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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-util-linux" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="util-linux.html"?>
10
11 <sect1info condition="script">
12 <productname>util-linux</productname>
13 <productnumber>&util-linux-version;</productnumber>
14 <address>&util-linux-url;</address>
15 </sect1info>
16
17 <title>Util-linux-&util-linux-version;</title>
18
19 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux">
20 <primary sortas="a-Util-linux">Util-linux</primary>
21 </indexterm>
22
23 <sect2 role="package">
24 <title/>
25
26 <para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs.
27 Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles, partitions,
28 and messages.</para>
29
30 <segmentedlist>
31 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
32 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
33
34 <seglistitem>
35 <seg>&util-linux-fin-sbu;</seg>
36 <seg>&util-linux-fin-du;</seg>
37 </seglistitem>
38 </segmentedlist>
39
40 </sect2>
41
42 <sect2 role="installation">
43 <title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
44
45<!--
46 <para>First, disable a problematic test:</para>
47
48 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/test_mkfds/s/^/#/' tests/helpers/Makemodule.am</userinput></screen>
49-->
50 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
51
52 <screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --bindir=/usr/bin \
53 --libdir=/usr/lib \
54 --runstatedir=/run \
55 --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
56 --disable-chfn-chsh \
57 --disable-login \
58 --disable-nologin \
59 --disable-su \
60 --disable-setpriv \
61 --disable-runuser \
62 --disable-pylibmount \
63 --disable-liblastlog2 \
64 --disable-static \
65 --without-python \
66 --without-systemd \
67 --without-systemdsystemunitdir \
68 ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
69 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;</userinput></screen>
70
71 <screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --bindir=/usr/bin \
72 --libdir=/usr/lib \
73 --runstatedir=/run \
74 --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
75 --disable-chfn-chsh \
76 --disable-login \
77 --disable-nologin \
78 --disable-su \
79 --disable-setpriv \
80 --disable-runuser \
81 --disable-pylibmount \
82 --disable-liblastlog2 \
83 --disable-static \
84 --without-python \
85 ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
86 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;</userinput></screen>
87
88 <para>The --disable and --without options prevent warnings about
89 building components that either require packages not in LFS, or are
90 inconsistent with programs installed by other packages.</para>
91
92 <para>Compile the package:</para>
93
94<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
95
96 <!-- To editors:
97 Two tests need a /etc/fstab file. They are skipped if the host
98 distro isn't using systemd as the init system, so don't remove
99 the creation of /etc/fstab unless you've tested it with such a
100 host distro (for example LFS systemd or Debian). -->
101 <para>If desired, create a dummy <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file
102 to satisfy two tests and run the test suite as a non-&root;
103 user:</para>
104
105 <warning><para>Running the test suite as the
106 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user can be harmful to
107 your system. To run it, the CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG option for the kernel must
108 be available in the currently running system and must be built as a
109 module. Building it into the kernel will prevent booting. For complete
110 coverage, other BLFS packages must be installed. If desired, this test can
111 be run by booting into the completed LFS system and running:</para>
112
113<screen role="nodump"><userinput>bash tests/run.sh --srcdir=$PWD --builddir=$PWD</userinput></screen>
114 </warning>
115
116<screen><userinput remap="test">touch /etc/fstab
117chown -R tester .
118su tester -c "make -k check"</userinput></screen>
119
120 <para>
121 The <emphasis>hardlink</emphasis> tests will fail if the host's kernel
122 does not have the option <option>CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_HASH</option>
123 enabled or does not have any options providing a SHA256 implementation
124 (for example, <option>CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256</option>, or
125 <option>CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3</option> if the CPU supports
126 Supplemental SSE3) enabled. In addition, the lsfd: inotify test will
127 fail if the kernel option <option>CONFIG_NETLINK_DIAG</option> is not
128 enabled.
129 </para>
130
131 <para>Install the package:</para>
132
133<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
134<!--
135 <para>Finally, install the man pages:</para>
136
137<screen><userinput remap="install">tar -xf ../util-linux-man-pages-&util-linux-version;.tar.xz - -directory /usr/share/man - -strip-components=1</userinput></screen>
138-->
139 </sect2>
140
141 <sect2 id="contents-utillinux" role="content">
142 <title>Contents of Util-linux</title>
143
144 <segmentedlist>
145 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
146 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
147 <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
148
149 <seglistitem>
150 <seg>addpart, agetty, blkdiscard, blkid, blkzone, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chcpu,
151 chmem, choom, chrt, col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, delpart, dmesg,
152 eject, fallocate, fdisk, fincore, findfs, findmnt, flock, fsck,
153 fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hardlink, hexdump, hwclock,
154 i386 (link to setarch), ionice, ipcmk, ipcrm, ipcs, irqtop, isosize, kill, last,
155 lastb (link to last), ldattach, linux32 (link to setarch), linux64 (link to setarch),
156 logger, look, losetup, lsblk, lscpu, lsipc, lsirq, lsfd, lslocks, lslogins,
157 lsmem, lsns, mcookie, mesg, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap,
158 more, mount, mountpoint, namei, nsenter, partx, pivot_root, prlimit,
159 readprofile, rename, renice, resizepart, rev, rfkill, rtcwake, script,
160 scriptlive, scriptreplay, setarch, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, sulogin, swaplabel,
161 swapoff, swapon, switch_root, taskset, uclampset, ul,
162 umount, uname26 (link to setarch), unshare, utmpdump, uuidd, uuidgen, uuidparse,
163 wall, wdctl, whereis, wipefs, x86_64 (link to setarch), and zramctl</seg>
164 <seg>libblkid.so, libfdisk.so, libmount.so,
165 libsmartcols.so, and libuuid.so</seg>
166 <seg>/usr/include/blkid,
167 /usr/include/libfdisk,
168 /usr/include/libmount,
169 /usr/include/libsmartcols,
170 /usr/include/uuid,
171 /usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;,
172 and /var/lib/hwclock</seg>
173 </seglistitem>
174 </segmentedlist>
175
176 <variablelist>
177 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
178 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
179 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
180
181 <varlistentry id="addpart">
182 <term><command>addpart</command></term>
183 <listitem>
184 <para>Informs the Linux kernel of new partitions</para>
185 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux addpart">
186 <primary sortas="b-addpart">addpart</primary>
187 </indexterm>
188 </listitem>
189 </varlistentry>
190
191 <varlistentry id="agetty">
192 <term><command>agetty</command></term>
193 <listitem>
194 <para>Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
195 and then invokes the <command>login</command> program</para>
196 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux agetty">
197 <primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary>
198 </indexterm>
199 </listitem>
200 </varlistentry>
201
202 <varlistentry id="blkdiscard">
203 <term><command>blkdiscard</command></term>
204 <listitem>
205 <para>Discards sectors on a device</para>
206 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkdiscard">
207 <primary sortas="b-blkdiscard">blkdiscard</primary>
208 </indexterm>
209 </listitem>
210 </varlistentry>
211
212 <varlistentry id="blkid">
213 <term><command>blkid</command></term>
214 <listitem>
215 <para>A command line utility to locate and print block device
216 attributes</para>
217 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkid">
218 <primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary>
219 </indexterm>
220 </listitem>
221 </varlistentry>
222
223 <varlistentry id="blkzone">
224 <term><command>blkzone</command></term>
225 <listitem>
226 <para>Is used to manage zoned storage block devices</para>
227 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkzone">
228 <primary sortas="b-blkzone">blkzone</primary>
229 </indexterm>
230 </listitem>
231 </varlistentry>
232
233 <varlistentry id="blockdev">
234 <term><command>blockdev</command></term>
235 <listitem>
236 <para>Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command
237 line</para>
238 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blockdev">
239 <primary sortas="b-blockdev">blockdev</primary>
240 </indexterm>
241 </listitem>
242 </varlistentry>
243
244 <varlistentry id="cal">
245 <term><command>cal</command></term>
246 <listitem>
247 <para>Displays a simple calendar</para>
248 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cal">
249 <primary sortas="b-cal">cal</primary>
250 </indexterm>
251 </listitem>
252 </varlistentry>
253
254 <varlistentry id="cfdisk">
255 <term><command>cfdisk</command></term>
256 <listitem>
257 <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
258 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cfdisk">
259 <primary sortas="b-cfdisk">cfdisk</primary>
260 </indexterm>
261 </listitem>
262 </varlistentry>
263
264 <varlistentry id="chcpu">
265 <term><command>chcpu</command></term>
266 <listitem>
267 <para>Modifies the state of CPUs</para>
268 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chcpu">
269 <primary sortas="b-chcpu">chcpu</primary>
270 </indexterm>
271 </listitem>
272 </varlistentry>
273
274 <varlistentry id="chmem">
275 <term><command>chmem</command></term>
276 <listitem>
277 <para>Configures memory</para>
278 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chmem">
279 <primary sortas="b-chmem">chmem</primary>
280 </indexterm>
281 </listitem>
282 </varlistentry>
283
284 <varlistentry id="choom">
285 <term><command>choom</command></term>
286 <listitem>
287 <para>Displays and adjusts OOM-killer scores, used to determine
288 which process to kill first when Linux is Out Of Memory</para>
289 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux choom">
290 <primary sortas="b-choom">choom</primary>
291 </indexterm>
292 </listitem>
293 </varlistentry>
294
295 <varlistentry id="chrt">
296 <term><command>chrt</command></term>
297 <listitem>
298 <para>Manipulates real-time attributes of a process</para>
299 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chrt">
300 <primary sortas="b-chrt">chrt</primary>
301 </indexterm>
302 </listitem>
303 </varlistentry>
304
305 <varlistentry id="col">
306 <term><command>col</command></term>
307 <listitem>
308 <para>Filters out reverse line feeds</para>
309 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux col">
310 <primary sortas="b-col">col</primary>
311 </indexterm>
312 </listitem>
313 </varlistentry>
314
315 <varlistentry id="colcrt">
316 <term><command>colcrt</command></term>
317 <listitem>
318 <para>Filters <command>nroff</command> output for terminals
319 that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines</para>
320 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colcrt">
321 <primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary>
322 </indexterm>
323 </listitem>
324 </varlistentry>
325
326 <varlistentry id="colrm">
327 <term><command>colrm</command></term>
328 <listitem>
329 <para>Filters out the given columns</para>
330 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colrm">
331 <primary sortas="b-colrm">colrm</primary>
332 </indexterm>
333 </listitem>
334 </varlistentry>
335
336 <varlistentry id="column">
337 <term><command>column</command></term>
338 <listitem>
339 <para>Formats a given file into multiple columns</para>
340 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux column">
341 <primary sortas="b-column">column</primary>
342 </indexterm>
343 </listitem>
344 </varlistentry>
345
346 <varlistentry id="ctrlaltdel">
347 <term><command>ctrlaltdel</command></term>
348 <listitem>
349 <para>Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a
350 hard or a soft reset</para>
351 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ctrlaltdel">
352 <primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary>
353 </indexterm>
354 </listitem>
355 </varlistentry>
356
357 <varlistentry id="delpart">
358 <term><command>delpart</command></term>
359 <listitem>
360 <para>Asks the Linux kernel to remove a partition</para>
361 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux delpart">
362 <primary sortas="b-delpart">delpart</primary>
363 </indexterm>
364 </listitem>
365 </varlistentry>
366
367 <varlistentry id="dmesg">
368 <term><command>dmesg</command></term>
369 <listitem>
370 <para>Dumps the kernel boot messages</para>
371 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux dmesg">
372 <primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary>
373 </indexterm>
374 </listitem>
375 </varlistentry>
376
377 <varlistentry id="eject">
378 <term><command>eject</command></term>
379 <listitem>
380 <para>Ejects removable media</para>
381 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux eject">
382 <primary sortas="b-eject">eject</primary>
383 </indexterm>
384 </listitem>
385 </varlistentry>
386
387 <varlistentry id="fallocate">
388 <term><command>fallocate</command></term>
389 <listitem>
390 <para>Preallocates space to a file</para>
391 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fallocate">
392 <primary sortas="b-fallocate">fallocate</primary>
393 </indexterm>
394 </listitem>
395 </varlistentry>
396
397 <varlistentry id="fdisk">
398 <term><command>fdisk</command></term>
399 <listitem>
400 <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
401 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdisk">
402 <primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary>
403 </indexterm>
404 </listitem>
405 </varlistentry>
406
407 <varlistentry id="fincore">
408 <term><command>fincore</command></term>
409 <listitem>
410 <para>Counts pages of file contents in core</para>
411 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fincore">
412 <primary sortas="b-fincore">fincore</primary>
413 </indexterm>
414 </listitem>
415 </varlistentry>
416
417 <varlistentry id="findfs">
418 <term><command>findfs</command></term>
419 <listitem>
420 <para>Finds a file system, either by label or Universally Unique Identifier
421 (UUID)</para>
422 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findfs">
423 <primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary>
424 </indexterm>
425 </listitem>
426 </varlistentry>
427
428 <varlistentry id="findmnt">
429 <term><command>findmnt</command></term>
430 <listitem>
431 <para>Is a command line interface to the libmount library
432 for working with mountinfo, fstab and mtab files</para>
433 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findmnt">
434 <primary sortas="b-findmnt">findmnt</primary>
435 </indexterm>
436 </listitem>
437 </varlistentry>
438
439 <varlistentry id="flock">
440 <term><command>flock</command></term>
441 <listitem>
442 <para>Acquires a file lock and then executes a command with the lock
443 held</para>
444 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux flock">
445 <primary sortas="b-flock">flock</primary>
446 </indexterm>
447 </listitem>
448 </varlistentry>
449
450 <varlistentry id="fsck">
451 <term><command>fsck</command></term>
452 <listitem>
453 <para>Is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems</para>
454 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck">
455 <primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary>
456 </indexterm>
457 </listitem>
458 </varlistentry>
459
460 <varlistentry id="fsck.cramfs">
461 <term><command>fsck.cramfs</command></term>
462 <listitem>
463 <para>Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the
464 given device</para>
465 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.cramfs">
466 <primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary>
467 </indexterm>
468 </listitem>
469 </varlistentry>
470
471 <varlistentry id="fsck.minix">
472 <term><command>fsck.minix</command></term>
473 <listitem>
474 <para>Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the
475 given device</para>
476 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.minix">
477 <primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary>
478 </indexterm>
479 </listitem>
480 </varlistentry>
481
482 <varlistentry id="fsfreeze">
483 <term><command>fsfreeze</command></term>
484 <listitem>
485 <para>Is a very simple wrapper around FIFREEZE/FITHAW ioctl
486 kernel driver operations</para>
487 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsfreeze">
488 <primary sortas="b-fsfreeze">fsfreeze</primary>
489 </indexterm>
490 </listitem>
491 </varlistentry>
492
493 <varlistentry id="fstrim">
494 <term><command>fstrim</command></term>
495 <listitem>
496 <para>Discards unused blocks on a mounted filesystem</para>
497 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fstrim">
498 <primary sortas="b-fstrim">fstrim</primary>
499 </indexterm>
500 </listitem>
501 </varlistentry>
502
503 <varlistentry id="getopt">
504 <term><command>getopt</command></term>
505 <listitem>
506 <para>Parses options in the given command line</para>
507 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux getopt">
508 <primary sortas="b-getopt">getopt</primary>
509 </indexterm>
510 </listitem>
511 </varlistentry>
512
513 <varlistentry id="hardlink">
514 <term><command>hardlink</command></term>
515 <listitem>
516 <para>Consolidates duplicate files by creating hard links</para>
517 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hardlink">
518 <primary sortas="b-hardlink">hardlink</primary>
519 </indexterm>
520 </listitem>
521 </varlistentry>
522
523 <varlistentry id="hexdump">
524 <term><command>hexdump</command></term>
525 <listitem>
526 <para>Dumps the given file in hexadecimal, decimal, octal,
527 or ascii</para>
528 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hexdump">
529 <primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary>
530 </indexterm>
531 </listitem>
532 </varlistentry>
533
534 <varlistentry id="hwclock">
535 <term><command>hwclock</command></term>
536 <listitem>
537 <para>Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called
538 the Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
539 clock</para>
540 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hwclock">
541 <primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary>
542 </indexterm>
543 </listitem>
544 </varlistentry>
545
546 <varlistentry id="i386">
547 <term><command>i386</command></term>
548 <listitem>
549 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
550 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux i386">
551 <primary sortas="b-i386">i386</primary>
552 </indexterm>
553 </listitem>
554 </varlistentry>
555
556 <varlistentry id="ionice">
557 <term><command>ionice</command></term>
558 <listitem>
559 <para>Gets or sets the io scheduling class and priority for a program</para>
560 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ionice">
561 <primary sortas="b-ionice">ionice</primary>
562 </indexterm>
563 </listitem>
564 </varlistentry>
565
566 <varlistentry id="ipcmk">
567 <term><command>ipcmk</command></term>
568 <listitem>
569 <para>Creates various IPC resources</para>
570 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcmk">
571 <primary sortas="b-ipcmk">ipcmk</primary>
572 </indexterm>
573 </listitem>
574 </varlistentry>
575
576 <varlistentry id="ipcrm">
577 <term><command>ipcrm</command></term>
578 <listitem>
579 <para>Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource</para>
580 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcrm">
581 <primary sortas="b-ipcrm">ipcrm</primary>
582 </indexterm>
583 </listitem>
584 </varlistentry>
585
586 <varlistentry id="ipcs">
587 <term><command>ipcs</command></term>
588 <listitem>
589 <para>Provides IPC status information</para>
590 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcs">
591 <primary sortas="b-ipcs">ipcs</primary>
592 </indexterm>
593 </listitem>
594 </varlistentry>
595
596 <varlistentry id="irqtop">
597 <term><command>irqtop</command></term>
598 <listitem>
599 <para>Displays kernel interrupt counter information in
600 <ulink role='man' url='&man;top.1'>top(1)</ulink> style
601 view</para>
602 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux irqtop">
603 <primary sortas="b-irqtop">irqtop</primary>
604 </indexterm>
605 </listitem>
606 </varlistentry>
607
608 <varlistentry id="isosize">
609 <term><command>isosize</command></term>
610 <listitem>
611 <para>Reports the size of an iso9660 file system</para>
612 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux isosize">
613 <primary sortas="b-isosize">isosize</primary>
614 </indexterm>
615 </listitem>
616 </varlistentry>
617
618 <varlistentry id="kill">
619 <term><command>kill</command></term>
620 <listitem>
621 <para>Sends signals to processes</para>
622 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux kill">
623 <primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary>
624 </indexterm>
625 </listitem>
626 </varlistentry>
627
628 <varlistentry id="last">
629 <term><command>last</command></term>
630 <listitem>
631 <para>Shows which users last logged in (and out), searching back
632 through the <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> file; it also shows
633 system boots, shutdowns, and run-level changes</para>
634 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux last">
635 <primary sortas="b-last">last</primary>
636 </indexterm>
637 </listitem>
638 </varlistentry>
639
640 <varlistentry id="lastb">
641 <term><command>lastb</command></term>
642 <listitem>
643 <para>Shows the failed login attempts, as logged in
644 <filename>/var/log/btmp</filename></para>
645 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lastb">
646 <primary sortas="b-lastb">lastb</primary>
647 </indexterm>
648 </listitem>
649 </varlistentry>
650
651 <varlistentry id="ldattach">
652 <term><command>ldattach</command></term>
653 <listitem>
654 <para>Attaches a line discipline to a serial line</para>
655 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ldattach">
656 <primary sortas="b-ldattach">ldattach</primary>
657 </indexterm>
658 </listitem>
659 </varlistentry>
660
661 <varlistentry id="linux32">
662 <term><command>linux32</command></term>
663 <listitem>
664 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
665 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux32">
666 <primary sortas="b-linux32">linux32</primary>
667 </indexterm>
668 </listitem>
669 </varlistentry>
670
671 <varlistentry id="linux64">
672 <term><command>linux64</command></term>
673 <listitem>
674 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
675 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux64">
676 <primary sortas="b-linux64">linux64</primary>
677 </indexterm>
678 </listitem>
679 </varlistentry>
680
681 <varlistentry id="logger">
682 <term><command>logger</command></term>
683 <listitem>
684 <para>Enters the given message into the system log</para>
685 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux logger">
686 <primary sortas="b-logger">logger</primary>
687 </indexterm>
688 </listitem>
689 </varlistentry>
690
691 <varlistentry id="look">
692 <term><command>look</command></term>
693 <listitem>
694 <para>Displays lines that begin with the given string</para>
695 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux look">
696 <primary sortas="b-look">look</primary>
697 </indexterm>
698 </listitem>
699 </varlistentry>
700
701 <varlistentry id="losetup">
702 <term><command>losetup</command></term>
703 <listitem>
704 <para>Sets up and controls loop devices</para>
705 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux losetup">
706 <primary sortas="b-losetup">losetup</primary>
707 </indexterm>
708 </listitem>
709 </varlistentry>
710
711 <varlistentry id="lsblk">
712 <term><command>lsblk</command></term>
713 <listitem>
714 <para>Lists information about all or selected block devices in
715 a tree-like format</para>
716 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsblk">
717 <primary sortas="b-lsblk">lsblk</primary>
718 </indexterm>
719 </listitem>
720 </varlistentry>
721
722 <varlistentry id="lscpu">
723 <term><command>lscpu</command></term>
724 <listitem>
725 <para>Prints CPU architecture information</para>
726 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lscpu">
727 <primary sortas="b-lscpu">lscpu</primary>
728 </indexterm>
729 </listitem>
730 </varlistentry>
731
732 <varlistentry id="lsfd">
733 <term><command>lsfd</command></term>
734 <listitem>
735 <para>Displays information about open files; replaces <command>lsof</command></para>
736 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsfd">
737 <primary sortas="b-lsfd">lsfd</primary>
738 </indexterm>
739 </listitem>
740 </varlistentry>
741
742 <varlistentry id="lsipc">
743 <term><command>lsipc</command></term>
744 <listitem>
745 <para>Prints information on IPC facilities currently employed
746 in the system</para>
747 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsipc">
748 <primary sortas="b-lsipc">lsipc</primary>
749 </indexterm>
750 </listitem>
751 </varlistentry>
752
753 <varlistentry id="lsirq">
754 <term><command>lsirq</command></term>
755 <listitem>
756 <para>Displays kernel interrupt counter information</para>
757 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsirq">
758 <primary sortas="b-lsirq">lsirq</primary>
759 </indexterm>
760 </listitem>
761 </varlistentry>
762
763 <varlistentry id="lslocks">
764 <term><command>lslocks</command></term>
765 <listitem>
766 <para>Lists local system locks</para>
767 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslocks">
768 <primary sortas="b-lslocks">lslocks</primary>
769 </indexterm>
770 </listitem>
771 </varlistentry>
772
773 <varlistentry id="lslogins">
774 <term><command>lslogins</command></term>
775 <listitem>
776 <para>Lists information about users, groups and system accounts</para>
777 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslogins">
778 <primary sortas="b-lslogins">lslogins</primary>
779 </indexterm>
780 </listitem>
781 </varlistentry>
782
783 <varlistentry id="lsmem">
784 <term><command>lsmem</command></term>
785 <listitem>
786 <para>Lists the ranges of available memory with their online
787 status</para>
788 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsmem">
789 <primary sortas="b-lsmem">lsmem</primary>
790 </indexterm>
791 </listitem>
792 </varlistentry>
793
794 <varlistentry id="lsns">
795 <term><command>lsns</command></term>
796 <listitem>
797 <para>Lists namespaces</para>
798 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsns">
799 <primary sortas="b-lsns">lsns</primary>
800 </indexterm>
801 </listitem>
802 </varlistentry>
803
804 <varlistentry id="mcookie">
805 <term><command>mcookie</command></term>
806 <listitem>
807 <para>Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for
808 <command>xauth</command></para>
809 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mcookie">
810 <primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary>
811 </indexterm>
812 </listitem>
813 </varlistentry>
814
815 <varlistentry id="mesg">
816 <term><command>mesg</command></term>
817 <listitem>
818 <para>Controls whether other users can send messages to the current
819 user's terminal</para>
820 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mesg">
821 <primary sortas="b-mesg">mesg</primary>
822 </indexterm>
823 </listitem>
824 </varlistentry>
825
826 <varlistentry id="mkfs">
827 <term><command>mkfs</command></term>
828 <listitem>
829 <para>Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk
830 partition)</para>
831 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs">
832 <primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary>
833 </indexterm>
834 </listitem>
835 </varlistentry>
836
837 <varlistentry id="mkfs.bfs">
838 <term><command>mkfs.bfs</command></term>
839 <listitem>
840 <para>Creates a Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system</para>
841 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.bfs">
842 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.bfs">mkfs.bfs</primary>
843 </indexterm>
844 </listitem>
845 </varlistentry>
846
847 <varlistentry id="mkfs.cramfs">
848 <term><command>mkfs.cramfs</command></term>
849 <listitem>
850 <para>Creates a cramfs file system</para>
851 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.cramfs">
852 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.cramfs">mkfs.cramfs</primary>
853 </indexterm>
854 </listitem>
855 </varlistentry>
856
857 <varlistentry id="mkfs.minix">
858 <term><command>mkfs.minix</command></term>
859 <listitem>
860 <para>Creates a Minix file system</para>
861 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.minix">
862 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.minix">mkfs.minix</primary>
863 </indexterm>
864 </listitem>
865 </varlistentry>
866
867 <varlistentry id="mkswap">
868 <term><command>mkswap</command></term>
869 <listitem>
870 <para>Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap
871 area</para>
872 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkswap">
873 <primary sortas="b-mkswap">mkswap</primary>
874 </indexterm>
875 </listitem>
876 </varlistentry>
877
878 <varlistentry id="more">
879 <term><command>more</command></term>
880 <listitem>
881 <para>A filter for paging through text one screen at a time</para>
882 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux more">
883 <primary sortas="b-more">more</primary>
884 </indexterm>
885 </listitem>
886 </varlistentry>
887
888 <varlistentry id="mount">
889 <term><command>mount</command></term>
890 <listitem>
891 <para>Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified
892 directory in the file-system tree</para>
893 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mount">
894 <primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary>
895 </indexterm>
896 </listitem>
897 </varlistentry>
898
899 <varlistentry id="mountpoint">
900 <term><command>mountpoint</command></term>
901 <listitem>
902 <para>Checks if the directory is a mountpoint</para>
903 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mountpoint">
904 <primary sortas="b-mountpoint">mountpoint</primary>
905 </indexterm>
906 </listitem>
907 </varlistentry>
908
909 <varlistentry id="namei">
910 <term><command>namei</command></term>
911 <listitem>
912 <para>Shows the symbolic links in the given paths</para>
913 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux namei">
914 <primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary>
915 </indexterm>
916 </listitem>
917 </varlistentry>
918
919 <varlistentry id="nsenter">
920 <term><command>nsenter</command></term>
921 <listitem>
922 <para>Runs a program with namespaces of other processes</para>
923 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux nsenter">
924 <primary sortas="b-nsenter">nsenter</primary>
925 </indexterm>
926 </listitem>
927 </varlistentry>
928
929 <varlistentry id="partx">
930 <term><command>partx</command></term>
931 <listitem>
932 <para>Tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk
933 partitions</para>
934 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux partx">
935 <primary sortas="b-partx">partx</primary>
936 </indexterm>
937 </listitem>
938 </varlistentry>
939
940 <varlistentry id="pivot_root">
941 <term><command>pivot_root</command></term>
942 <listitem>
943 <para>Makes the given file system the new root file system of the
944 current process</para>
945 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pivot_root">
946 <primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary>
947 </indexterm>
948 </listitem>
949 </varlistentry>
950
951 <varlistentry id="prlimit">
952 <term><command>prlimit</command></term>
953 <listitem>
954 <para>Gets and sets a process's resource limits</para>
955 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux prlimit">
956 <primary sortas="b-prlimit">prlimit</primary>
957 </indexterm>
958 </listitem>
959 </varlistentry>
960
961 <varlistentry id="readprofile">
962 <term><command>readprofile</command></term>
963 <listitem>
964 <para>Reads kernel profiling information</para>
965 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux readprofile">
966 <primary sortas="b-readprofile">readprofile</primary>
967 </indexterm>
968 </listitem>
969 </varlistentry>
970
971 <varlistentry id="rename">
972 <term><command>rename</command></term>
973 <listitem>
974 <para>Renames the given files, replacing a given string with
975 another</para>
976 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rename">
977 <primary sortas="b-rename">rename</primary>
978 </indexterm>
979 </listitem>
980 </varlistentry>
981
982 <varlistentry id="renice">
983 <term><command>renice</command></term>
984 <listitem>
985 <para>Alters the priority of running processes</para>
986 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux renice">
987 <primary sortas="b-renice">renice</primary>
988 </indexterm>
989 </listitem>
990 </varlistentry>
991
992 <varlistentry id="resizepart">
993 <term><command>resizepart</command></term>
994 <listitem>
995 <para>Asks the Linux kernel to resize a partition</para>
996 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux resizepart">
997 <primary sortas="b-resizepart">resizepart</primary>
998 </indexterm>
999 </listitem>
1000 </varlistentry>
1001
1002 <varlistentry id="rev">
1003 <term><command>rev</command></term>
1004 <listitem>
1005 <para>Reverses the lines of a given file</para>
1006 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rev">
1007 <primary sortas="b-rev">rev</primary>
1008 </indexterm>
1009 </listitem>
1010 </varlistentry>
1011
1012 <varlistentry id="rfkill">
1013 <term><command>rfkill</command></term>
1014 <listitem>
1015 <para>Tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices</para>
1016 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rfkill">
1017 <primary sortas="b-rfkill">rfkill</primary>
1018 </indexterm>
1019 </listitem>
1020 </varlistentry>
1021
1022 <varlistentry id="rtcwake">
1023 <term><command>rtcwake</command></term>
1024 <listitem>
1025 <para>Used to enter a system sleep state until the specified wakeup
1026 time</para>
1027 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rtcwake">
1028 <primary sortas="b-rtcwake">rtcwake</primary>
1029 </indexterm>
1030 </listitem>
1031 </varlistentry>
1032
1033 <varlistentry id="script">
1034 <term><command>script</command></term>
1035 <listitem>
1036 <para>Makes a typescript of a terminal session</para>
1037 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux script">
1038 <primary sortas="b-script">script</primary>
1039 </indexterm>
1040 </listitem>
1041 </varlistentry>
1042
1043 <varlistentry id="scriptlive">
1044 <term><command>scriptlive</command></term>
1045 <listitem>
1046 <para>Re-runs session typescripts using timing information</para>
1047 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptlive">
1048 <primary sortas="b-scriptlive">scriptlive</primary>
1049 </indexterm>
1050 </listitem>
1051 </varlistentry>
1052
1053 <varlistentry id="scriptreplay">
1054 <term><command>scriptreplay</command></term>
1055 <listitem>
1056 <para>Plays back typescripts using timing information</para>
1057 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptreplay">
1058 <primary sortas="b-scriptreplay">scriptreplay</primary>
1059 </indexterm>
1060 </listitem>
1061 </varlistentry>
1062
1063 <varlistentry id="setarch">
1064 <term><command>setarch</command></term>
1065 <listitem>
1066 <para>Changes reported architecture in a new program environment, and
1067 sets personality flags</para>
1068 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setarch">
1069 <primary sortas="b-setarch">setarch</primary>
1070 </indexterm>
1071 </listitem>
1072 </varlistentry>
1073
1074 <varlistentry id="setsid">
1075 <term><command>setsid</command></term>
1076 <listitem>
1077 <para>Runs the given program in a new session</para>
1078 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setsid">
1079 <primary sortas="b-setsid">setsid</primary>
1080 </indexterm>
1081 </listitem>
1082 </varlistentry>
1083
1084 <varlistentry id="setterm">
1085 <term><command>setterm</command></term>
1086 <listitem>
1087 <para>Sets terminal attributes</para>
1088 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setterm">
1089 <primary sortas="b-setterm">setterm</primary>
1090 </indexterm>
1091 </listitem>
1092 </varlistentry>
1093
1094 <varlistentry id="sfdisk">
1095 <term><command>sfdisk</command></term>
1096 <listitem>
1097 <para>A disk partition table manipulator</para>
1098 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sfdisk">
1099 <primary sortas="b-sfdisk">sfdisk</primary>
1100 </indexterm>
1101 </listitem>
1102 </varlistentry>
1103
1104 <varlistentry id="sulogin">
1105 <term><command>sulogin</command></term>
1106 <listitem>
1107 <para>Allows <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to log in;
1108 it is normally invoked by <command>init</command> when the system goes
1109 into single user mode</para>
1110 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sulogin">
1111 <primary sortas="b-sulogin">sulogin</primary>
1112 </indexterm>
1113 </listitem>
1114 </varlistentry>
1115
1116 <varlistentry id="swaplabel">
1117 <term><command>swaplabel</command></term>
1118 <listitem>
1119 <para>Makes changes to the swap area's UUID and label</para>
1120 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swaplabel">
1121 <primary sortas="b-swaplabel">swaplabel</primary>
1122 </indexterm>
1123 </listitem>
1124 </varlistentry>
1125
1126 <varlistentry id="swapoff">
1127 <term><command>swapoff</command></term>
1128 <listitem>
1129 <para>Disables devices and files for paging and swapping</para>
1130 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapoff">
1131 <primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary>
1132 </indexterm>
1133 </listitem>
1134 </varlistentry>
1135
1136 <varlistentry id="swapon">
1137 <term><command>swapon</command></term>
1138 <listitem>
1139 <para>Enables devices and files for paging and swapping, and
1140 lists the devices and files currently in use</para>
1141 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapon">
1142 <primary sortas="b-swapon">swapon</primary>
1143 </indexterm>
1144 </listitem>
1145 </varlistentry>
1146
1147 <varlistentry id="switch_root">
1148 <term><command>switch_root</command></term>
1149 <listitem>
1150 <para>Switches to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree</para>
1151 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux switch_root">
1152 <primary sortas="b-switch_root">switch_root</primary>
1153 </indexterm>
1154 </listitem>
1155 </varlistentry>
1156
1157 <varlistentry id="taskset">
1158 <term><command>taskset</command></term>
1159 <listitem>
1160 <para>Retrieves or sets a process's CPU affinity</para>
1161 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux taskset">
1162 <primary sortas="b-taskset">taskset</primary>
1163 </indexterm>
1164 </listitem>
1165 </varlistentry>
1166
1167 <varlistentry id="uclampset">
1168 <term><command>uclampset</command></term>
1169 <listitem>
1170 <para>Manipulates the utilization clamping attributes of the
1171 system or a process</para>
1172 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uclampset">
1173 <primary sortas="b-uclampset">uclampset</primary>
1174 </indexterm>
1175 </listitem>
1176 </varlistentry>
1177
1178 <varlistentry id="ul">
1179 <term><command>ul</command></term>
1180 <listitem>
1181 <para>A filter for translating underscores into escape sequences
1182 indicating underlining for the terminal in use</para>
1183 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ul">
1184 <primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary>
1185 </indexterm>
1186 </listitem>
1187 </varlistentry>
1188
1189 <varlistentry id="umount">
1190 <term><command>umount</command></term>
1191 <listitem>
1192 <para>Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree</para>
1193 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux umount">
1194 <primary sortas="b-umount">umount</primary>
1195 </indexterm>
1196 </listitem>
1197 </varlistentry>
1198
1199 <varlistentry id="uname26">
1200 <term><command>uname26</command></term>
1201 <listitem>
1202 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
1203 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uname26">
1204 <primary sortas="b-uname26">uname26</primary>
1205 </indexterm>
1206 </listitem>
1207 </varlistentry>
1208
1209 <varlistentry id="unshare">
1210 <term><command>unshare</command></term>
1211 <listitem>
1212 <para>Runs a program with some namespaces unshared from parent</para>
1213 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux unshare">
1214 <primary sortas="b-unshare">unshare</primary>
1215 </indexterm>
1216 </listitem>
1217 </varlistentry>
1218
1219 <varlistentry id="utmpdump">
1220 <term><command>utmpdump</command></term>
1221 <listitem>
1222 <para>Displays the content of the given login file in a
1223 user-friendly format</para>
1224 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux utmpdump">
1225 <primary sortas="b-utmpdump">utmpdump</primary>
1226 </indexterm>
1227 </listitem>
1228 </varlistentry>
1229
1230 <varlistentry id="uuidd">
1231 <term><command>uuidd</command></term>
1232 <listitem>
1233 <para>A daemon used by the UUID library to generate time-based
1234 UUIDs in a secure and guaranteed-unique fashion</para>
1235 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidd">
1236 <primary sortas="b-uuidd">uuidd</primary>
1237 </indexterm>
1238 </listitem>
1239 </varlistentry>
1240
1241 <varlistentry id="uuidgen">
1242 <term><command>uuidgen</command></term>
1243 <listitem>
1244 <para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID is a random number likely to be
1245 unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
1246 systems, in the past and in the future, with extremely high
1247 probability (2<superscript>128</superscript> UUIDs are
1248 possible)</para>
1249 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidgen">
1250 <primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary>
1251 </indexterm>
1252 </listitem>
1253 </varlistentry>
1254
1255 <varlistentry id="uuidparse">
1256 <term><command>uuidparse</command></term>
1257 <listitem>
1258 <para>A utility to parse unique identifiers</para>
1259 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidparse">
1260 <primary sortas="b-uuidparse">uuidparse</primary>
1261 </indexterm>
1262 </listitem>
1263 </varlistentry>
1264
1265 <varlistentry id="wall">
1266 <term><command>wall</command></term>
1267 <listitem>
1268 <para>Displays the contents of a file or, by default, its standard
1269 input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users</para>
1270 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wall">
1271 <primary sortas="b-wall">wall</primary>
1272 </indexterm>
1273 </listitem>
1274 </varlistentry>
1275
1276 <varlistentry id="wdctl">
1277 <term><command>wdctl</command></term>
1278 <listitem>
1279 <para>Shows hardware watchdog status</para>
1280 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wdctl">
1281 <primary sortas="b-wdctl">wdctl</primary>
1282 </indexterm>
1283 </listitem>
1284 </varlistentry>
1285
1286 <varlistentry id="whereis">
1287 <term><command>whereis</command></term>
1288 <listitem>
1289 <para>Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page
1290 files for the given command</para>
1291 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis">
1292 <primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary>
1293 </indexterm>
1294 </listitem>
1295 </varlistentry>
1296
1297 <varlistentry id="wipefs">
1298 <term><command>wipefs</command></term>
1299 <listitem>
1300 <para>Wipes a filesystem signature from a device</para>
1301 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wipefs">
1302 <primary sortas="b-wipefs">wipefs</primary>
1303 </indexterm>
1304 </listitem>
1305 </varlistentry>
1306
1307 <varlistentry id="x86_64">
1308 <term><command>x86_64</command></term>
1309 <listitem>
1310 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
1311 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux x86_64">
1312 <primary sortas="b-x86_64">x86_64</primary>
1313 </indexterm>
1314 </listitem>
1315 </varlistentry>
1316
1317 <varlistentry id="zramctl">
1318 <term><command>zramctl</command></term>
1319 <listitem>
1320 <para>A program to set up and control zram (compressed ram disk)
1321 devices</para>
1322 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux zramctl">
1323 <primary sortas="b-zramctl">zramctl</primary>
1324 </indexterm>
1325 </listitem>
1326 </varlistentry>
1327
1328 <varlistentry id="libblkid">
1329 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libblkid</filename></term>
1330 <listitem>
1331 <para>Contains routines for device identification and token
1332 extraction</para>
1333 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libblkid">
1334 <primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary>
1335 </indexterm>
1336 </listitem>
1337 </varlistentry>
1338
1339 <varlistentry id="libfdisk">
1340 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfdisk</filename></term>
1341 <listitem>
1342 <para>Contains routines for manipulating partition tables</para>
1343 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libfdisk">
1344 <primary sortas="c-libfdisk">libfdisk</primary>
1345 </indexterm>
1346 </listitem>
1347 </varlistentry>
1348
1349 <varlistentry id="libmount">
1350 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmount</filename></term>
1351 <listitem>
1352 <para>Contains routines for block device mounting and
1353 unmounting</para>
1354 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libmount">
1355 <primary sortas="c-libmount">libmount</primary>
1356 </indexterm>
1357 </listitem>
1358 </varlistentry>
1359
1360 <varlistentry id="libsmartcols">
1361 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsmartcols</filename></term>
1362 <listitem>
1363 <para>Contains routines for aiding screen output in tabular form</para>
1364 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libsmartcols">
1365 <primary sortas="c-libsmartcols">libsmartcols</primary>
1366 </indexterm>
1367 </listitem>
1368 </varlistentry>
1369
1370 <varlistentry id="libuuid">
1371 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename></term>
1372 <listitem>
1373 <para>Contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects
1374 that may be accessible beyond the local system</para>
1375 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libuuid">
1376 <primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary>
1377 </indexterm>
1378 </listitem>
1379 </varlistentry>
1380
1381 </variablelist>
1382
1383 </sect2>
1384
1385</sect1>
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