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[7152faa]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
[fcc02767]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>
[fb386e0]35 <seg>&util-linux-fin-sbu;</seg>
36 <seg>&util-linux-fin-du;</seg>
[fcc02767]37 </seglistitem>
38 </segmentedlist>
39
40 </sect2>
41
42 <sect2 role="installation">
43 <title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
44
[9b01d1b]45<!--
[1f20176c]46 <para>First, disable a problematic test:</para>
[0a7df4c]47
48 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/test_mkfds/s/^/#/' tests/helpers/Makemodule.am</userinput></screen>
[9b01d1b]49-->
[fcc02767]50 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
51
[9b01d1b]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 \
[03682b2]67 --without-systemdsystemunitdir \
68 ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
[89c3f71]69 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;</userinput></screen>
[fcc02767]70
[9b01d1b]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 \
[03682b2]85 ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
[89c3f71]86 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;</userinput></screen>
[fcc02767]87
88 <para>The --disable and --without options prevent warnings about
[9bb4939]89 building components that either require packages not in LFS, or are
[fcc02767]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
[e286d8db]96 <para>If desired, run the test suite as a non-&root; user:</para>
[fcc02767]97
[34fe7e0]98 <warning><para>Running the test suite as the
99 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user can be harmful to
[fcc02767]100 your system. To run it, the CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG option for the kernel must
[6a156bab]101 be available in the currently running system and must be built as a
[fcc02767]102 module. Building it into the kernel will prevent booting. For complete
103 coverage, other BLFS packages must be installed. If desired, this test can
[9bb4939]104 be run by booting into the completed LFS system and running:</para>
[fcc02767]105
106<screen role="nodump"><userinput>bash tests/run.sh --srcdir=$PWD --builddir=$PWD</userinput></screen>
107 </warning>
[11d5dee]108
[9c73d911]109<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -R tester .
[fcc02767]110su tester -c "make -k check"</userinput></screen>
111
[9b01d1b]112 <para>
113 The <emphasis>hardlink</emphasis> tests will fail if the host's kernel
114 does not have the option <option>CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_HASH</option>
115 enabled or does not have any options providing a SHA256 implementation
116 (for example, <option>CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256</option>, or
117 <option>CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3</option> if the CPU supports
118 Supplemental SSE3) enabled. In addition, the lsfd: inotify test will
119 fail if the kernel option <option>CONFIG_NETLINK_DIAG</option> is not
120 enabled.
121 </para>
[676f0fd]122
[7891616]123 <!-- Related to non-4K page size. -->
124 <para>Two tests named <filename>fadvise/drop</filename> and
125 <filename>fincore/count</filename> are known to fail.</para>
126
[fcc02767]127 <para>Install the package:</para>
128
129<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
[ff96923]130<!--
[7fe99c2]131 <para>Finally, install the man pages:</para>
132
[ff96923]133<screen><userinput remap="install">tar -xf ../util-linux-man-pages-&util-linux-version;.tar.xz - -directory /usr/share/man - -strip-components=1</userinput></screen>
134-->
[fcc02767]135 </sect2>
136
137 <sect2 id="contents-utillinux" role="content">
138 <title>Contents of Util-linux</title>
139
140 <segmentedlist>
141 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
142 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
143 <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
144
145 <seglistitem>
146 <seg>addpart, agetty, blkdiscard, blkid, blkzone, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chcpu,
147 chmem, choom, chrt, col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, delpart, dmesg,
[50c357d3]148 eject, fallocate, fdisk, fincore, findfs, findmnt, flock, fsck,
[9bb4939]149 fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hardlink, hexdump, hwclock,
[8e79fc49]150 ionice, ipcmk, ipcrm, ipcs, irqtop, isosize, kill, last,
[9bb4939]151 lastb (link to last), ldattach, linux32 (link to setarch), linux64 (link to setarch),
152 logger, look, losetup, lsblk, lscpu, lsipc, lsirq, lsfd, lslocks, lslogins,
153 lsmem, lsns, mcookie, mesg, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap,
[7b370c5]154 more, mount, mountpoint, namei, nsenter, partx, pivot_root, prlimit,
[fcc02767]155 readprofile, rename, renice, resizepart, rev, rfkill, rtcwake, script,
[50c357d3]156 scriptlive, scriptreplay, setarch, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, sulogin, swaplabel,
[9bb4939]157 swapoff, swapon, switch_root, taskset, uclampset, ul,
158 umount, uname26 (link to setarch), unshare, utmpdump, uuidd, uuidgen, uuidparse,
[8e79fc49]159 wall, wdctl, whereis, wipefs, and zramctl</seg>
[d672ab7]160 <seg>libblkid.so, libfdisk.so, libmount.so,
[fcc02767]161 libsmartcols.so, and libuuid.so</seg>
[d672ab7]162 <seg>/usr/include/blkid,
163 /usr/include/libfdisk,
164 /usr/include/libmount,
165 /usr/include/libsmartcols,
166 /usr/include/uuid,
167 /usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;,
[fcc02767]168 and /var/lib/hwclock</seg>
169 </seglistitem>
170 </segmentedlist>
171
172 <variablelist>
173 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
174 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
175 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
176
177 <varlistentry id="addpart">
178 <term><command>addpart</command></term>
179 <listitem>
180 <para>Informs the Linux kernel of new partitions</para>
181 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux addpart">
182 <primary sortas="b-addpart">addpart</primary>
183 </indexterm>
184 </listitem>
185 </varlistentry>
186
187 <varlistentry id="agetty">
188 <term><command>agetty</command></term>
189 <listitem>
190 <para>Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
191 and then invokes the <command>login</command> program</para>
192 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux agetty">
193 <primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary>
194 </indexterm>
195 </listitem>
196 </varlistentry>
197
198 <varlistentry id="blkdiscard">
199 <term><command>blkdiscard</command></term>
200 <listitem>
201 <para>Discards sectors on a device</para>
202 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkdiscard">
203 <primary sortas="b-blkdiscard">blkdiscard</primary>
204 </indexterm>
205 </listitem>
206 </varlistentry>
207
208 <varlistentry id="blkid">
209 <term><command>blkid</command></term>
210 <listitem>
211 <para>A command line utility to locate and print block device
212 attributes</para>
213 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkid">
214 <primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary>
215 </indexterm>
216 </listitem>
217 </varlistentry>
218
219 <varlistentry id="blkzone">
220 <term><command>blkzone</command></term>
221 <listitem>
[9bb4939]222 <para>Is used to manage zoned storage block devices</para>
[fcc02767]223 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkzone">
224 <primary sortas="b-blkzone">blkzone</primary>
225 </indexterm>
226 </listitem>
227 </varlistentry>
228
229 <varlistentry id="blockdev">
230 <term><command>blockdev</command></term>
231 <listitem>
232 <para>Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command
233 line</para>
234 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blockdev">
235 <primary sortas="b-blockdev">blockdev</primary>
236 </indexterm>
237 </listitem>
238 </varlistentry>
239
240 <varlistentry id="cal">
241 <term><command>cal</command></term>
242 <listitem>
243 <para>Displays a simple calendar</para>
244 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cal">
245 <primary sortas="b-cal">cal</primary>
246 </indexterm>
247 </listitem>
248 </varlistentry>
249
250 <varlistentry id="cfdisk">
251 <term><command>cfdisk</command></term>
252 <listitem>
253 <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
254 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cfdisk">
255 <primary sortas="b-cfdisk">cfdisk</primary>
256 </indexterm>
257 </listitem>
258 </varlistentry>
259
260 <varlistentry id="chcpu">
261 <term><command>chcpu</command></term>
262 <listitem>
263 <para>Modifies the state of CPUs</para>
264 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chcpu">
265 <primary sortas="b-chcpu">chcpu</primary>
266 </indexterm>
267 </listitem>
268 </varlistentry>
269
270 <varlistentry id="chmem">
271 <term><command>chmem</command></term>
272 <listitem>
273 <para>Configures memory</para>
274 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chmem">
275 <primary sortas="b-chmem">chmem</primary>
276 </indexterm>
277 </listitem>
278 </varlistentry>
279
280 <varlistentry id="choom">
281 <term><command>choom</command></term>
282 <listitem>
[9bb4939]283 <para>Displays and adjusts OOM-killer scores, used to determine
284 which process to kill first when Linux is Out Of Memory</para>
[fcc02767]285 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux choom">
286 <primary sortas="b-choom">choom</primary>
287 </indexterm>
288 </listitem>
289 </varlistentry>
290
291 <varlistentry id="chrt">
292 <term><command>chrt</command></term>
293 <listitem>
294 <para>Manipulates real-time attributes of a process</para>
295 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chrt">
296 <primary sortas="b-chrt">chrt</primary>
297 </indexterm>
298 </listitem>
299 </varlistentry>
300
301 <varlistentry id="col">
302 <term><command>col</command></term>
303 <listitem>
304 <para>Filters out reverse line feeds</para>
305 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux col">
306 <primary sortas="b-col">col</primary>
307 </indexterm>
308 </listitem>
309 </varlistentry>
310
311 <varlistentry id="colcrt">
312 <term><command>colcrt</command></term>
313 <listitem>
314 <para>Filters <command>nroff</command> output for terminals
315 that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines</para>
316 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colcrt">
317 <primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary>
318 </indexterm>
319 </listitem>
320 </varlistentry>
321
322 <varlistentry id="colrm">
323 <term><command>colrm</command></term>
324 <listitem>
325 <para>Filters out the given columns</para>
326 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colrm">
327 <primary sortas="b-colrm">colrm</primary>
328 </indexterm>
329 </listitem>
330 </varlistentry>
331
332 <varlistentry id="column">
333 <term><command>column</command></term>
334 <listitem>
335 <para>Formats a given file into multiple columns</para>
336 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux column">
337 <primary sortas="b-column">column</primary>
338 </indexterm>
339 </listitem>
340 </varlistentry>
341
342 <varlistentry id="ctrlaltdel">
343 <term><command>ctrlaltdel</command></term>
344 <listitem>
345 <para>Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a
346 hard or a soft reset</para>
347 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ctrlaltdel">
348 <primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary>
349 </indexterm>
350 </listitem>
351 </varlistentry>
352
353 <varlistentry id="delpart">
354 <term><command>delpart</command></term>
355 <listitem>
356 <para>Asks the Linux kernel to remove a partition</para>
357 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux delpart">
358 <primary sortas="b-delpart">delpart</primary>
359 </indexterm>
360 </listitem>
361 </varlistentry>
362
363 <varlistentry id="dmesg">
364 <term><command>dmesg</command></term>
365 <listitem>
366 <para>Dumps the kernel boot messages</para>
367 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux dmesg">
368 <primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary>
369 </indexterm>
370 </listitem>
371 </varlistentry>
372
373 <varlistentry id="eject">
374 <term><command>eject</command></term>
375 <listitem>
376 <para>Ejects removable media</para>
377 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux eject">
378 <primary sortas="b-eject">eject</primary>
379 </indexterm>
380 </listitem>
381 </varlistentry>
382
383 <varlistentry id="fallocate">
384 <term><command>fallocate</command></term>
385 <listitem>
386 <para>Preallocates space to a file</para>
387 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fallocate">
388 <primary sortas="b-fallocate">fallocate</primary>
389 </indexterm>
390 </listitem>
391 </varlistentry>
392
393 <varlistentry id="fdisk">
394 <term><command>fdisk</command></term>
395 <listitem>
396 <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
397 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdisk">
398 <primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary>
399 </indexterm>
400 </listitem>
401 </varlistentry>
402
403 <varlistentry id="fincore">
404 <term><command>fincore</command></term>
405 <listitem>
406 <para>Counts pages of file contents in core</para>
407 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fincore">
408 <primary sortas="b-fincore">fincore</primary>
409 </indexterm>
410 </listitem>
411 </varlistentry>
412
413 <varlistentry id="findfs">
414 <term><command>findfs</command></term>
415 <listitem>
[9bb4939]416 <para>Finds a file system, either by label or Universally Unique Identifier
[fcc02767]417 (UUID)</para>
418 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findfs">
419 <primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary>
420 </indexterm>
421 </listitem>
422 </varlistentry>
423
424 <varlistentry id="findmnt">
425 <term><command>findmnt</command></term>
426 <listitem>
427 <para>Is a command line interface to the libmount library
[9bb4939]428 for working with mountinfo, fstab and mtab files</para>
[fcc02767]429 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findmnt">
430 <primary sortas="b-findmnt">findmnt</primary>
431 </indexterm>
432 </listitem>
433 </varlistentry>
434
435 <varlistentry id="flock">
436 <term><command>flock</command></term>
437 <listitem>
438 <para>Acquires a file lock and then executes a command with the lock
439 held</para>
440 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux flock">
441 <primary sortas="b-flock">flock</primary>
442 </indexterm>
443 </listitem>
444 </varlistentry>
445
446 <varlistentry id="fsck">
447 <term><command>fsck</command></term>
448 <listitem>
449 <para>Is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems</para>
450 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck">
451 <primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary>
452 </indexterm>
453 </listitem>
454 </varlistentry>
455
456 <varlistentry id="fsck.cramfs">
457 <term><command>fsck.cramfs</command></term>
458 <listitem>
459 <para>Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the
460 given device</para>
461 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.cramfs">
462 <primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary>
463 </indexterm>
464 </listitem>
465 </varlistentry>
466
467 <varlistentry id="fsck.minix">
468 <term><command>fsck.minix</command></term>
469 <listitem>
470 <para>Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the
471 given device</para>
472 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.minix">
473 <primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary>
474 </indexterm>
475 </listitem>
476 </varlistentry>
477
478 <varlistentry id="fsfreeze">
479 <term><command>fsfreeze</command></term>
480 <listitem>
481 <para>Is a very simple wrapper around FIFREEZE/FITHAW ioctl
482 kernel driver operations</para>
483 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsfreeze">
484 <primary sortas="b-fsfreeze">fsfreeze</primary>
485 </indexterm>
486 </listitem>
487 </varlistentry>
488
489 <varlistentry id="fstrim">
490 <term><command>fstrim</command></term>
491 <listitem>
492 <para>Discards unused blocks on a mounted filesystem</para>
493 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fstrim">
494 <primary sortas="b-fstrim">fstrim</primary>
495 </indexterm>
496 </listitem>
497 </varlistentry>
498
499 <varlistentry id="getopt">
500 <term><command>getopt</command></term>
501 <listitem>
502 <para>Parses options in the given command line</para>
503 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux getopt">
504 <primary sortas="b-getopt">getopt</primary>
505 </indexterm>
506 </listitem>
507 </varlistentry>
[9bb4939]508
509 <varlistentry id="hardlink">
510 <term><command>hardlink</command></term>
511 <listitem>
512 <para>Consolidates duplicate files by creating hard links</para>
513 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hardlink">
514 <primary sortas="b-hardlink">hardlink</primary>
515 </indexterm>
516 </listitem>
517 </varlistentry>
[fcc02767]518
519 <varlistentry id="hexdump">
520 <term><command>hexdump</command></term>
521 <listitem>
[9bb4939]522 <para>Dumps the given file in hexadecimal, decimal, octal,
523 or ascii</para>
[fcc02767]524 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hexdump">
525 <primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary>
526 </indexterm>
527 </listitem>
528 </varlistentry>
529
530 <varlistentry id="hwclock">
531 <term><command>hwclock</command></term>
532 <listitem>
533 <para>Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called
534 the Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
535 clock</para>
536 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hwclock">
537 <primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary>
538 </indexterm>
539 </listitem>
540 </varlistentry>
541
542 <varlistentry id="ionice">
543 <term><command>ionice</command></term>
544 <listitem>
545 <para>Gets or sets the io scheduling class and priority for a program</para>
546 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ionice">
547 <primary sortas="b-ionice">ionice</primary>
548 </indexterm>
549 </listitem>
550 </varlistentry>
551
552 <varlistentry id="ipcmk">
553 <term><command>ipcmk</command></term>
554 <listitem>
555 <para>Creates various IPC resources</para>
556 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcmk">
557 <primary sortas="b-ipcmk">ipcmk</primary>
558 </indexterm>
559 </listitem>
560 </varlistentry>
561
562 <varlistentry id="ipcrm">
563 <term><command>ipcrm</command></term>
564 <listitem>
565 <para>Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource</para>
566 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcrm">
567 <primary sortas="b-ipcrm">ipcrm</primary>
568 </indexterm>
569 </listitem>
570 </varlistentry>
571
572 <varlistentry id="ipcs">
573 <term><command>ipcs</command></term>
574 <listitem>
575 <para>Provides IPC status information</para>
576 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcs">
577 <primary sortas="b-ipcs">ipcs</primary>
578 </indexterm>
579 </listitem>
580 </varlistentry>
581
[50c357d3]582 <varlistentry id="irqtop">
583 <term><command>irqtop</command></term>
584 <listitem>
585 <para>Displays kernel interrupt counter information in
[ea93c11]586 <ulink role='man' url='&man;top.1'>top(1)</ulink> style
587 view</para>
[50c357d3]588 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux irqtop">
589 <primary sortas="b-irqtop">irqtop</primary>
590 </indexterm>
591 </listitem>
592 </varlistentry>
593
[fcc02767]594 <varlistentry id="isosize">
595 <term><command>isosize</command></term>
596 <listitem>
597 <para>Reports the size of an iso9660 file system</para>
598 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux isosize">
599 <primary sortas="b-isosize">isosize</primary>
600 </indexterm>
601 </listitem>
602 </varlistentry>
603
604 <varlistentry id="kill">
605 <term><command>kill</command></term>
606 <listitem>
607 <para>Sends signals to processes</para>
608 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux kill">
609 <primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary>
610 </indexterm>
611 </listitem>
612 </varlistentry>
613
614 <varlistentry id="last">
615 <term><command>last</command></term>
616 <listitem>
[d672ab7]617 <para>Shows which users last logged in (and out), searching back
618 through the <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> file; it also shows
[fcc02767]619 system boots, shutdowns, and run-level changes</para>
620 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux last">
621 <primary sortas="b-last">last</primary>
622 </indexterm>
623 </listitem>
624 </varlistentry>
625
626 <varlistentry id="lastb">
627 <term><command>lastb</command></term>
628 <listitem>
[d672ab7]629 <para>Shows the failed login attempts, as logged in
[fcc02767]630 <filename>/var/log/btmp</filename></para>
631 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lastb">
632 <primary sortas="b-lastb">lastb</primary>
633 </indexterm>
634 </listitem>
635 </varlistentry>
636
637 <varlistentry id="ldattach">
638 <term><command>ldattach</command></term>
639 <listitem>
640 <para>Attaches a line discipline to a serial line</para>
641 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ldattach">
642 <primary sortas="b-ldattach">ldattach</primary>
643 </indexterm>
644 </listitem>
645 </varlistentry>
646
647 <varlistentry id="linux32">
648 <term><command>linux32</command></term>
649 <listitem>
650 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
651 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux32">
652 <primary sortas="b-linux32">linux32</primary>
653 </indexterm>
654 </listitem>
655 </varlistentry>
656
657 <varlistentry id="linux64">
658 <term><command>linux64</command></term>
659 <listitem>
660 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
661 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux64">
662 <primary sortas="b-linux64">linux64</primary>
663 </indexterm>
664 </listitem>
665 </varlistentry>
666
667 <varlistentry id="logger">
668 <term><command>logger</command></term>
669 <listitem>
670 <para>Enters the given message into the system log</para>
671 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux logger">
672 <primary sortas="b-logger">logger</primary>
673 </indexterm>
674 </listitem>
675 </varlistentry>
676
677 <varlistentry id="look">
678 <term><command>look</command></term>
679 <listitem>
680 <para>Displays lines that begin with the given string</para>
681 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux look">
682 <primary sortas="b-look">look</primary>
683 </indexterm>
684 </listitem>
685 </varlistentry>
686
687 <varlistentry id="losetup">
688 <term><command>losetup</command></term>
689 <listitem>
690 <para>Sets up and controls loop devices</para>
691 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux losetup">
692 <primary sortas="b-losetup">losetup</primary>
693 </indexterm>
694 </listitem>
695 </varlistentry>
696
697 <varlistentry id="lsblk">
698 <term><command>lsblk</command></term>
699 <listitem>
700 <para>Lists information about all or selected block devices in
701 a tree-like format</para>
702 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsblk">
703 <primary sortas="b-lsblk">lsblk</primary>
704 </indexterm>
705 </listitem>
706 </varlistentry>
707
708 <varlistentry id="lscpu">
709 <term><command>lscpu</command></term>
710 <listitem>
711 <para>Prints CPU architecture information</para>
712 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lscpu">
713 <primary sortas="b-lscpu">lscpu</primary>
714 </indexterm>
715 </listitem>
716 </varlistentry>
[9bb4939]717
718 <varlistentry id="lsfd">
719 <term><command>lsfd</command></term>
720 <listitem>
721 <para>Displays information about open files; replaces <command>lsof</command></para>
722 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsfd">
723 <primary sortas="b-lsfd">lsfd</primary>
724 </indexterm>
725 </listitem>
726 </varlistentry>
[fcc02767]727
728 <varlistentry id="lsipc">
729 <term><command>lsipc</command></term>
730 <listitem>
731 <para>Prints information on IPC facilities currently employed
732 in the system</para>
733 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsipc">
734 <primary sortas="b-lsipc">lsipc</primary>
735 </indexterm>
736 </listitem>
737 </varlistentry>
738
[50c357d3]739 <varlistentry id="lsirq">
740 <term><command>lsirq</command></term>
741 <listitem>
742 <para>Displays kernel interrupt counter information</para>
743 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsirq">
744 <primary sortas="b-lsirq">lsirq</primary>
745 </indexterm>
746 </listitem>
747 </varlistentry>
748
[fcc02767]749 <varlistentry id="lslocks">
750 <term><command>lslocks</command></term>
751 <listitem>
752 <para>Lists local system locks</para>
753 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslocks">
754 <primary sortas="b-lslocks">lslocks</primary>
755 </indexterm>
756 </listitem>
757 </varlistentry>
758
759 <varlistentry id="lslogins">
760 <term><command>lslogins</command></term>
761 <listitem>
762 <para>Lists information about users, groups and system accounts</para>
763 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslogins">
764 <primary sortas="b-lslogins">lslogins</primary>
765 </indexterm>
766 </listitem>
767 </varlistentry>
768
769 <varlistentry id="lsmem">
770 <term><command>lsmem</command></term>
771 <listitem>
772 <para>Lists the ranges of available memory with their online
773 status</para>
774 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsmem">
775 <primary sortas="b-lsmem">lsmem</primary>
776 </indexterm>
777 </listitem>
778 </varlistentry>
779
780 <varlistentry id="lsns">
781 <term><command>lsns</command></term>
782 <listitem>
783 <para>Lists namespaces</para>
784 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsns">
785 <primary sortas="b-lsns">lsns</primary>
786 </indexterm>
787 </listitem>
788 </varlistentry>
789
790 <varlistentry id="mcookie">
791 <term><command>mcookie</command></term>
792 <listitem>
793 <para>Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for
794 <command>xauth</command></para>
795 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mcookie">
796 <primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary>
797 </indexterm>
798 </listitem>
799 </varlistentry>
800
801 <varlistentry id="mesg">
802 <term><command>mesg</command></term>
803 <listitem>
[d672ab7]804 <para>Controls whether other users can send messages to the current
[fcc02767]805 user's terminal</para>
806 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mesg">
807 <primary sortas="b-mesg">mesg</primary>
808 </indexterm>
809 </listitem>
810 </varlistentry>
811
812 <varlistentry id="mkfs">
813 <term><command>mkfs</command></term>
814 <listitem>
815 <para>Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk
816 partition)</para>
817 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs">
818 <primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary>
819 </indexterm>
820 </listitem>
821 </varlistentry>
822
823 <varlistentry id="mkfs.bfs">
824 <term><command>mkfs.bfs</command></term>
825 <listitem>
826 <para>Creates a Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system</para>
827 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.bfs">
828 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.bfs">mkfs.bfs</primary>
829 </indexterm>
830 </listitem>
831 </varlistentry>
832
833 <varlistentry id="mkfs.cramfs">
834 <term><command>mkfs.cramfs</command></term>
835 <listitem>
836 <para>Creates a cramfs file system</para>
837 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.cramfs">
838 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.cramfs">mkfs.cramfs</primary>
839 </indexterm>
840 </listitem>
841 </varlistentry>
842
843 <varlistentry id="mkfs.minix">
844 <term><command>mkfs.minix</command></term>
845 <listitem>
846 <para>Creates a Minix file system</para>
847 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.minix">
848 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.minix">mkfs.minix</primary>
849 </indexterm>
850 </listitem>
851 </varlistentry>
852
853 <varlistentry id="mkswap">
854 <term><command>mkswap</command></term>
855 <listitem>
856 <para>Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap
857 area</para>
858 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkswap">
859 <primary sortas="b-mkswap">mkswap</primary>
860 </indexterm>
861 </listitem>
862 </varlistentry>
863
864 <varlistentry id="more">
865 <term><command>more</command></term>
866 <listitem>
867 <para>A filter for paging through text one screen at a time</para>
868 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux more">
869 <primary sortas="b-more">more</primary>
870 </indexterm>
871 </listitem>
872 </varlistentry>
873
874 <varlistentry id="mount">
875 <term><command>mount</command></term>
876 <listitem>
877 <para>Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified
878 directory in the file-system tree</para>
879 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mount">
880 <primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary>
881 </indexterm>
882 </listitem>
883 </varlistentry>
884
885 <varlistentry id="mountpoint">
886 <term><command>mountpoint</command></term>
887 <listitem>
888 <para>Checks if the directory is a mountpoint</para>
889 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mountpoint">
890 <primary sortas="b-mountpoint">mountpoint</primary>
891 </indexterm>
892 </listitem>
893 </varlistentry>
894
895 <varlistentry id="namei">
896 <term><command>namei</command></term>
897 <listitem>
[9bb4939]898 <para>Shows the symbolic links in the given paths</para>
[fcc02767]899 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux namei">
900 <primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary>
901 </indexterm>
902 </listitem>
903 </varlistentry>
904
905 <varlistentry id="nsenter">
906 <term><command>nsenter</command></term>
907 <listitem>
908 <para>Runs a program with namespaces of other processes</para>
909 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux nsenter">
910 <primary sortas="b-nsenter">nsenter</primary>
911 </indexterm>
912 </listitem>
913 </varlistentry>
914
915 <varlistentry id="partx">
916 <term><command>partx</command></term>
917 <listitem>
918 <para>Tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk
919 partitions</para>
920 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux partx">
921 <primary sortas="b-partx">partx</primary>
922 </indexterm>
923 </listitem>
924 </varlistentry>
925
926 <varlistentry id="pivot_root">
927 <term><command>pivot_root</command></term>
928 <listitem>
929 <para>Makes the given file system the new root file system of the
930 current process</para>
931 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pivot_root">
932 <primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary>
933 </indexterm>
934 </listitem>
935 </varlistentry>
936
937 <varlistentry id="prlimit">
938 <term><command>prlimit</command></term>
939 <listitem>
[9bb4939]940 <para>Gets and sets a process's resource limits</para>
[fcc02767]941 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux prlimit">
942 <primary sortas="b-prlimit">prlimit</primary>
943 </indexterm>
944 </listitem>
945 </varlistentry>
946
947 <varlistentry id="readprofile">
948 <term><command>readprofile</command></term>
949 <listitem>
950 <para>Reads kernel profiling information</para>
951 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux readprofile">
952 <primary sortas="b-readprofile">readprofile</primary>
953 </indexterm>
954 </listitem>
955 </varlistentry>
956
957 <varlistentry id="rename">
958 <term><command>rename</command></term>
959 <listitem>
960 <para>Renames the given files, replacing a given string with
961 another</para>
962 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rename">
963 <primary sortas="b-rename">rename</primary>
964 </indexterm>
965 </listitem>
966 </varlistentry>
967
968 <varlistentry id="renice">
969 <term><command>renice</command></term>
970 <listitem>
971 <para>Alters the priority of running processes</para>
972 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux renice">
973 <primary sortas="b-renice">renice</primary>
974 </indexterm>
975 </listitem>
976 </varlistentry>
977
978 <varlistentry id="resizepart">
979 <term><command>resizepart</command></term>
980 <listitem>
981 <para>Asks the Linux kernel to resize a partition</para>
982 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux resizepart">
983 <primary sortas="b-resizepart">resizepart</primary>
984 </indexterm>
985 </listitem>
986 </varlistentry>
987
988 <varlistentry id="rev">
989 <term><command>rev</command></term>
990 <listitem>
991 <para>Reverses the lines of a given file</para>
992 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rev">
993 <primary sortas="b-rev">rev</primary>
994 </indexterm>
995 </listitem>
996 </varlistentry>
997
[d765208]998 <varlistentry id="rfkill">
999 <term><command>rfkill</command></term>
[fcc02767]1000 <listitem>
1001 <para>Tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices</para>
[d765208]1002 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rfkill">
1003 <primary sortas="b-rfkill">rfkill</primary>
[fcc02767]1004 </indexterm>
1005 </listitem>
1006 </varlistentry>
1007
1008 <varlistentry id="rtcwake">
1009 <term><command>rtcwake</command></term>
1010 <listitem>
[9bb4939]1011 <para>Used to enter a system sleep state until the specified wakeup
[fcc02767]1012 time</para>
1013 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rtcwake">
1014 <primary sortas="b-rtcwake">rtcwake</primary>
1015 </indexterm>
1016 </listitem>
1017 </varlistentry>
1018
1019 <varlistentry id="script">
1020 <term><command>script</command></term>
1021 <listitem>
1022 <para>Makes a typescript of a terminal session</para>
1023 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux script">
1024 <primary sortas="b-script">script</primary>
1025 </indexterm>
1026 </listitem>
1027 </varlistentry>
1028
[50c357d3]1029 <varlistentry id="scriptlive">
1030 <term><command>scriptlive</command></term>
1031 <listitem>
[9bb4939]1032 <para>Re-runs session typescripts using timing information</para>
[50c357d3]1033 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptlive">
1034 <primary sortas="b-scriptlive">scriptlive</primary>
1035 </indexterm>
1036 </listitem>
1037 </varlistentry>
1038
[fcc02767]1039 <varlistentry id="scriptreplay">
1040 <term><command>scriptreplay</command></term>
1041 <listitem>
1042 <para>Plays back typescripts using timing information</para>
1043 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptreplay">
1044 <primary sortas="b-scriptreplay">scriptreplay</primary>
1045 </indexterm>
1046 </listitem>
1047 </varlistentry>
1048
1049 <varlistentry id="setarch">
1050 <term><command>setarch</command></term>
1051 <listitem>
[9bb4939]1052 <para>Changes reported architecture in a new program environment, and
[fcc02767]1053 sets personality flags</para>
1054 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setarch">
1055 <primary sortas="b-setarch">setarch</primary>
1056 </indexterm>
1057 </listitem>
1058 </varlistentry>
1059
1060 <varlistentry id="setsid">
1061 <term><command>setsid</command></term>
1062 <listitem>
1063 <para>Runs the given program in a new session</para>
1064 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setsid">
1065 <primary sortas="b-setsid">setsid</primary>
1066 </indexterm>
1067 </listitem>
1068 </varlistentry>
1069
1070 <varlistentry id="setterm">
1071 <term><command>setterm</command></term>
1072 <listitem>
1073 <para>Sets terminal attributes</para>
1074 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setterm">
1075 <primary sortas="b-setterm">setterm</primary>
1076 </indexterm>
1077 </listitem>
1078 </varlistentry>
1079
1080 <varlistentry id="sfdisk">
1081 <term><command>sfdisk</command></term>
1082 <listitem>
1083 <para>A disk partition table manipulator</para>
1084 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sfdisk">
1085 <primary sortas="b-sfdisk">sfdisk</primary>
1086 </indexterm>
1087 </listitem>
1088 </varlistentry>
1089
1090 <varlistentry id="sulogin">
1091 <term><command>sulogin</command></term>
1092 <listitem>
1093 <para>Allows <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to log in;
1094 it is normally invoked by <command>init</command> when the system goes
1095 into single user mode</para>
1096 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sulogin">
1097 <primary sortas="b-sulogin">sulogin</primary>
1098 </indexterm>
1099 </listitem>
1100 </varlistentry>
1101
1102 <varlistentry id="swaplabel">
1103 <term><command>swaplabel</command></term>
1104 <listitem>
[9bb4939]1105 <para>Makes changes to the swap area's UUID and label</para>
[fcc02767]1106 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swaplabel">
1107 <primary sortas="b-swaplabel">swaplabel</primary>
1108 </indexterm>
1109 </listitem>
1110 </varlistentry>
1111
1112 <varlistentry id="swapoff">
1113 <term><command>swapoff</command></term>
1114 <listitem>
1115 <para>Disables devices and files for paging and swapping</para>
1116 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapoff">
1117 <primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary>
1118 </indexterm>
1119 </listitem>
1120 </varlistentry>
1121
1122 <varlistentry id="swapon">
1123 <term><command>swapon</command></term>
1124 <listitem>
[9bb4939]1125 <para>Enables devices and files for paging and swapping, and
[fcc02767]1126 lists the devices and files currently in use</para>
1127 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapon">
1128 <primary sortas="b-swapon">swapon</primary>
1129 </indexterm>
1130 </listitem>
1131 </varlistentry>
1132
1133 <varlistentry id="switch_root">
1134 <term><command>switch_root</command></term>
1135 <listitem>
1136 <para>Switches to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree</para>
1137 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux switch_root">
1138 <primary sortas="b-switch_root">switch_root</primary>
1139 </indexterm>
1140 </listitem>
1141 </varlistentry>
1142
1143 <varlistentry id="taskset">
1144 <term><command>taskset</command></term>
1145 <listitem>
[9bb4939]1146 <para>Retrieves or sets a process's CPU affinity</para>
[fcc02767]1147 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux taskset">
1148 <primary sortas="b-taskset">taskset</primary>
1149 </indexterm>
1150 </listitem>
1151 </varlistentry>
1152
[50c357d3]1153 <varlistentry id="uclampset">
1154 <term><command>uclampset</command></term>
1155 <listitem>
[9bb4939]1156 <para>Manipulates the utilization clamping attributes of the
[50c357d3]1157 system or a process</para>
1158 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uclampset">
1159 <primary sortas="b-uclampset">uclampset</primary>
1160 </indexterm>
1161 </listitem>
1162 </varlistentry>
1163
[fcc02767]1164 <varlistentry id="ul">
1165 <term><command>ul</command></term>
1166 <listitem>
1167 <para>A filter for translating underscores into escape sequences
1168 indicating underlining for the terminal in use</para>
1169 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ul">
1170 <primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary>
1171 </indexterm>
1172 </listitem>
1173 </varlistentry>
1174
1175 <varlistentry id="umount">
1176 <term><command>umount</command></term>
1177 <listitem>
1178 <para>Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree</para>
1179 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux umount">
1180 <primary sortas="b-umount">umount</primary>
1181 </indexterm>
1182 </listitem>
1183 </varlistentry>
1184
1185 <varlistentry id="uname26">
1186 <term><command>uname26</command></term>
1187 <listitem>
1188 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
1189 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uname26">
1190 <primary sortas="b-uname26">uname26</primary>
1191 </indexterm>
1192 </listitem>
1193 </varlistentry>
1194
1195 <varlistentry id="unshare">
1196 <term><command>unshare</command></term>
1197 <listitem>
1198 <para>Runs a program with some namespaces unshared from parent</para>
1199 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux unshare">
1200 <primary sortas="b-unshare">unshare</primary>
1201 </indexterm>
1202 </listitem>
1203 </varlistentry>
1204
1205 <varlistentry id="utmpdump">
1206 <term><command>utmpdump</command></term>
1207 <listitem>
[9bb4939]1208 <para>Displays the content of the given login file in a
[fcc02767]1209 user-friendly format</para>
1210 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux utmpdump">
1211 <primary sortas="b-utmpdump">utmpdump</primary>
1212 </indexterm>
1213 </listitem>
1214 </varlistentry>
1215
1216 <varlistentry id="uuidd">
1217 <term><command>uuidd</command></term>
1218 <listitem>
1219 <para>A daemon used by the UUID library to generate time-based
1220 UUIDs in a secure and guaranteed-unique fashion</para>
1221 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidd">
1222 <primary sortas="b-uuidd">uuidd</primary>
1223 </indexterm>
1224 </listitem>
1225 </varlistentry>
1226
1227 <varlistentry id="uuidgen">
1228 <term><command>uuidgen</command></term>
1229 <listitem>
[9bb4939]1230 <para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID is a random number likely to be
[fcc02767]1231 unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
[9bb4939]1232 systems, in the past and in the future, with extremely high
[e8f0a1b]1233 probability (2<superscript>128</superscript> UUIDs are
1234 possible)</para>
[fcc02767]1235 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidgen">
1236 <primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary>
1237 </indexterm>
1238 </listitem>
1239 </varlistentry>
1240
1241 <varlistentry id="uuidparse">
1242 <term><command>uuidparse</command></term>
1243 <listitem>
[9bb4939]1244 <para>A utility to parse unique identifiers</para>
[fcc02767]1245 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidparse">
1246 <primary sortas="b-uuidparse">uuidparse</primary>
1247 </indexterm>
1248 </listitem>
1249 </varlistentry>
1250
1251 <varlistentry id="wall">
1252 <term><command>wall</command></term>
1253 <listitem>
1254 <para>Displays the contents of a file or, by default, its standard
1255 input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users</para>
1256 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wall">
1257 <primary sortas="b-wall">wall</primary>
1258 </indexterm>
1259 </listitem>
1260 </varlistentry>
1261
1262 <varlistentry id="wdctl">
1263 <term><command>wdctl</command></term>
1264 <listitem>
1265 <para>Shows hardware watchdog status</para>
1266 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wdctl">
1267 <primary sortas="b-wdctl">wdctl</primary>
1268 </indexterm>
1269 </listitem>
1270 </varlistentry>
1271
1272 <varlistentry id="whereis">
1273 <term><command>whereis</command></term>
1274 <listitem>
1275 <para>Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page
[9bb4939]1276 files for the given command</para>
[fcc02767]1277 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis">
1278 <primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary>
1279 </indexterm>
1280 </listitem>
1281 </varlistentry>
1282
1283 <varlistentry id="wipefs">
1284 <term><command>wipefs</command></term>
1285 <listitem>
1286 <para>Wipes a filesystem signature from a device</para>
1287 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wipefs">
1288 <primary sortas="b-wipefs">wipefs</primary>
1289 </indexterm>
1290 </listitem>
1291 </varlistentry>
1292
1293 <varlistentry id="zramctl">
1294 <term><command>zramctl</command></term>
1295 <listitem>
[d672ab7]1296 <para>A program to set up and control zram (compressed ram disk)
[fcc02767]1297 devices</para>
1298 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux zramctl">
1299 <primary sortas="b-zramctl">zramctl</primary>
1300 </indexterm>
1301 </listitem>
1302 </varlistentry>
1303
1304 <varlistentry id="libblkid">
1305 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libblkid</filename></term>
1306 <listitem>
1307 <para>Contains routines for device identification and token
1308 extraction</para>
1309 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libblkid">
1310 <primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary>
1311 </indexterm>
1312 </listitem>
1313 </varlistentry>
1314
1315 <varlistentry id="libfdisk">
1316 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfdisk</filename></term>
1317 <listitem>
1318 <para>Contains routines for manipulating partition tables</para>
1319 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libfdisk">
1320 <primary sortas="c-libfdisk">libfdisk</primary>
1321 </indexterm>
1322 </listitem>
1323 </varlistentry>
1324
1325 <varlistentry id="libmount">
1326 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmount</filename></term>
1327 <listitem>
1328 <para>Contains routines for block device mounting and
1329 unmounting</para>
1330 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libmount">
1331 <primary sortas="c-libmount">libmount</primary>
1332 </indexterm>
1333 </listitem>
1334 </varlistentry>
1335
1336 <varlistentry id="libsmartcols">
1337 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsmartcols</filename></term>
1338 <listitem>
1339 <para>Contains routines for aiding screen output in tabular form</para>
1340 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libsmartcols">
1341 <primary sortas="c-libsmartcols">libsmartcols</primary>
1342 </indexterm>
1343 </listitem>
1344 </varlistentry>
1345
1346 <varlistentry id="libuuid">
1347 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename></term>
1348 <listitem>
1349 <para>Contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects
1350 that may be accessible beyond the local system</para>
1351 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libuuid">
1352 <primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary>
1353 </indexterm>
1354 </listitem>
1355 </varlistentry>
1356
1357 </variablelist>
1358
1359 </sect2>
1360
1361</sect1>
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