 447 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hexdump">
|
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[ddd5542] | 448 | <primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary>
|
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| 449 | </indexterm>
|
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| 450 | </listitem>
|
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| 451 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 452 |
|
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| 453 | <varlistentry id="hwclock">
|
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| 454 | <term><command>hwclock</command></term>
|
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| 455 | <listitem>
|
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| 456 | <para>Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called
|
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| 457 | the Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
|
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| 458 | clock</para>
|
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[e1428f3] | 459 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hwclock">
|
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[ddd5542] | 460 | <primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary>
|
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| 461 | </indexterm>
|
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| 462 | </listitem>
|
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| 463 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 464 |
|
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[db2f21e] | 465 | <varlistentry id="i386">
|
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| 466 | <term><command>i386</command></term>
|
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| 467 | <listitem>
|
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| 468 | <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
|
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[e1428f3] | 469 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux i386">
|
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[db2f21e] | 470 | <primary sortas="b-i386">i386</primary>
|
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| 471 | </indexterm>
|
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| 472 | </listitem>
|
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| 473 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 474 |
|
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[5c92d21] | 475 | <varlistentry id="ionice">
|
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| 476 | <term><command>ionice</command></term>
|
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| 477 | <listitem>
|
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| 478 | <para>Gets or sets the io scheduling class and priority for a program</para>
|
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[e1428f3] | 479 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ionice">
|
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[5c92d21] | 480 | <primary sortas="b-ionice">ionice</primary>
|
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| 481 | </indexterm>
|
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| 482 | </listitem>
|
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| 483 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 484 |
|
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[cd82ee5] | 485 | <varlistentry id="ipcmk">
|
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| 486 | <term><command>ipcmk</command></term>
|
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| 487 | <listitem>
|
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| 488 | <para>Creates various IPC resources</para>
|
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[e1428f3] | 489 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcmk">
|
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[cd82ee5] | 490 | <primary sortas="b-ipcmk">ipcmk</primary>
|
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| 491 | </indexterm>
|
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| 492 | </listitem>
|
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| 493 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 494 |
|
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[ddd5542] | 495 | <varlistentry id="ipcrm">
|
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| 496 | <term><command>ipcrm</command></term>
|
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| 497 | <listitem>
|
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| 498 | <para>Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource</para>
|
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[e1428f3] | 499 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcrm">
|
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[ddd5542] | 500 | <primary sortas="b-ipcrm">ipcrm</primary>
|
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| 501 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 502 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 503 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 504 |
|
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| 505 | <varlistentry id="ipcs">
|
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| 506 | <term><command>ipcs</command></term>
|
---|
| 507 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 508 | <para>Provides IPC status information</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 509 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcs">
|
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[ddd5542] | 510 | <primary sortas="b-ipcs">ipcs</primary>
|
---|
| 511 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 512 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 513 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 514 |
|
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| 515 | <varlistentry id="isosize">
|
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| 516 | <term><command>isosize</command></term>
|
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| 517 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 518 | <para>Reports the size of an iso9660 file system</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 519 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux isosize">
|
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[ddd5542] | 520 | <primary sortas="b-isosize">isosize</primary>
|
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| 521 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 522 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 523 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 524 |
|
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[d9aaf3d] | 525 | <varlistentry id="kill">
|
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| 526 | <term><command>kill</command></term>
|
---|
| 527 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 528 | <para>Sends signals to processes</para>
|
---|
| 529 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux kill">
|
---|
| 530 | <primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary>
|
---|
| 531 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 532 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 533 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 534 |
|
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[5c92d21] | 535 | <varlistentry id="ldattach">
|
---|
| 536 | <term><command>ldattach</command></term>
|
---|
| 537 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 538 | <para>Attaches a line discipline to a serial line</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 539 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ldattach">
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 540 | <primary sortas="b-ldattach">ldattach</primary>
|
---|
| 541 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 542 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 543 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 544 |
|
---|
[db2f21e] | 545 | <varlistentry id="linux32">
|
---|
| 546 | <term><command>linux32</command></term>
|
---|
| 547 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 548 | <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 549 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux32">
|
---|
[db2f21e] | 550 | <primary sortas="b-linux32">linux32</primary>
|
---|
| 551 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 552 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 553 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 554 |
|
---|
| 555 | <varlistentry id="linux64">
|
---|
| 556 | <term><command>linux64</command></term>
|
---|
| 557 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 558 | <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 559 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux64">
|
---|
[db2f21e] | 560 | <primary sortas="b-linux64">linux64</primary>
|
---|
| 561 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 562 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 563 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 564 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 565 | <varlistentry id="logger">
|
---|
| 566 | <term><command>logger</command></term>
|
---|
| 567 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 568 | <para>Enters the given message into the system log</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 569 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux logger">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 570 | <primary sortas="b-logger">logger</primary>
|
---|
| 571 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 572 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 573 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 574 |
|
---|
| 575 | <varlistentry id="look">
|
---|
| 576 | <term><command>look</command></term>
|
---|
| 577 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 578 | <para>Displays lines that begin with the given string</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 579 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux look">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 580 | <primary sortas="b-look">look</primary>
|
---|
| 581 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 582 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 583 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 584 |
|
---|
| 585 | <varlistentry id="losetup">
|
---|
| 586 | <term><command>losetup</command></term>
|
---|
| 587 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 588 | <para>Sets up and controls loop devices</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 589 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux losetup">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 590 | <primary sortas="b-losetup">losetup</primary>
|
---|
| 591 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 592 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 593 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 594 |
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 595 | <varlistentry id="lsblk">
|
---|
| 596 | <term><command>lsblk</command></term>
|
---|
| 597 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 598 | <para>Lists information about all or selected block devices in
|
---|
| 599 | a tree-like format.</para>
|
---|
| 600 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsblk">
|
---|
| 601 | <primary sortas="b-lsblk">lsblk</primary>
|
---|
| 602 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 603 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 604 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 605 |
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 606 | <varlistentry id="lscpu">
|
---|
| 607 | <term><command>lscpu</command></term>
|
---|
| 608 | <listitem>
|
---|
[cb02946] | 609 | <para>Prints CPU architecture information</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 610 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lscpu">
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 611 | <primary sortas="b-lscpu">lscpu</primary>
|
---|
| 612 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 613 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 614 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 615 |
|
---|
[ca101ad] | 616 | <varlistentry id="lslocks">
|
---|
| 617 | <term><command>lslocks</command></term>
|
---|
| 618 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 619 | <para>Lists local system locks</para>
|
---|
| 620 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslocks">
|
---|
| 621 | <primary sortas="b-lslocks">lslocks</primary>
|
---|
| 622 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 623 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 624 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 625 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 626 | <varlistentry id="mcookie">
|
---|
| 627 | <term><command>mcookie</command></term>
|
---|
| 628 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 629 | <para>Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for
|
---|
| 630 | <command>xauth</command></para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 631 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mcookie">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 632 | <primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary>
|
---|
| 633 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 634 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 635 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 636 |
|
---|
| 637 | <varlistentry id="mkfs">
|
---|
| 638 | <term><command>mkfs</command></term>
|
---|
| 639 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 640 | <para>Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk
|
---|
| 641 | partition)</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 642 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 643 | <primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary>
|
---|
| 644 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 645 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 646 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 647 |
|
---|
| 648 | <varlistentry id="mkfs.bfs">
|
---|
| 649 | <term><command>mkfs.bfs</command></term>
|
---|
| 650 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 651 | <para>Creates a Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 652 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.bfs">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 653 | <primary sortas="b-mkfs.bfs">mkfs.bfs</primary>
|
---|
| 654 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 655 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 656 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 657 |
|
---|
| 658 | <varlistentry id="mkfs.cramfs">
|
---|
| 659 | <term><command>mkfs.cramfs</command></term>
|
---|
| 660 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 661 | <para>Creates a cramfs file system</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 662 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.cramfs">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 663 | <primary sortas="b-mkfs.cramfs">mkfs.cramfs</primary>
|
---|
| 664 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 665 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 666 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 667 |
|
---|
| 668 | <varlistentry id="mkfs.minix">
|
---|
| 669 | <term><command>mkfs.minix</command></term>
|
---|
| 670 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 671 | <para>Creates a Minix file system</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 672 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.minix">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 673 | <primary sortas="b-mkfs.minix">mkfs.minix</primary>
|
---|
| 674 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 675 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 676 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 677 |
|
---|
| 678 | <varlistentry id="mkswap">
|
---|
| 679 | <term><command>mkswap</command></term>
|
---|
| 680 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 681 | <para>Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap
|
---|
| 682 | area</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 683 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkswap">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 684 | <primary sortas="b-mkswap">mkswap</primary>
|
---|
| 685 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 686 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 687 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 688 |
|
---|
| 689 | <varlistentry id="more">
|
---|
| 690 | <term><command>more</command></term>
|
---|
| 691 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 692 | <para>A filter for paging through text one screen at a time</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 693 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux more">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 694 | <primary sortas="b-more">more</primary>
|
---|
| 695 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 696 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 697 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 698 |
|
---|
| 699 | <varlistentry id="mount">
|
---|
| 700 | <term><command>mount</command></term>
|
---|
| 701 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 702 | <para>Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified
|
---|
| 703 | directory in the file-system tree</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 704 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mount">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 705 | <primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary>
|
---|
| 706 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 707 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 708 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 709 |
|
---|
[eb797aa] | 710 | <varlistentry id="mountpoint">
|
---|
| 711 | <term><command>mountpoint</command></term>
|
---|
| 712 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 713 | <para>Checks if the directory is a mountpoint</para>
|
---|
| 714 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mountpoint">
|
---|
| 715 | <primary sortas="b-mountpoint">mountpoint</primary>
|
---|
| 716 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 717 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 718 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 719 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 720 | <varlistentry id="namei">
|
---|
| 721 | <term><command>namei</command></term>
|
---|
| 722 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 723 | <para>Shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 724 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux namei">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 725 | <primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary>
|
---|
| 726 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 727 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 728 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 729 |
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 730 | <varlistentry id="partx">
|
---|
| 731 | <term><command>partx</command></term>
|
---|
| 732 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 733 | <para>Tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk
|
---|
| 734 | partitions</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 735 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux partx">
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 736 | <primary sortas="b-partx">partx</primary>
|
---|
| 737 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 738 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 739 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 740 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 741 | <varlistentry id="pg">
|
---|
| 742 | <term><command>pg</command></term>
|
---|
| 743 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 744 | <para>Displays a text file one screen full at a time</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 745 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pg">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 746 | <primary sortas="b-pg">pg</primary>
|
---|
| 747 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 748 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 749 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 750 |
|
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| 751 | <varlistentry id="pivot_root">
|
---|
| 752 | <term><command>pivot_root</command></term>
|
---|
| 753 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 754 | <para>Makes the given file system the new root file system of the
|
---|
| 755 | current process</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 756 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pivot_root">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 757 | <primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary>
|
---|
| 758 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 759 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 760 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 761 |
|
---|
[0c90d60] | 762 | <varlistentry id="prlimit">
|
---|
| 763 | <term><command>prlimit</command></term>
|
---|
| 764 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 765 | <para>Get and set a process' resource limits</para>
|
---|
| 766 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux prlimit">
|
---|
| 767 | <primary sortas="b-prlimit">prlimit</primary>
|
---|
| 768 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 769 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 770 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 771 |
|
---|
| 772 | <varlistentry id="raw">
|
---|
| 773 | <term><command>raw</command></term>
|
---|
| 774 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 775 | <para>Bind a Linux raw character device to a block device</para>
|
---|
| 776 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux raw">
|
---|
| 777 | <primary sortas="b-raw">raw</primary>
|
---|
| 778 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 779 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 780 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 781 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 782 | <varlistentry id="readprofile">
|
---|
| 783 | <term><command>readprofile</command></term>
|
---|
| 784 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 785 | <para>Reads kernel profiling information</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 786 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux readprofile">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 787 | <primary sortas="b-readprofile">readprofile</primary>
|
---|
| 788 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 789 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 790 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 791 |
|
---|
| 792 | <varlistentry id="rename">
|
---|
| 793 | <term><command>rename</command></term>
|
---|
| 794 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 795 | <para>Renames the given files, replacing a given string with
|
---|
| 796 | another</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 797 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rename">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 798 | <primary sortas="b-rename">rename</primary>
|
---|
| 799 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 800 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 801 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 802 |
|
---|
| 803 | <varlistentry id="renice">
|
---|
| 804 | <term><command>renice</command></term>
|
---|
| 805 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 806 | <para>Alters the priority of running processes</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 807 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux renice">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 808 | <primary sortas="b-renice">renice</primary>
|
---|
| 809 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 810 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 811 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 812 |
|
---|
[ca101ad] | 813 | <varlistentry id="resizepart">
|
---|
| 814 | <term><command>resizepart</command></term>
|
---|
| 815 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 816 | <para>Asks the Linux kernel to resize a partition</para>
|
---|
| 817 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux resizepart">
|
---|
| 818 | <primary sortas="b-resizepart">resizepart</primary>
|
---|
| 819 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 820 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 821 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 822 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 823 | <varlistentry id="rev">
|
---|
| 824 | <term><command>rev</command></term>
|
---|
| 825 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 826 | <para>Reverses the lines of a given file</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 827 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rev">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 828 | <primary sortas="b-rev">rev</primary>
|
---|
| 829 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 830 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 831 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 832 |
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 833 | <varlistentry id="rtcwake">
|
---|
| 834 | <term><command>rtcwake</command></term>
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 835 | <listitem>
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 836 | <para>Used to enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup
|
---|
| 837 | time</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 838 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rtcwake">
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 839 | <primary sortas="b-rtcwake">rtcwake</primary>
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 840 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 841 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 842 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 843 |
|
---|
| 844 | <varlistentry id="script">
|
---|
| 845 | <term><command>script</command></term>
|
---|
| 846 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 847 | <para>Makes a typescript of a terminal session</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 848 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux script">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 849 | <primary sortas="b-script">script</primary>
|
---|
| 850 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 851 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 852 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 853 |
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 854 | <varlistentry id="scriptreplay">
|
---|
| 855 | <term><command>scriptreplay</command></term>
|
---|
| 856 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 857 | <para>Plays back typescripts using timing information</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 858 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptreplay">
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 859 | <primary sortas="b-scriptreplay">scriptreplay</primary>
|
---|
| 860 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 861 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 862 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 863 |
|
---|
| 864 | <varlistentry id="setarch">
|
---|
| 865 | <term><command>setarch</command></term>
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 866 | <listitem>
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 867 | <para>Changes reported architecture in a new program environment and
|
---|
| 868 | sets personality flags</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 869 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setarch">
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 870 | <primary sortas="b-setarch">setarch</primary>
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 871 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 872 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 873 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 874 |
|
---|
| 875 | <varlistentry id="setsid">
|
---|
| 876 | <term><command>setsid</command></term>
|
---|
| 877 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 878 | <para>Runs the given program in a new session</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 879 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setsid">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 880 | <primary sortas="b-setsid">setsid</primary>
|
---|
| 881 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 882 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 883 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 884 |
|
---|
| 885 | <varlistentry id="setterm">
|
---|
| 886 | <term><command>setterm</command></term>
|
---|
| 887 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 888 | <para>Sets terminal attributes</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 889 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setterm">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 890 | <primary sortas="b-setterm">setterm</primary>
|
---|
| 891 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 892 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 893 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 894 |
|
---|
| 895 | <varlistentry id="sfdisk">
|
---|
| 896 | <term><command>sfdisk</command></term>
|
---|
| 897 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 898 | <para>A disk partition table manipulator</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 899 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sfdisk">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 900 | <primary sortas="b-sfdisk">sfdisk</primary>
|
---|
| 901 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 902 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 903 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 904 |
|
---|
[6541b70] | 905 | <varlistentry id="swaplabel">
|
---|
| 906 | <term><command>swaplabel</command></term>
|
---|
| 907 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 908 | <para>Allows to change swaparea UUID and label</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 909 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swaplabel">
|
---|
[6541b70] | 910 | <primary sortas="b-swaplabel">swaplabel</primary>
|
---|
| 911 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 912 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 913 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 914 |
|
---|
[90aae6b] | 915 | <varlistentry id="swapoff">
|
---|
| 916 | <term><command>swapoff</command></term>
|
---|
| 917 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 918 | <para>Disables devices and files for paging and swapping</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 919 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapoff">
|
---|
[90aae6b] | 920 | <primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary>
|
---|
| 921 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 922 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 923 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 924 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 925 | <varlistentry id="swapon">
|
---|
| 926 | <term><command>swapon</command></term>
|
---|
| 927 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 928 | <para>Enables devices and files for paging and swapping and
|
---|
| 929 | lists the devices and files currently in use</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 930 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapon">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 931 | <primary sortas="b-swapon">swapon</primary>
|
---|
| 932 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 933 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 934 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 935 |
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 936 | <varlistentry id="switch_root">
|
---|
| 937 | <term><command>switch_root</command></term>
|
---|
| 938 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 939 | <para>Switches to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 940 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux switch_root">
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 941 | <primary sortas="b-switch_root">switch_root</primary>
|
---|
| 942 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 943 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 944 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 945 |
|
---|
[8bc46a5] | 946 | <varlistentry id="tailf">
|
---|
| 947 | <term><command>tailf</command></term>
|
---|
| 948 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 949 | <para>Tracks the growth of a log file. Displays the last 10 lines
|
---|
| 950 | of a log file, then continues displaying any new entries in the
|
---|
| 951 | log file as they are created</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 952 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux tailf">
|
---|
[8bc46a5] | 953 | <primary sortas="b-tailf">tailf</primary>
|
---|
| 954 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 955 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 956 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 957 |
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 958 | <varlistentry id="taskset">
|
---|
| 959 | <term><command>taskset</command></term>
|
---|
| 960 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 961 | <para>Retrieves or sets a process' CPU affinity</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 962 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux taskset">
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 963 | <primary sortas="b-taskset">taskset</primary>
|
---|
| 964 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 965 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 966 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 967 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 968 | <varlistentry id="ul">
|
---|
| 969 | <term><command>ul</command></term>
|
---|
| 970 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 971 | <para>A filter for translating underscores into escape sequences
|
---|
| 972 | indicating underlining for the terminal in use</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 973 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ul">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 974 | <primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary>
|
---|
| 975 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 976 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 977 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 978 |
|
---|
| 979 | <varlistentry id="umount">
|
---|
| 980 | <term><command>umount</command></term>
|
---|
| 981 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 982 | <para>Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 983 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux umount">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 984 | <primary sortas="b-umount">umount</primary>
|
---|
| 985 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 986 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 987 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 988 |
|
---|
[9d42ad9] | 989 | <varlistentry id="unshare">
|
---|
| 990 | <term><command>unshare</command></term>
|
---|
| 991 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 992 | <para>Runs a program with some namespaces unshared from parent</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 993 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux unshare">
|
---|
[9d42ad9] | 994 | <primary sortas="b-unshare">unshare</primary>
|
---|
| 995 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 996 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 997 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 998 |
|
---|
[ca101ad] | 999 | <varlistentry id="utmpdump">
|
---|
| 1000 | <term><command>utmpdump</command></term>
|
---|
| 1001 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1002 | <para>Displays the content of the given login file in a more
|
---|
| 1003 | user-friendly format</para>
|
---|
| 1004 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux utmpdump">
|
---|
| 1005 | <primary sortas="b-utmpdump">utmpdump</primary>
|
---|
| 1006 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1007 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1008 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1009 |
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 1010 | <varlistentry id="uuidd">
|
---|
| 1011 | <term><command>uuidd</command></term>
|
---|
| 1012 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1013 | <para>A daemon used by the UUID library to generate time-based
|
---|
| 1014 | UUIDs in a secure and guranteed-unique fashion.</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 1015 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidd">
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 1016 | <primary sortas="b-uuidd">uuidd</primary>
|
---|
| 1017 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1018 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1019 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1020 |
|
---|
| 1021 | <varlistentry id="uuidgen">
|
---|
| 1022 | <term><command>uuidgen</command></term>
|
---|
| 1023 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1024 | <para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered
|
---|
| 1025 | unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
|
---|
| 1026 | systems, in the past and in the future</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 1027 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidgen">
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 1028 | <primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary>
|
---|
| 1029 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1030 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1031 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1032 |
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 1033 | <varlistentry id="wall">
|
---|
| 1034 | <term><command>wall</command></term>
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 1035 | <listitem>
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 1036 | <para>Displays the contents of a file or, by default, its standard
|
---|
| 1037 | input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 1038 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wall">
|
---|
[5c92d21] | 1039 | <primary sortas="b-wall">wall</primary>
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 1040 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1041 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1042 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1043 |
|
---|
[ca101ad] | 1044 | <varlistentry id="wdctl">
|
---|
| 1045 | <term><command>wdctl</command></term>
|
---|
| 1046 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1047 | <para>Shows hardware watchdog status</para>
|
---|
| 1048 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wdctl">
|
---|
| 1049 | <primary sortas="b-wdctl">wdctl</primary>
|
---|
| 1050 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1051 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1052 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1053 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 1054 | <varlistentry id="whereis">
|
---|
| 1055 | <term><command>whereis</command></term>
|
---|
| 1056 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1057 | <para>Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page
|
---|
| 1058 | for the given command</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 1059 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis">
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 1060 | <primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary>
|
---|
| 1061 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1062 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1063 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1064 |
|
---|
[9d42ad9] | 1065 | <varlistentry id="wipefs">
|
---|
| 1066 | <term><command>wipefs</command></term>
|
---|
| 1067 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1068 | <para>Wipes a filesystem signature from a device</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 1069 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wipefs">
|
---|
[9d42ad9] | 1070 | <primary sortas="b-wipefs">wipefs</primary>
|
---|
| 1071 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1072 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1073 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1074 |
|
---|
[0c90d60] | 1075 | <varlistentry id="x86_64">
|
---|
| 1076 | <term><command>x86_64</command></term>
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 1077 | <listitem>
|
---|
[0c90d60] | 1078 | <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
|
---|
| 1079 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux x86_64">
|
---|
| 1080 | <primary sortas="b-x86_64">x86_64</primary>
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 1081 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1082 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1083 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1084 |
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 1085 | <varlistentry id="libblkid">
|
---|
| 1086 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libblkid</filename></term>
|
---|
| 1087 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1088 | <para>Contains routines for device identification and token
|
---|
| 1089 | extraction</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 1090 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libblkid">
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 1091 | <primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary>
|
---|
| 1092 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1093 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1094 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1095 |
|
---|
[12d9bda6] | 1096 | <varlistentry id="libmount">
|
---|
| 1097 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmount</filename></term>
|
---|
| 1098 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1099 | <para>Contains routines for block device mounting and
|
---|
| 1100 | unmounting</para>
|
---|
| 1101 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libmount">
|
---|
| 1102 | <primary sortas="c-libmount">libmount</primary>
|
---|
| 1103 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1104 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1105 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1106 |
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 1107 | <varlistentry id="libuuid">
|
---|
| 1108 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename></term>
|
---|
| 1109 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1110 | <para>Contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects
|
---|
| 1111 | that may be accessible beyond the local system</para>
|
---|
[e1428f3] | 1112 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libuuid">
|
---|
[cd82ee5] | 1113 | <primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary>
|
---|
| 1114 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1115 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1116 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1117 |
|
---|
[ddd5542] | 1118 | </variablelist>
|
---|
| 1119 |
|
---|
| 1120 | </sect2>
|
---|
[673b0d8] | 1121 |
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