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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
46
47<screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
48 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
49 --disable-chfn-chsh \
50 --disable-login \
51 --disable-nologin \
52 --disable-su \
53 --disable-setpriv \
54 --disable-runuser \
55 --disable-pylibmount \
56 --disable-static \
57 --without-python \
58 --without-systemd \
59 --without-systemdsystemunitdir \
60 runstatedir=/run</userinput></screen>
61
62<screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
63 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
64 --disable-chfn-chsh \
65 --disable-login \
66 --disable-nologin \
67 --disable-su \
68 --disable-setpriv \
69 --disable-runuser \
70 --disable-pylibmount \
71 --disable-static \
72 --without-python \
73 runstatedir=/run</userinput></screen>
74
75 <para>The --disable and --without options prevent warnings about
76 building components that require packages not in LFS or are
77 inconsistent with programs installed by other packages.</para>
78
79 <para>Compile the package:</para>
80
81<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
82
83 <para>If desired, run the test suite as a non-root user:</para>
84
85 <warning><para>Running the test suite as the
86 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user can be harmful to
87 your system. To run it, the CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG option for the kernel must
88 be available in the currently running system and must be built as a
89 module. Building it into the kernel will prevent booting. For complete
90 coverage, other BLFS packages must be installed. If desired, this test can
91 be run after rebooting into the completed LFS system and running:</para>
92
93<screen role="nodump"><userinput>bash tests/run.sh --srcdir=$PWD --builddir=$PWD</userinput></screen>
94 </warning>
95
96<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .
97su tester -c "make -k check"</userinput></screen>
98
99 <para>Install the package:</para>
100
101<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
102
103 </sect2>
104
105 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
106 <!-- Multilib - 32bit -->
107 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
108
109 <sect2 arch="ml_32,ml_all" role="installation">
110 <title>Installation of Util-linux - 32-bit</title>
111
112 <para>Clean previous build:</para>
113
114<screen><userinput remap="pre">make distclean</userinput></screen>
115
116 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
117
118<screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -m32" \
119./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
120 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
121 --disable-chfn-chsh \
122 --disable-login \
123 --disable-nologin \
124 --disable-su \
125 --disable-setpriv \
126 --disable-runuser \
127 --disable-pylibmount \
128 --disable-static \
129 --without-python \
130 --without-systemd \
131 --libdir=&usr-lib-m32; \
132 --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
133 --without-systemdsystemunitdir \
134 --enable-libmount-force-mountinfo</userinput></screen>
135
136<screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -m32" \
137./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
138 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
139 --disable-chfn-chsh \
140 --disable-login \
141 --disable-nologin \
142 --disable-su \
143 --disable-setpriv \
144 --disable-runuser \
145 --disable-pylibmount \
146 --disable-static \
147 --without-python \
148 --libdir=&usr-lib-m32; \
149 --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
150 --enable-libmount-force-mountinfo</userinput></screen>
151
152 <para>Compile the package:</para>
153
154<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
155
156 <para>Install the package:</para>
157
158<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
159cp -Rv DESTDIR&usr-lib-m32;/* &usr-lib-m32;
160rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>
161
162 </sect2><!-- m32 -->
163
164 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
165 <!-- Multilib - x32bit -->
166 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
167
168 <sect2 arch="ml_x32,ml_all" role="installation">
169 <title>Installation of Util-linux - x32-bit</title>
170
171 <para>Clean previous build:</para>
172
173<screen><userinput remap="pre">make distclean</userinput></screen>
174
175 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
176
177<screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -mx32" \
178./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
179 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
180 --disable-chfn-chsh \
181 --disable-login \
182 --disable-nologin \
183 --disable-su \
184 --disable-setpriv \
185 --disable-runuser \
186 --disable-pylibmount \
187 --disable-static \
188 --without-python \
189 --without-systemd \
190 --without-systemdsystemunitdir \
191 --libdir=&usr-lib-mx32; \
192 --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnux32 \
193 --enable-libmount-force-mountinfo</userinput></screen>
194
195<screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -mx32" \
196./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
197 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
198 --disable-chfn-chsh \
199 --disable-login \
200 --disable-nologin \
201 --disable-su \
202 --disable-setpriv \
203 --disable-runuser \
204 --disable-pylibmount \
205 --disable-static \
206 --without-python \
207 --libdir=&usr-lib-mx32; \
208 --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnux32 \
209 --enable-libmount-force-mountinfo</userinput></screen>
210
211 <para>Compile the package:</para>
212
213<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
214
215 <para>Install the package:</para>
216
217<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
218cp -Rv DESTDIR&usr-lib-mx32;/* &usr-lib-mx32;
219rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>
220
221 </sect2><!-- mx32 -->
222
223 <sect2 id="contents-utillinux" role="content">
224 <title>Contents of Util-linux</title>
225
226 <segmentedlist>
227 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
228 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
229 <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
230
231 <seglistitem>
232 <seg>addpart, agetty, blkdiscard, blkid, blkzone, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chcpu,
233 chmem, choom, chrt, col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, delpart, dmesg,
234 eject, fallocate, fdformat, fdisk, fincore, findfs, findmnt, flock, fsck,
235 fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hexdump, hwclock,
236 i386, ionice, ipcmk, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize, kill, last, lastb (link to
237 last), ldattach, linux32, linux64, logger, look, losetup, lsblk, lscpu,
238 lsipc, lslocks, lslogins, lsmem, lsns, mcookie, mesg, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap,
239 more, mount, mountpoint, namei, nsenter, partx, pivot_root, prlimit, raw,
240 readprofile, rename, renice, resizepart, rev, rfkill, rtcwake, script,
241 scriptreplay, setarch, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, sulogin, swaplabel,
242 swapoff (link to swapon), swapon, switch_root, taskset, ul,
243 umount, uname26, unshare, utmpdump, uuidd, uuidgen, uuidparse, wall, wdctl, whereis,
244 wipefs, x86_64, and zramctl</seg>
245 <seg>libblkid.so, libfdisk.so, libmount.so,
246 libsmartcols.so, and libuuid.so</seg>
247 <seg>/usr/include/blkid,
248 /usr/include/libfdisk,
249 /usr/include/libmount,
250 /usr/include/libsmartcols,
251 /usr/include/uuid,
252 /usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;,
253 and /var/lib/hwclock</seg>
254 </seglistitem>
255 </segmentedlist>
256
257 <variablelist>
258 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
259 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
260 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
261
262 <varlistentry id="addpart">
263 <term><command>addpart</command></term>
264 <listitem>
265 <para>Informs the Linux kernel of new partitions</para>
266 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux addpart">
267 <primary sortas="b-addpart">addpart</primary>
268 </indexterm>
269 </listitem>
270 </varlistentry>
271
272 <varlistentry id="agetty">
273 <term><command>agetty</command></term>
274 <listitem>
275 <para>Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
276 and then invokes the <command>login</command> program</para>
277 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux agetty">
278 <primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary>
279 </indexterm>
280 </listitem>
281 </varlistentry>
282
283 <varlistentry id="blkdiscard">
284 <term><command>blkdiscard</command></term>
285 <listitem>
286 <para>Discards sectors on a device</para>
287 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkdiscard">
288 <primary sortas="b-blkdiscard">blkdiscard</primary>
289 </indexterm>
290 </listitem>
291 </varlistentry>
292
293 <varlistentry id="blkid">
294 <term><command>blkid</command></term>
295 <listitem>
296 <para>A command line utility to locate and print block device
297 attributes</para>
298 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkid">
299 <primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary>
300 </indexterm>
301 </listitem>
302 </varlistentry>
303
304 <varlistentry id="blkzone">
305 <term><command>blkzone</command></term>
306 <listitem>
307 <para>Runs zone command on the given block device</para>
308 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkzone">
309 <primary sortas="b-blkzone">blkzone</primary>
310 </indexterm>
311 </listitem>
312 </varlistentry>
313
314 <varlistentry id="blockdev">
315 <term><command>blockdev</command></term>
316 <listitem>
317 <para>Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command
318 line</para>
319 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blockdev">
320 <primary sortas="b-blockdev">blockdev</primary>
321 </indexterm>
322 </listitem>
323 </varlistentry>
324
325 <varlistentry id="cal">
326 <term><command>cal</command></term>
327 <listitem>
328 <para>Displays a simple calendar</para>
329 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cal">
330 <primary sortas="b-cal">cal</primary>
331 </indexterm>
332 </listitem>
333 </varlistentry>
334
335 <varlistentry id="cfdisk">
336 <term><command>cfdisk</command></term>
337 <listitem>
338 <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
339 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cfdisk">
340 <primary sortas="b-cfdisk">cfdisk</primary>
341 </indexterm>
342 </listitem>
343 </varlistentry>
344
345 <varlistentry id="chcpu">
346 <term><command>chcpu</command></term>
347 <listitem>
348 <para>Modifies the state of CPUs</para>
349 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chcpu">
350 <primary sortas="b-chcpu">chcpu</primary>
351 </indexterm>
352 </listitem>
353 </varlistentry>
354
355 <varlistentry id="chmem">
356 <term><command>chmem</command></term>
357 <listitem>
358 <para>Configures memory</para>
359 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chmem">
360 <primary sortas="b-chmem">chmem</primary>
361 </indexterm>
362 </listitem>
363 </varlistentry>
364
365 <varlistentry id="choom">
366 <term><command>choom</command></term>
367 <listitem>
368 <para>Displays and adjusts OOM-killer score</para>
369 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux choom">
370 <primary sortas="b-choom">choom</primary>
371 </indexterm>
372 </listitem>
373 </varlistentry>
374
375 <varlistentry id="chrt">
376 <term><command>chrt</command></term>
377 <listitem>
378 <para>Manipulates real-time attributes of a process</para>
379 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chrt">
380 <primary sortas="b-chrt">chrt</primary>
381 </indexterm>
382 </listitem>
383 </varlistentry>
384
385 <varlistentry id="col">
386 <term><command>col</command></term>
387 <listitem>
388 <para>Filters out reverse line feeds</para>
389 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux col">
390 <primary sortas="b-col">col</primary>
391 </indexterm>
392 </listitem>
393 </varlistentry>
394
395 <varlistentry id="colcrt">
396 <term><command>colcrt</command></term>
397 <listitem>
398 <para>Filters <command>nroff</command> output for terminals
399 that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines</para>
400 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colcrt">
401 <primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary>
402 </indexterm>
403 </listitem>
404 </varlistentry>
405
406 <varlistentry id="colrm">
407 <term><command>colrm</command></term>
408 <listitem>
409 <para>Filters out the given columns</para>
410 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colrm">
411 <primary sortas="b-colrm">colrm</primary>
412 </indexterm>
413 </listitem>
414 </varlistentry>
415
416 <varlistentry id="column">
417 <term><command>column</command></term>
418 <listitem>
419 <para>Formats a given file into multiple columns</para>
420 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux column">
421 <primary sortas="b-column">column</primary>
422 </indexterm>
423 </listitem>
424 </varlistentry>
425
426 <varlistentry id="ctrlaltdel">
427 <term><command>ctrlaltdel</command></term>
428 <listitem>
429 <para>Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a
430 hard or a soft reset</para>
431 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ctrlaltdel">
432 <primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary>
433 </indexterm>
434 </listitem>
435 </varlistentry>
436
437 <varlistentry id="delpart">
438 <term><command>delpart</command></term>
439 <listitem>
440 <para>Asks the Linux kernel to remove a partition</para>
441 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux delpart">
442 <primary sortas="b-delpart">delpart</primary>
443 </indexterm>
444 </listitem>
445 </varlistentry>
446
447 <varlistentry id="dmesg">
448 <term><command>dmesg</command></term>
449 <listitem>
450 <para>Dumps the kernel boot messages</para>
451 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux dmesg">
452 <primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary>
453 </indexterm>
454 </listitem>
455 </varlistentry>
456
457 <varlistentry id="eject">
458 <term><command>eject</command></term>
459 <listitem>
460 <para>Ejects removable media</para>
461 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux eject">
462 <primary sortas="b-eject">eject</primary>
463 </indexterm>
464 </listitem>
465 </varlistentry>
466
467 <varlistentry id="fallocate">
468 <term><command>fallocate</command></term>
469 <listitem>
470 <para>Preallocates space to a file</para>
471 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fallocate">
472 <primary sortas="b-fallocate">fallocate</primary>
473 </indexterm>
474 </listitem>
475 </varlistentry>
476
477 <varlistentry id="fdformat">
478 <term><command>fdformat</command></term>
479 <listitem>
480 <para>Low-level formats a floppy disk</para>
481 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdformat">
482 <primary sortas="b-fdformat">fdformat</primary>
483 </indexterm>
484 </listitem>
485 </varlistentry>
486
487 <varlistentry id="fdisk">
488 <term><command>fdisk</command></term>
489 <listitem>
490 <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
491 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdisk">
492 <primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary>
493 </indexterm>
494 </listitem>
495 </varlistentry>
496
497 <varlistentry id="fincore">
498 <term><command>fincore</command></term>
499 <listitem>
500 <para>Counts pages of file contents in core</para>
501 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fincore">
502 <primary sortas="b-fincore">fincore</primary>
503 </indexterm>
504 </listitem>
505 </varlistentry>
506
507 <varlistentry id="findfs">
508 <term><command>findfs</command></term>
509 <listitem>
510 <para>Finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier
511 (UUID)</para>
512 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findfs">
513 <primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary>
514 </indexterm>
515 </listitem>
516 </varlistentry>
517
518 <varlistentry id="findmnt">
519 <term><command>findmnt</command></term>
520 <listitem>
521 <para>Is a command line interface to the libmount library
522 for work with mountinfo, fstab and mtab files</para>
523 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findmnt">
524 <primary sortas="b-findmnt">findmnt</primary>
525 </indexterm>
526 </listitem>
527 </varlistentry>
528
529 <varlistentry id="flock">
530 <term><command>flock</command></term>
531 <listitem>
532 <para>Acquires a file lock and then executes a command with the lock
533 held</para>
534 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux flock">
535 <primary sortas="b-flock">flock</primary>
536 </indexterm>
537 </listitem>
538 </varlistentry>
539
540 <varlistentry id="fsck">
541 <term><command>fsck</command></term>
542 <listitem>
543 <para>Is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems</para>
544 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck">
545 <primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary>
546 </indexterm>
547 </listitem>
548 </varlistentry>
549
550 <varlistentry id="fsck.cramfs">
551 <term><command>fsck.cramfs</command></term>
552 <listitem>
553 <para>Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the
554 given device</para>
555 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.cramfs">
556 <primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary>
557 </indexterm>
558 </listitem>
559 </varlistentry>
560
561 <varlistentry id="fsck.minix">
562 <term><command>fsck.minix</command></term>
563 <listitem>
564 <para>Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the
565 given device</para>
566 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.minix">
567 <primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary>
568 </indexterm>
569 </listitem>
570 </varlistentry>
571
572 <varlistentry id="fsfreeze">
573 <term><command>fsfreeze</command></term>
574 <listitem>
575 <para>Is a very simple wrapper around FIFREEZE/FITHAW ioctl
576 kernel driver operations</para>
577 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsfreeze">
578 <primary sortas="b-fsfreeze">fsfreeze</primary>
579 </indexterm>
580 </listitem>
581 </varlistentry>
582
583 <varlistentry id="fstrim">
584 <term><command>fstrim</command></term>
585 <listitem>
586 <para>Discards unused blocks on a mounted filesystem</para>
587 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fstrim">
588 <primary sortas="b-fstrim">fstrim</primary>
589 </indexterm>
590 </listitem>
591 </varlistentry>
592
593 <varlistentry id="getopt">
594 <term><command>getopt</command></term>
595 <listitem>
596 <para>Parses options in the given command line</para>
597 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux getopt">
598 <primary sortas="b-getopt">getopt</primary>
599 </indexterm>
600 </listitem>
601 </varlistentry>
602
603 <varlistentry id="hexdump">
604 <term><command>hexdump</command></term>
605 <listitem>
606 <para>Dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given
607 format</para>
608 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hexdump">
609 <primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary>
610 </indexterm>
611 </listitem>
612 </varlistentry>
613
614 <varlistentry id="hwclock">
615 <term><command>hwclock</command></term>
616 <listitem>
617 <para>Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called
618 the Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
619 clock</para>
620 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hwclock">
621 <primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary>
622 </indexterm>
623 </listitem>
624 </varlistentry>
625
626 <varlistentry id="i386">
627 <term><command>i386</command></term>
628 <listitem>
629 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
630 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux i386">
631 <primary sortas="b-i386">i386</primary>
632 </indexterm>
633 </listitem>
634 </varlistentry>
635
636 <varlistentry id="ionice">
637 <term><command>ionice</command></term>
638 <listitem>
639 <para>Gets or sets the io scheduling class and priority for a program</para>
640 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ionice">
641 <primary sortas="b-ionice">ionice</primary>
642 </indexterm>
643 </listitem>
644 </varlistentry>
645
646 <varlistentry id="ipcmk">
647 <term><command>ipcmk</command></term>
648 <listitem>
649 <para>Creates various IPC resources</para>
650 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcmk">
651 <primary sortas="b-ipcmk">ipcmk</primary>
652 </indexterm>
653 </listitem>
654 </varlistentry>
655
656 <varlistentry id="ipcrm">
657 <term><command>ipcrm</command></term>
658 <listitem>
659 <para>Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource</para>
660 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcrm">
661 <primary sortas="b-ipcrm">ipcrm</primary>
662 </indexterm>
663 </listitem>
664 </varlistentry>
665
666 <varlistentry id="ipcs">
667 <term><command>ipcs</command></term>
668 <listitem>
669 <para>Provides IPC status information</para>
670 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcs">
671 <primary sortas="b-ipcs">ipcs</primary>
672 </indexterm>
673 </listitem>
674 </varlistentry>
675
676 <varlistentry id="isosize">
677 <term><command>isosize</command></term>
678 <listitem>
679 <para>Reports the size of an iso9660 file system</para>
680 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux isosize">
681 <primary sortas="b-isosize">isosize</primary>
682 </indexterm>
683 </listitem>
684 </varlistentry>
685
686 <varlistentry id="kill">
687 <term><command>kill</command></term>
688 <listitem>
689 <para>Sends signals to processes</para>
690 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux kill">
691 <primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary>
692 </indexterm>
693 </listitem>
694 </varlistentry>
695
696 <varlistentry id="last">
697 <term><command>last</command></term>
698 <listitem>
699 <para>Shows which users last logged in (and out), searching back
700 through the <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> file; it also shows
701 system boots, shutdowns, and run-level changes</para>
702 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux last">
703 <primary sortas="b-last">last</primary>
704 </indexterm>
705 </listitem>
706 </varlistentry>
707
708 <varlistentry id="lastb">
709 <term><command>lastb</command></term>
710 <listitem>
711 <para>Shows the failed login attempts, as logged in
712 <filename>/var/log/btmp</filename></para>
713 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lastb">
714 <primary sortas="b-lastb">lastb</primary>
715 </indexterm>
716 </listitem>
717 </varlistentry>
718
719 <varlistentry id="ldattach">
720 <term><command>ldattach</command></term>
721 <listitem>
722 <para>Attaches a line discipline to a serial line</para>
723 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ldattach">
724 <primary sortas="b-ldattach">ldattach</primary>
725 </indexterm>
726 </listitem>
727 </varlistentry>
728
729 <varlistentry id="linux32">
730 <term><command>linux32</command></term>
731 <listitem>
732 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
733 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux32">
734 <primary sortas="b-linux32">linux32</primary>
735 </indexterm>
736 </listitem>
737 </varlistentry>
738
739 <varlistentry id="linux64">
740 <term><command>linux64</command></term>
741 <listitem>
742 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
743 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux64">
744 <primary sortas="b-linux64">linux64</primary>
745 </indexterm>
746 </listitem>
747 </varlistentry>
748
749 <varlistentry id="logger">
750 <term><command>logger</command></term>
751 <listitem>
752 <para>Enters the given message into the system log</para>
753 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux logger">
754 <primary sortas="b-logger">logger</primary>
755 </indexterm>
756 </listitem>
757 </varlistentry>
758
759 <varlistentry id="look">
760 <term><command>look</command></term>
761 <listitem>
762 <para>Displays lines that begin with the given string</para>
763 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux look">
764 <primary sortas="b-look">look</primary>
765 </indexterm>
766 </listitem>
767 </varlistentry>
768
769 <varlistentry id="losetup">
770 <term><command>losetup</command></term>
771 <listitem>
772 <para>Sets up and controls loop devices</para>
773 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux losetup">
774 <primary sortas="b-losetup">losetup</primary>
775 </indexterm>
776 </listitem>
777 </varlistentry>
778
779 <varlistentry id="lsblk">
780 <term><command>lsblk</command></term>
781 <listitem>
782 <para>Lists information about all or selected block devices in
783 a tree-like format</para>
784 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsblk">
785 <primary sortas="b-lsblk">lsblk</primary>
786 </indexterm>
787 </listitem>
788 </varlistentry>
789
790 <varlistentry id="lscpu">
791 <term><command>lscpu</command></term>
792 <listitem>
793 <para>Prints CPU architecture information</para>
794 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lscpu">
795 <primary sortas="b-lscpu">lscpu</primary>
796 </indexterm>
797 </listitem>
798 </varlistentry>
799
800 <varlistentry id="lsipc">
801 <term><command>lsipc</command></term>
802 <listitem>
803 <para>Prints information on IPC facilities currently employed
804 in the system</para>
805 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsipc">
806 <primary sortas="b-lsipc">lsipc</primary>
807 </indexterm>
808 </listitem>
809 </varlistentry>
810
811 <varlistentry id="lslocks">
812 <term><command>lslocks</command></term>
813 <listitem>
814 <para>Lists local system locks</para>
815 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslocks">
816 <primary sortas="b-lslocks">lslocks</primary>
817 </indexterm>
818 </listitem>
819 </varlistentry>
820
821 <varlistentry id="lslogins">
822 <term><command>lslogins</command></term>
823 <listitem>
824 <para>Lists information about users, groups and system accounts</para>
825 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslogins">
826 <primary sortas="b-lslogins">lslogins</primary>
827 </indexterm>
828 </listitem>
829 </varlistentry>
830
831 <varlistentry id="lsmem">
832 <term><command>lsmem</command></term>
833 <listitem>
834 <para>Lists the ranges of available memory with their online
835 status</para>
836 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsmem">
837 <primary sortas="b-lsmem">lsmem</primary>
838 </indexterm>
839 </listitem>
840 </varlistentry>
841
842 <varlistentry id="lsns">
843 <term><command>lsns</command></term>
844 <listitem>
845 <para>Lists namespaces</para>
846 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsns">
847 <primary sortas="b-lsns">lsns</primary>
848 </indexterm>
849 </listitem>
850 </varlistentry>
851
852 <varlistentry id="mcookie">
853 <term><command>mcookie</command></term>
854 <listitem>
855 <para>Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for
856 <command>xauth</command></para>
857 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mcookie">
858 <primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary>
859 </indexterm>
860 </listitem>
861 </varlistentry>
862
863 <varlistentry id="mesg">
864 <term><command>mesg</command></term>
865 <listitem>
866 <para>Controls whether other users can send messages to the current
867 user's terminal</para>
868 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mesg">
869 <primary sortas="b-mesg">mesg</primary>
870 </indexterm>
871 </listitem>
872 </varlistentry>
873
874 <varlistentry id="mkfs">
875 <term><command>mkfs</command></term>
876 <listitem>
877 <para>Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk
878 partition)</para>
879 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs">
880 <primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary>
881 </indexterm>
882 </listitem>
883 </varlistentry>
884
885 <varlistentry id="mkfs.bfs">
886 <term><command>mkfs.bfs</command></term>
887 <listitem>
888 <para>Creates a Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system</para>
889 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.bfs">
890 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.bfs">mkfs.bfs</primary>
891 </indexterm>
892 </listitem>
893 </varlistentry>
894
895 <varlistentry id="mkfs.cramfs">
896 <term><command>mkfs.cramfs</command></term>
897 <listitem>
898 <para>Creates a cramfs file system</para>
899 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.cramfs">
900 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.cramfs">mkfs.cramfs</primary>
901 </indexterm>
902 </listitem>
903 </varlistentry>
904
905 <varlistentry id="mkfs.minix">
906 <term><command>mkfs.minix</command></term>
907 <listitem>
908 <para>Creates a Minix file system</para>
909 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.minix">
910 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.minix">mkfs.minix</primary>
911 </indexterm>
912 </listitem>
913 </varlistentry>
914
915 <varlistentry id="mkswap">
916 <term><command>mkswap</command></term>
917 <listitem>
918 <para>Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap
919 area</para>
920 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkswap">
921 <primary sortas="b-mkswap">mkswap</primary>
922 </indexterm>
923 </listitem>
924 </varlistentry>
925
926 <varlistentry id="more">
927 <term><command>more</command></term>
928 <listitem>
929 <para>A filter for paging through text one screen at a time</para>
930 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux more">
931 <primary sortas="b-more">more</primary>
932 </indexterm>
933 </listitem>
934 </varlistentry>
935
936 <varlistentry id="mount">
937 <term><command>mount</command></term>
938 <listitem>
939 <para>Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified
940 directory in the file-system tree</para>
941 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mount">
942 <primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary>
943 </indexterm>
944 </listitem>
945 </varlistentry>
946
947 <varlistentry id="mountpoint">
948 <term><command>mountpoint</command></term>
949 <listitem>
950 <para>Checks if the directory is a mountpoint</para>
951 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mountpoint">
952 <primary sortas="b-mountpoint">mountpoint</primary>
953 </indexterm>
954 </listitem>
955 </varlistentry>
956
957 <varlistentry id="namei">
958 <term><command>namei</command></term>
959 <listitem>
960 <para>Shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames</para>
961 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux namei">
962 <primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary>
963 </indexterm>
964 </listitem>
965 </varlistentry>
966
967 <varlistentry id="nsenter">
968 <term><command>nsenter</command></term>
969 <listitem>
970 <para>Runs a program with namespaces of other processes</para>
971 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux nsenter">
972 <primary sortas="b-nsenter">nsenter</primary>
973 </indexterm>
974 </listitem>
975 </varlistentry>
976
977 <varlistentry id="partx">
978 <term><command>partx</command></term>
979 <listitem>
980 <para>Tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk
981 partitions</para>
982 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux partx">
983 <primary sortas="b-partx">partx</primary>
984 </indexterm>
985 </listitem>
986 </varlistentry>
987
988 <varlistentry id="pivot_root">
989 <term><command>pivot_root</command></term>
990 <listitem>
991 <para>Makes the given file system the new root file system of the
992 current process</para>
993 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pivot_root">
994 <primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary>
995 </indexterm>
996 </listitem>
997 </varlistentry>
998
999 <varlistentry id="prlimit">
1000 <term><command>prlimit</command></term>
1001 <listitem>
1002 <para>Get and set a process' resource limits</para>
1003 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux prlimit">
1004 <primary sortas="b-prlimit">prlimit</primary>
1005 </indexterm>
1006 </listitem>
1007 </varlistentry>
1008
1009 <varlistentry id="raw">
1010 <term><command>raw</command></term>
1011 <listitem>
1012 <para>Bind a Linux raw character device to a block device</para>
1013 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux raw">
1014 <primary sortas="b-raw">raw</primary>
1015 </indexterm>
1016 </listitem>
1017 </varlistentry>
1018
1019 <varlistentry id="readprofile">
1020 <term><command>readprofile</command></term>
1021 <listitem>
1022 <para>Reads kernel profiling information</para>
1023 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux readprofile">
1024 <primary sortas="b-readprofile">readprofile</primary>
1025 </indexterm>
1026 </listitem>
1027 </varlistentry>
1028
1029 <varlistentry id="rename">
1030 <term><command>rename</command></term>
1031 <listitem>
1032 <para>Renames the given files, replacing a given string with
1033 another</para>
1034 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rename">
1035 <primary sortas="b-rename">rename</primary>
1036 </indexterm>
1037 </listitem>
1038 </varlistentry>
1039
1040 <varlistentry id="renice">
1041 <term><command>renice</command></term>
1042 <listitem>
1043 <para>Alters the priority of running processes</para>
1044 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux renice">
1045 <primary sortas="b-renice">renice</primary>
1046 </indexterm>
1047 </listitem>
1048 </varlistentry>
1049
1050 <varlistentry id="resizepart">
1051 <term><command>resizepart</command></term>
1052 <listitem>
1053 <para>Asks the Linux kernel to resize a partition</para>
1054 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux resizepart">
1055 <primary sortas="b-resizepart">resizepart</primary>
1056 </indexterm>
1057 </listitem>
1058 </varlistentry>
1059
1060 <varlistentry id="rev">
1061 <term><command>rev</command></term>
1062 <listitem>
1063 <para>Reverses the lines of a given file</para>
1064 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rev">
1065 <primary sortas="b-rev">rev</primary>
1066 </indexterm>
1067 </listitem>
1068 </varlistentry>
1069
1070 <varlistentry id="rkfill">
1071 <term><command>rkfill</command></term>
1072 <listitem>
1073 <para>Tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices</para>
1074 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rkfill">
1075 <primary sortas="b-rkfill">rkfill</primary>
1076 </indexterm>
1077 </listitem>
1078 </varlistentry>
1079
1080 <varlistentry id="rtcwake">
1081 <term><command>rtcwake</command></term>
1082 <listitem>
1083 <para>Used to enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup
1084 time</para>
1085 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rtcwake">
1086 <primary sortas="b-rtcwake">rtcwake</primary>
1087 </indexterm>
1088 </listitem>
1089 </varlistentry>
1090
1091 <varlistentry id="script">
1092 <term><command>script</command></term>
1093 <listitem>
1094 <para>Makes a typescript of a terminal session</para>
1095 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux script">
1096 <primary sortas="b-script">script</primary>
1097 </indexterm>
1098 </listitem>
1099 </varlistentry>
1100
1101 <varlistentry id="scriptreplay">
1102 <term><command>scriptreplay</command></term>
1103 <listitem>
1104 <para>Plays back typescripts using timing information</para>
1105 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptreplay">
1106 <primary sortas="b-scriptreplay">scriptreplay</primary>
1107 </indexterm>
1108 </listitem>
1109 </varlistentry>
1110
1111 <varlistentry id="setarch">
1112 <term><command>setarch</command></term>
1113 <listitem>
1114 <para>Changes reported architecture in a new program environment and
1115 sets personality flags</para>
1116 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setarch">
1117 <primary sortas="b-setarch">setarch</primary>
1118 </indexterm>
1119 </listitem>
1120 </varlistentry>
1121
1122 <varlistentry id="setsid">
1123 <term><command>setsid</command></term>
1124 <listitem>
1125 <para>Runs the given program in a new session</para>
1126 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setsid">
1127 <primary sortas="b-setsid">setsid</primary>
1128 </indexterm>
1129 </listitem>
1130 </varlistentry>
1131
1132 <varlistentry id="setterm">
1133 <term><command>setterm</command></term>
1134 <listitem>
1135 <para>Sets terminal attributes</para>
1136 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setterm">
1137 <primary sortas="b-setterm">setterm</primary>
1138 </indexterm>
1139 </listitem>
1140 </varlistentry>
1141
1142 <varlistentry id="sfdisk">
1143 <term><command>sfdisk</command></term>
1144 <listitem>
1145 <para>A disk partition table manipulator</para>
1146 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sfdisk">
1147 <primary sortas="b-sfdisk">sfdisk</primary>
1148 </indexterm>
1149 </listitem>
1150 </varlistentry>
1151
1152 <varlistentry id="sulogin">
1153 <term><command>sulogin</command></term>
1154 <listitem>
1155 <para>Allows <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to log in;
1156 it is normally invoked by <command>init</command> when the system goes
1157 into single user mode</para>
1158 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sulogin">
1159 <primary sortas="b-sulogin">sulogin</primary>
1160 </indexterm>
1161 </listitem>
1162 </varlistentry>
1163
1164 <varlistentry id="swaplabel">
1165 <term><command>swaplabel</command></term>
1166 <listitem>
1167 <para>Allows to change swaparea UUID and label</para>
1168 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swaplabel">
1169 <primary sortas="b-swaplabel">swaplabel</primary>
1170 </indexterm>
1171 </listitem>
1172 </varlistentry>
1173
1174 <varlistentry id="swapoff">
1175 <term><command>swapoff</command></term>
1176 <listitem>
1177 <para>Disables devices and files for paging and swapping</para>
1178 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapoff">
1179 <primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary>
1180 </indexterm>
1181 </listitem>
1182 </varlistentry>
1183
1184 <varlistentry id="swapon">
1185 <term><command>swapon</command></term>
1186 <listitem>
1187 <para>Enables devices and files for paging and swapping and
1188 lists the devices and files currently in use</para>
1189 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapon">
1190 <primary sortas="b-swapon">swapon</primary>
1191 </indexterm>
1192 </listitem>
1193 </varlistentry>
1194
1195 <varlistentry id="switch_root">
1196 <term><command>switch_root</command></term>
1197 <listitem>
1198 <para>Switches to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree</para>
1199 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux switch_root">
1200 <primary sortas="b-switch_root">switch_root</primary>
1201 </indexterm>
1202 </listitem>
1203 </varlistentry>
1204
1205 <varlistentry id="tailf">
1206 <term><command>tailf</command></term>
1207 <listitem>
1208 <para>Tracks the growth of a log file; displays the last 10 lines
1209 of a log file, then continues displaying any new entries in the
1210 log file as they are created</para>
1211 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux tailf">
1212 <primary sortas="b-tailf">tailf</primary>
1213 </indexterm>
1214 </listitem>
1215 </varlistentry>
1216
1217 <varlistentry id="taskset">
1218 <term><command>taskset</command></term>
1219 <listitem>
1220 <para>Retrieves or sets a process' CPU affinity</para>
1221 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux taskset">
1222 <primary sortas="b-taskset">taskset</primary>
1223 </indexterm>
1224 </listitem>
1225 </varlistentry>
1226
1227 <varlistentry id="ul">
1228 <term><command>ul</command></term>
1229 <listitem>
1230 <para>A filter for translating underscores into escape sequences
1231 indicating underlining for the terminal in use</para>
1232 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ul">
1233 <primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary>
1234 </indexterm>
1235 </listitem>
1236 </varlistentry>
1237
1238 <varlistentry id="umount">
1239 <term><command>umount</command></term>
1240 <listitem>
1241 <para>Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree</para>
1242 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux umount">
1243 <primary sortas="b-umount">umount</primary>
1244 </indexterm>
1245 </listitem>
1246 </varlistentry>
1247
1248 <varlistentry id="uname26">
1249 <term><command>uname26</command></term>
1250 <listitem>
1251 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
1252 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uname26">
1253 <primary sortas="b-uname26">uname26</primary>
1254 </indexterm>
1255 </listitem>
1256 </varlistentry>
1257
1258 <varlistentry id="unshare">
1259 <term><command>unshare</command></term>
1260 <listitem>
1261 <para>Runs a program with some namespaces unshared from parent</para>
1262 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux unshare">
1263 <primary sortas="b-unshare">unshare</primary>
1264 </indexterm>
1265 </listitem>
1266 </varlistentry>
1267
1268 <varlistentry id="utmpdump">
1269 <term><command>utmpdump</command></term>
1270 <listitem>
1271 <para>Displays the content of the given login file in a more
1272 user-friendly format</para>
1273 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux utmpdump">
1274 <primary sortas="b-utmpdump">utmpdump</primary>
1275 </indexterm>
1276 </listitem>
1277 </varlistentry>
1278
1279 <varlistentry id="uuidd">
1280 <term><command>uuidd</command></term>
1281 <listitem>
1282 <para>A daemon used by the UUID library to generate time-based
1283 UUIDs in a secure and guaranteed-unique fashion</para>
1284 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidd">
1285 <primary sortas="b-uuidd">uuidd</primary>
1286 </indexterm>
1287 </listitem>
1288 </varlistentry>
1289
1290 <varlistentry id="uuidgen">
1291 <term><command>uuidgen</command></term>
1292 <listitem>
1293 <para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered
1294 unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
1295 systems, in the past and in the future</para>
1296 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidgen">
1297 <primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary>
1298 </indexterm>
1299 </listitem>
1300 </varlistentry>
1301
1302 <varlistentry id="uuidparse">
1303 <term><command>uuidparse</command></term>
1304 <listitem>
1305 <para>An utility to parse unique identifiers</para>
1306 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidparse">
1307 <primary sortas="b-uuidparse">uuidparse</primary>
1308 </indexterm>
1309 </listitem>
1310 </varlistentry>
1311
1312 <varlistentry id="wall">
1313 <term><command>wall</command></term>
1314 <listitem>
1315 <para>Displays the contents of a file or, by default, its standard
1316 input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users</para>
1317 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wall">
1318 <primary sortas="b-wall">wall</primary>
1319 </indexterm>
1320 </listitem>
1321 </varlistentry>
1322
1323 <varlistentry id="wdctl">
1324 <term><command>wdctl</command></term>
1325 <listitem>
1326 <para>Shows hardware watchdog status</para>
1327 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wdctl">
1328 <primary sortas="b-wdctl">wdctl</primary>
1329 </indexterm>
1330 </listitem>
1331 </varlistentry>
1332
1333 <varlistentry id="whereis">
1334 <term><command>whereis</command></term>
1335 <listitem>
1336 <para>Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page
1337 for the given command</para>
1338 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis">
1339 <primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary>
1340 </indexterm>
1341 </listitem>
1342 </varlistentry>
1343
1344 <varlistentry id="wipefs">
1345 <term><command>wipefs</command></term>
1346 <listitem>
1347 <para>Wipes a filesystem signature from a device</para>
1348 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wipefs">
1349 <primary sortas="b-wipefs">wipefs</primary>
1350 </indexterm>
1351 </listitem>
1352 </varlistentry>
1353
1354 <varlistentry id="x86_64">
1355 <term><command>x86_64</command></term>
1356 <listitem>
1357 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
1358 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux x86_64">
1359 <primary sortas="b-x86_64">x86_64</primary>
1360 </indexterm>
1361 </listitem>
1362 </varlistentry>
1363
1364 <varlistentry id="zramctl">
1365 <term><command>zramctl</command></term>
1366 <listitem>
1367 <para>A program to set up and control zram (compressed ram disk)
1368 devices</para>
1369 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux zramctl">
1370 <primary sortas="b-zramctl">zramctl</primary>
1371 </indexterm>
1372 </listitem>
1373 </varlistentry>
1374
1375 <varlistentry id="libblkid">
1376 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libblkid</filename></term>
1377 <listitem>
1378 <para>Contains routines for device identification and token
1379 extraction</para>
1380 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libblkid">
1381 <primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary>
1382 </indexterm>
1383 </listitem>
1384 </varlistentry>
1385
1386 <varlistentry id="libfdisk">
1387 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfdisk</filename></term>
1388 <listitem>
1389 <para>Contains routines for manipulating partition tables</para>
1390 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libfdisk">
1391 <primary sortas="c-libfdisk">libfdisk</primary>
1392 </indexterm>
1393 </listitem>
1394 </varlistentry>
1395
1396 <varlistentry id="libmount">
1397 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmount</filename></term>
1398 <listitem>
1399 <para>Contains routines for block device mounting and
1400 unmounting</para>
1401 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libmount">
1402 <primary sortas="c-libmount">libmount</primary>
1403 </indexterm>
1404 </listitem>
1405 </varlistentry>
1406
1407 <varlistentry id="libsmartcols">
1408 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsmartcols</filename></term>
1409 <listitem>
1410 <para>Contains routines for aiding screen output in tabular form</para>
1411 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libsmartcols">
1412 <primary sortas="c-libsmartcols">libsmartcols</primary>
1413 </indexterm>
1414 </listitem>
1415 </varlistentry>
1416
1417 <varlistentry id="libuuid">
1418 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename></term>
1419 <listitem>
1420 <para>Contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects
1421 that may be accessible beyond the local system</para>
1422 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libuuid">
1423 <primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary>
1424 </indexterm>
1425 </listitem>
1426 </varlistentry>
1427
1428 </variablelist>
1429
1430 </sect2>
1431
1432</sect1>
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