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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 --libdir=/usr/lib \
49 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
50 --disable-chfn-chsh \
51 --disable-login \
52 --disable-nologin \
53 --disable-setpriv \
54 --disable-pylibmount \
55 --disable-static \
56 --without-python \
57 --without-systemd \
58 --without-systemdsystemunitdir \
59 runstatedir=/run</userinput></screen>
60
61<screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
62 --libdir=/usr/lib \
63 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
64 --disable-chfn-chsh \
65 --disable-login \
66 --disable-nologin \
67 --disable-setpriv \
68 --disable-pylibmount \
69 --disable-static \
70 --without-python \
71 runstatedir=/run</userinput></screen>
72
73 <para>The --disable and --without options prevent warnings about
74 building components that require packages not in LFS or are
75 inconsistent with programs installed by other packages.</para>
76
77 <para>Compile the package:</para>
78
79<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
80
81 <para>If desired, run the test suite as a non-root user:</para>
82
83 <warning><para>Running the test suite as the
84 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user can be harmful to
85 your system. To run it, the CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG option for the kernel must
86 be available in the currently running system and must be built as a
87 module. Building it into the kernel will prevent booting. For complete
88 coverage, other BLFS packages must be installed. If desired, this test can
89 be run after rebooting into the completed LFS system and running:</para>
90
91<screen role="nodump"><userinput>bash tests/run.sh --srcdir=$PWD --builddir=$PWD</userinput></screen>
92 </warning>
93
94 <note><para>There is one test that fails in the chroot envronment and
95 causes the tests to hang forever. The problem does not occur outside
96 of the chroot envronment.
97 To work around the problem, delete the test:</para>
98
99 <screen><userinput remap="test">rm tests/ts/lsns/ioctl_ns</userinput></screen>
100 </note>
101
102<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .
103su tester -c "make -k check"</userinput></screen>
104
105 <para>Install the package:</para>
106
107<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
108<!--
109 <para>Finally, install the man pages:</para>
110
111<screen><userinput remap="install">tar -xf ../util-linux-man-pages-&util-linux-version;.tar.xz - -directory /usr/share/man - -strip-components=1</userinput></screen>
112-->
113 </sect2>
114
115 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
116 <!-- Multilib - 32bit -->
117 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
118
119 <sect2 arch="ml_32,ml_all" role="installation">
120 <title>Installation of Util-linux - 32-bit</title>
121
122 <para>Clean previous build:</para>
123
124<screen><userinput remap="pre">make distclean</userinput></screen>
125
126 <para>Move a tool out of the way which is optionally used by
127 configure but will report invalid pathes for multilib builds.</para>
128
129<screen><userinput remap="configure">mv /usr/bin/ncursesw6-config{,.tmp}</userinput></screen>
130
131 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
132
133<screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -m32" \
134./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
135 --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
136 --libdir=/usr/lib32 \
137 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
138 --disable-chfn-chsh \
139 --disable-login \
140 --disable-nologin \
141 --disable-su \
142 --disable-setpriv \
143 --disable-runuser \
144 --disable-pylibmount \
145 --disable-static \
146 --without-python \
147 --without-systemd \
148 --without-systemdsystemunitdir</userinput></screen>
149
150<screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -m32" \
151./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
152 --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
153 --libdir=/usr/lib32 \
154 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
155 --disable-chfn-chsh \
156 --disable-login \
157 --disable-nologin \
158 --disable-su \
159 --disable-setpriv \
160 --disable-runuser \
161 --disable-pylibmount \
162 --disable-static \
163 --without-python</userinput></screen>
164
165 <para>Restore the tool previously moved away:</para>
166
167<screen><userinput remap="configure">mv /usr/bin/ncursesw6-config{.tmp,}</userinput></screen>
168
169 <para>Compile the package:</para>
170
171<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
172
173 <para>Install the package:</para>
174
175<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
176cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32
177rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>
178
179 </sect2><!-- m32 -->
180
181 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
182 <!-- Multilib - x32bit -->
183 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
184
185 <sect2 arch="ml_x32,ml_all" role="installation">
186 <title>Installation of Util-linux - x32-bit</title>
187
188 <para>Clean previous build:</para>
189
190<screen><userinput remap="pre">make distclean</userinput></screen>
191
192 <para>Move a tool out of the way which is optionally used by
193 configure but will report invalid pathes for multilib builds.</para>
194
195<screen><userinput remap="configure">mv /usr/bin/ncursesw6-config{,.tmp}</userinput></screen>
196
197 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
198
199<screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -mx32" \
200./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
201 --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnux32 \
202 --libdir=/usr/libx32 \
203 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
204 --disable-chfn-chsh \
205 --disable-login \
206 --disable-nologin \
207 --disable-su \
208 --disable-setpriv \
209 --disable-runuser \
210 --disable-pylibmount \
211 --disable-static \
212 --without-python \
213 --without-systemd \
214 --without-systemdsystemunitdir</userinput></screen>
215
216<screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -mx32" \
217./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
218 --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnux32 \
219 --libdir=/usr/libx32 \
220 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
221 --disable-chfn-chsh \
222 --disable-login \
223 --disable-nologin \
224 --disable-su \
225 --disable-setpriv \
226 --disable-runuser \
227 --disable-pylibmount \
228 --disable-static \
229 --without-python</userinput></screen>
230
231 <para>Restore the tool previously moved away:</para>
232
233<screen><userinput remap="configure">mv /usr/bin/ncursesw6-config{.tmp,}</userinput></screen>
234
235 <para>Compile the package:</para>
236
237<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
238
239 <para>Install the package:</para>
240
241<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
242cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/libx32/* /usr/libx32
243rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>
244
245 </sect2><!-- mx32 -->
246
247 <sect2 id="contents-utillinux" role="content">
248 <title>Contents of Util-linux</title>
249
250 <segmentedlist>
251 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
252 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
253 <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
254
255 <seglistitem>
256 <seg>addpart, agetty, blkdiscard, blkid, blkzone, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chcpu,
257 chmem, choom, chrt, col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, delpart, dmesg,
258 eject, fallocate, fdformat, fdisk, fincore, findfs, findmnt, flock, fsck,
259 fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hexdump, hwclock,
260 i386, ionice, ipcmk, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize, kill, last, lastb (link to
261 last), ldattach, linux32, linux64, logger, look, losetup, lsblk, lscpu,
262 lsipc, lslocks, lslogins, lsmem, lsns, mcookie, mesg, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap,
263 more, mount, mountpoint, namei, nsenter, partx, pivot_root, prlimit, raw,
264 readprofile, rename, renice, resizepart, rev, rfkill, rtcwake, script,
265 scriptreplay, setarch, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, sulogin, swaplabel,
266 swapoff (link to swapon), swapon, switch_root, taskset, ul,
267 umount, uname26, unshare, utmpdump, uuidd, uuidgen, uuidparse, wall, wdctl, whereis,
268 wipefs, x86_64, and zramctl</seg>
269 <seg>libblkid.so, libfdisk.so, libmount.so,
270 libsmartcols.so, and libuuid.so</seg>
271 <seg>/usr/include/blkid,
272 /usr/include/libfdisk,
273 /usr/include/libmount,
274 /usr/include/libsmartcols,
275 /usr/include/uuid,
276 /usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;,
277 and /var/lib/hwclock</seg>
278 </seglistitem>
279 </segmentedlist>
280
281 <variablelist>
282 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
283 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
284 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
285
286 <varlistentry id="addpart">
287 <term><command>addpart</command></term>
288 <listitem>
289 <para>Informs the Linux kernel of new partitions</para>
290 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux addpart">
291 <primary sortas="b-addpart">addpart</primary>
292 </indexterm>
293 </listitem>
294 </varlistentry>
295
296 <varlistentry id="agetty">
297 <term><command>agetty</command></term>
298 <listitem>
299 <para>Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
300 and then invokes the <command>login</command> program</para>
301 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux agetty">
302 <primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary>
303 </indexterm>
304 </listitem>
305 </varlistentry>
306
307 <varlistentry id="blkdiscard">
308 <term><command>blkdiscard</command></term>
309 <listitem>
310 <para>Discards sectors on a device</para>
311 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkdiscard">
312 <primary sortas="b-blkdiscard">blkdiscard</primary>
313 </indexterm>
314 </listitem>
315 </varlistentry>
316
317 <varlistentry id="blkid">
318 <term><command>blkid</command></term>
319 <listitem>
320 <para>A command line utility to locate and print block device
321 attributes</para>
322 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkid">
323 <primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary>
324 </indexterm>
325 </listitem>
326 </varlistentry>
327
328 <varlistentry id="blkzone">
329 <term><command>blkzone</command></term>
330 <listitem>
331 <para>Runs zone command on the given block device</para>
332 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkzone">
333 <primary sortas="b-blkzone">blkzone</primary>
334 </indexterm>
335 </listitem>
336 </varlistentry>
337
338 <varlistentry id="blockdev">
339 <term><command>blockdev</command></term>
340 <listitem>
341 <para>Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command
342 line</para>
343 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blockdev">
344 <primary sortas="b-blockdev">blockdev</primary>
345 </indexterm>
346 </listitem>
347 </varlistentry>
348
349 <varlistentry id="cal">
350 <term><command>cal</command></term>
351 <listitem>
352 <para>Displays a simple calendar</para>
353 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cal">
354 <primary sortas="b-cal">cal</primary>
355 </indexterm>
356 </listitem>
357 </varlistentry>
358
359 <varlistentry id="cfdisk">
360 <term><command>cfdisk</command></term>
361 <listitem>
362 <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
363 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cfdisk">
364 <primary sortas="b-cfdisk">cfdisk</primary>
365 </indexterm>
366 </listitem>
367 </varlistentry>
368
369 <varlistentry id="chcpu">
370 <term><command>chcpu</command></term>
371 <listitem>
372 <para>Modifies the state of CPUs</para>
373 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chcpu">
374 <primary sortas="b-chcpu">chcpu</primary>
375 </indexterm>
376 </listitem>
377 </varlistentry>
378
379 <varlistentry id="chmem">
380 <term><command>chmem</command></term>
381 <listitem>
382 <para>Configures memory</para>
383 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chmem">
384 <primary sortas="b-chmem">chmem</primary>
385 </indexterm>
386 </listitem>
387 </varlistentry>
388
389 <varlistentry id="choom">
390 <term><command>choom</command></term>
391 <listitem>
392 <para>Displays and adjusts OOM-killer score</para>
393 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux choom">
394 <primary sortas="b-choom">choom</primary>
395 </indexterm>
396 </listitem>
397 </varlistentry>
398
399 <varlistentry id="chrt">
400 <term><command>chrt</command></term>
401 <listitem>
402 <para>Manipulates real-time attributes of a process</para>
403 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chrt">
404 <primary sortas="b-chrt">chrt</primary>
405 </indexterm>
406 </listitem>
407 </varlistentry>
408
409 <varlistentry id="col">
410 <term><command>col</command></term>
411 <listitem>
412 <para>Filters out reverse line feeds</para>
413 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux col">
414 <primary sortas="b-col">col</primary>
415 </indexterm>
416 </listitem>
417 </varlistentry>
418
419 <varlistentry id="colcrt">
420 <term><command>colcrt</command></term>
421 <listitem>
422 <para>Filters <command>nroff</command> output for terminals
423 that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines</para>
424 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colcrt">
425 <primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary>
426 </indexterm>
427 </listitem>
428 </varlistentry>
429
430 <varlistentry id="colrm">
431 <term><command>colrm</command></term>
432 <listitem>
433 <para>Filters out the given columns</para>
434 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colrm">
435 <primary sortas="b-colrm">colrm</primary>
436 </indexterm>
437 </listitem>
438 </varlistentry>
439
440 <varlistentry id="column">
441 <term><command>column</command></term>
442 <listitem>
443 <para>Formats a given file into multiple columns</para>
444 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux column">
445 <primary sortas="b-column">column</primary>
446 </indexterm>
447 </listitem>
448 </varlistentry>
449
450 <varlistentry id="ctrlaltdel">
451 <term><command>ctrlaltdel</command></term>
452 <listitem>
453 <para>Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a
454 hard or a soft reset</para>
455 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ctrlaltdel">
456 <primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary>
457 </indexterm>
458 </listitem>
459 </varlistentry>
460
461 <varlistentry id="delpart">
462 <term><command>delpart</command></term>
463 <listitem>
464 <para>Asks the Linux kernel to remove a partition</para>
465 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux delpart">
466 <primary sortas="b-delpart">delpart</primary>
467 </indexterm>
468 </listitem>
469 </varlistentry>
470
471 <varlistentry id="dmesg">
472 <term><command>dmesg</command></term>
473 <listitem>
474 <para>Dumps the kernel boot messages</para>
475 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux dmesg">
476 <primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary>
477 </indexterm>
478 </listitem>
479 </varlistentry>
480
481 <varlistentry id="eject">
482 <term><command>eject</command></term>
483 <listitem>
484 <para>Ejects removable media</para>
485 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux eject">
486 <primary sortas="b-eject">eject</primary>
487 </indexterm>
488 </listitem>
489 </varlistentry>
490
491 <varlistentry id="fallocate">
492 <term><command>fallocate</command></term>
493 <listitem>
494 <para>Preallocates space to a file</para>
495 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fallocate">
496 <primary sortas="b-fallocate">fallocate</primary>
497 </indexterm>
498 </listitem>
499 </varlistentry>
500
501 <varlistentry id="fdformat">
502 <term><command>fdformat</command></term>
503 <listitem>
504 <para>Low-level formats a floppy disk</para>
505 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdformat">
506 <primary sortas="b-fdformat">fdformat</primary>
507 </indexterm>
508 </listitem>
509 </varlistentry>
510
511 <varlistentry id="fdisk">
512 <term><command>fdisk</command></term>
513 <listitem>
514 <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
515 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdisk">
516 <primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary>
517 </indexterm>
518 </listitem>
519 </varlistentry>
520
521 <varlistentry id="fincore">
522 <term><command>fincore</command></term>
523 <listitem>
524 <para>Counts pages of file contents in core</para>
525 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fincore">
526 <primary sortas="b-fincore">fincore</primary>
527 </indexterm>
528 </listitem>
529 </varlistentry>
530
531 <varlistentry id="findfs">
532 <term><command>findfs</command></term>
533 <listitem>
534 <para>Finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier
535 (UUID)</para>
536 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findfs">
537 <primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary>
538 </indexterm>
539 </listitem>
540 </varlistentry>
541
542 <varlistentry id="findmnt">
543 <term><command>findmnt</command></term>
544 <listitem>
545 <para>Is a command line interface to the libmount library
546 for work with mountinfo, fstab and mtab files</para>
547 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findmnt">
548 <primary sortas="b-findmnt">findmnt</primary>
549 </indexterm>
550 </listitem>
551 </varlistentry>
552
553 <varlistentry id="flock">
554 <term><command>flock</command></term>
555 <listitem>
556 <para>Acquires a file lock and then executes a command with the lock
557 held</para>
558 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux flock">
559 <primary sortas="b-flock">flock</primary>
560 </indexterm>
561 </listitem>
562 </varlistentry>
563
564 <varlistentry id="fsck">
565 <term><command>fsck</command></term>
566 <listitem>
567 <para>Is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems</para>
568 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck">
569 <primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary>
570 </indexterm>
571 </listitem>
572 </varlistentry>
573
574 <varlistentry id="fsck.cramfs">
575 <term><command>fsck.cramfs</command></term>
576 <listitem>
577 <para>Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the
578 given device</para>
579 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.cramfs">
580 <primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary>
581 </indexterm>
582 </listitem>
583 </varlistentry>
584
585 <varlistentry id="fsck.minix">
586 <term><command>fsck.minix</command></term>
587 <listitem>
588 <para>Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the
589 given device</para>
590 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.minix">
591 <primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary>
592 </indexterm>
593 </listitem>
594 </varlistentry>
595
596 <varlistentry id="fsfreeze">
597 <term><command>fsfreeze</command></term>
598 <listitem>
599 <para>Is a very simple wrapper around FIFREEZE/FITHAW ioctl
600 kernel driver operations</para>
601 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsfreeze">
602 <primary sortas="b-fsfreeze">fsfreeze</primary>
603 </indexterm>
604 </listitem>
605 </varlistentry>
606
607 <varlistentry id="fstrim">
608 <term><command>fstrim</command></term>
609 <listitem>
610 <para>Discards unused blocks on a mounted filesystem</para>
611 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fstrim">
612 <primary sortas="b-fstrim">fstrim</primary>
613 </indexterm>
614 </listitem>
615 </varlistentry>
616
617 <varlistentry id="getopt">
618 <term><command>getopt</command></term>
619 <listitem>
620 <para>Parses options in the given command line</para>
621 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux getopt">
622 <primary sortas="b-getopt">getopt</primary>
623 </indexterm>
624 </listitem>
625 </varlistentry>
626
627 <varlistentry id="hexdump">
628 <term><command>hexdump</command></term>
629 <listitem>
630 <para>Dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given
631 format</para>
632 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hexdump">
633 <primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary>
634 </indexterm>
635 </listitem>
636 </varlistentry>
637
638 <varlistentry id="hwclock">
639 <term><command>hwclock</command></term>
640 <listitem>
641 <para>Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called
642 the Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
643 clock</para>
644 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hwclock">
645 <primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary>
646 </indexterm>
647 </listitem>
648 </varlistentry>
649
650 <varlistentry id="i386">
651 <term><command>i386</command></term>
652 <listitem>
653 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
654 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux i386">
655 <primary sortas="b-i386">i386</primary>
656 </indexterm>
657 </listitem>
658 </varlistentry>
659
660 <varlistentry id="ionice">
661 <term><command>ionice</command></term>
662 <listitem>
663 <para>Gets or sets the io scheduling class and priority for a program</para>
664 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ionice">
665 <primary sortas="b-ionice">ionice</primary>
666 </indexterm>
667 </listitem>
668 </varlistentry>
669
670 <varlistentry id="ipcmk">
671 <term><command>ipcmk</command></term>
672 <listitem>
673 <para>Creates various IPC resources</para>
674 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcmk">
675 <primary sortas="b-ipcmk">ipcmk</primary>
676 </indexterm>
677 </listitem>
678 </varlistentry>
679
680 <varlistentry id="ipcrm">
681 <term><command>ipcrm</command></term>
682 <listitem>
683 <para>Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource</para>
684 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcrm">
685 <primary sortas="b-ipcrm">ipcrm</primary>
686 </indexterm>
687 </listitem>
688 </varlistentry>
689
690 <varlistentry id="ipcs">
691 <term><command>ipcs</command></term>
692 <listitem>
693 <para>Provides IPC status information</para>
694 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcs">
695 <primary sortas="b-ipcs">ipcs</primary>
696 </indexterm>
697 </listitem>
698 </varlistentry>
699
700 <varlistentry id="isosize">
701 <term><command>isosize</command></term>
702 <listitem>
703 <para>Reports the size of an iso9660 file system</para>
704 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux isosize">
705 <primary sortas="b-isosize">isosize</primary>
706 </indexterm>
707 </listitem>
708 </varlistentry>
709
710 <varlistentry id="kill">
711 <term><command>kill</command></term>
712 <listitem>
713 <para>Sends signals to processes</para>
714 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux kill">
715 <primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary>
716 </indexterm>
717 </listitem>
718 </varlistentry>
719
720 <varlistentry id="last">
721 <term><command>last</command></term>
722 <listitem>
723 <para>Shows which users last logged in (and out), searching back
724 through the <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> file; it also shows
725 system boots, shutdowns, and run-level changes</para>
726 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux last">
727 <primary sortas="b-last">last</primary>
728 </indexterm>
729 </listitem>
730 </varlistentry>
731
732 <varlistentry id="lastb">
733 <term><command>lastb</command></term>
734 <listitem>
735 <para>Shows the failed login attempts, as logged in
736 <filename>/var/log/btmp</filename></para>
737 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lastb">
738 <primary sortas="b-lastb">lastb</primary>
739 </indexterm>
740 </listitem>
741 </varlistentry>
742
743 <varlistentry id="ldattach">
744 <term><command>ldattach</command></term>
745 <listitem>
746 <para>Attaches a line discipline to a serial line</para>
747 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ldattach">
748 <primary sortas="b-ldattach">ldattach</primary>
749 </indexterm>
750 </listitem>
751 </varlistentry>
752
753 <varlistentry id="linux32">
754 <term><command>linux32</command></term>
755 <listitem>
756 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
757 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux32">
758 <primary sortas="b-linux32">linux32</primary>
759 </indexterm>
760 </listitem>
761 </varlistentry>
762
763 <varlistentry id="linux64">
764 <term><command>linux64</command></term>
765 <listitem>
766 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
767 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux64">
768 <primary sortas="b-linux64">linux64</primary>
769 </indexterm>
770 </listitem>
771 </varlistentry>
772
773 <varlistentry id="logger">
774 <term><command>logger</command></term>
775 <listitem>
776 <para>Enters the given message into the system log</para>
777 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux logger">
778 <primary sortas="b-logger">logger</primary>
779 </indexterm>
780 </listitem>
781 </varlistentry>
782
783 <varlistentry id="look">
784 <term><command>look</command></term>
785 <listitem>
786 <para>Displays lines that begin with the given string</para>
787 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux look">
788 <primary sortas="b-look">look</primary>
789 </indexterm>
790 </listitem>
791 </varlistentry>
792
793 <varlistentry id="losetup">
794 <term><command>losetup</command></term>
795 <listitem>
796 <para>Sets up and controls loop devices</para>
797 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux losetup">
798 <primary sortas="b-losetup">losetup</primary>
799 </indexterm>
800 </listitem>
801 </varlistentry>
802
803 <varlistentry id="lsblk">
804 <term><command>lsblk</command></term>
805 <listitem>
806 <para>Lists information about all or selected block devices in
807 a tree-like format</para>
808 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsblk">
809 <primary sortas="b-lsblk">lsblk</primary>
810 </indexterm>
811 </listitem>
812 </varlistentry>
813
814 <varlistentry id="lscpu">
815 <term><command>lscpu</command></term>
816 <listitem>
817 <para>Prints CPU architecture information</para>
818 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lscpu">
819 <primary sortas="b-lscpu">lscpu</primary>
820 </indexterm>
821 </listitem>
822 </varlistentry>
823
824 <varlistentry id="lsipc">
825 <term><command>lsipc</command></term>
826 <listitem>
827 <para>Prints information on IPC facilities currently employed
828 in the system</para>
829 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsipc">
830 <primary sortas="b-lsipc">lsipc</primary>
831 </indexterm>
832 </listitem>
833 </varlistentry>
834
835 <varlistentry id="lslocks">
836 <term><command>lslocks</command></term>
837 <listitem>
838 <para>Lists local system locks</para>
839 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslocks">
840 <primary sortas="b-lslocks">lslocks</primary>
841 </indexterm>
842 </listitem>
843 </varlistentry>
844
845 <varlistentry id="lslogins">
846 <term><command>lslogins</command></term>
847 <listitem>
848 <para>Lists information about users, groups and system accounts</para>
849 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslogins">
850 <primary sortas="b-lslogins">lslogins</primary>
851 </indexterm>
852 </listitem>
853 </varlistentry>
854
855 <varlistentry id="lsmem">
856 <term><command>lsmem</command></term>
857 <listitem>
858 <para>Lists the ranges of available memory with their online
859 status</para>
860 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsmem">
861 <primary sortas="b-lsmem">lsmem</primary>
862 </indexterm>
863 </listitem>
864 </varlistentry>
865
866 <varlistentry id="lsns">
867 <term><command>lsns</command></term>
868 <listitem>
869 <para>Lists namespaces</para>
870 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsns">
871 <primary sortas="b-lsns">lsns</primary>
872 </indexterm>
873 </listitem>
874 </varlistentry>
875
876 <varlistentry id="mcookie">
877 <term><command>mcookie</command></term>
878 <listitem>
879 <para>Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for
880 <command>xauth</command></para>
881 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mcookie">
882 <primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary>
883 </indexterm>
884 </listitem>
885 </varlistentry>
886
887 <varlistentry id="mesg">
888 <term><command>mesg</command></term>
889 <listitem>
890 <para>Controls whether other users can send messages to the current
891 user's terminal</para>
892 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mesg">
893 <primary sortas="b-mesg">mesg</primary>
894 </indexterm>
895 </listitem>
896 </varlistentry>
897
898 <varlistentry id="mkfs">
899 <term><command>mkfs</command></term>
900 <listitem>
901 <para>Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk
902 partition)</para>
903 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs">
904 <primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary>
905 </indexterm>
906 </listitem>
907 </varlistentry>
908
909 <varlistentry id="mkfs.bfs">
910 <term><command>mkfs.bfs</command></term>
911 <listitem>
912 <para>Creates a Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system</para>
913 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.bfs">
914 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.bfs">mkfs.bfs</primary>
915 </indexterm>
916 </listitem>
917 </varlistentry>
918
919 <varlistentry id="mkfs.cramfs">
920 <term><command>mkfs.cramfs</command></term>
921 <listitem>
922 <para>Creates a cramfs file system</para>
923 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.cramfs">
924 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.cramfs">mkfs.cramfs</primary>
925 </indexterm>
926 </listitem>
927 </varlistentry>
928
929 <varlistentry id="mkfs.minix">
930 <term><command>mkfs.minix</command></term>
931 <listitem>
932 <para>Creates a Minix file system</para>
933 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.minix">
934 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.minix">mkfs.minix</primary>
935 </indexterm>
936 </listitem>
937 </varlistentry>
938
939 <varlistentry id="mkswap">
940 <term><command>mkswap</command></term>
941 <listitem>
942 <para>Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap
943 area</para>
944 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkswap">
945 <primary sortas="b-mkswap">mkswap</primary>
946 </indexterm>
947 </listitem>
948 </varlistentry>
949
950 <varlistentry id="more">
951 <term><command>more</command></term>
952 <listitem>
953 <para>A filter for paging through text one screen at a time</para>
954 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux more">
955 <primary sortas="b-more">more</primary>
956 </indexterm>
957 </listitem>
958 </varlistentry>
959
960 <varlistentry id="mount">
961 <term><command>mount</command></term>
962 <listitem>
963 <para>Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified
964 directory in the file-system tree</para>
965 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mount">
966 <primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary>
967 </indexterm>
968 </listitem>
969 </varlistentry>
970
971 <varlistentry id="mountpoint">
972 <term><command>mountpoint</command></term>
973 <listitem>
974 <para>Checks if the directory is a mountpoint</para>
975 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mountpoint">
976 <primary sortas="b-mountpoint">mountpoint</primary>
977 </indexterm>
978 </listitem>
979 </varlistentry>
980
981 <varlistentry id="namei">
982 <term><command>namei</command></term>
983 <listitem>
984 <para>Shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames</para>
985 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux namei">
986 <primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary>
987 </indexterm>
988 </listitem>
989 </varlistentry>
990
991 <varlistentry id="nsenter">
992 <term><command>nsenter</command></term>
993 <listitem>
994 <para>Runs a program with namespaces of other processes</para>
995 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux nsenter">
996 <primary sortas="b-nsenter">nsenter</primary>
997 </indexterm>
998 </listitem>
999 </varlistentry>
1000
1001 <varlistentry id="partx">
1002 <term><command>partx</command></term>
1003 <listitem>
1004 <para>Tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk
1005 partitions</para>
1006 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux partx">
1007 <primary sortas="b-partx">partx</primary>
1008 </indexterm>
1009 </listitem>
1010 </varlistentry>
1011
1012 <varlistentry id="pivot_root">
1013 <term><command>pivot_root</command></term>
1014 <listitem>
1015 <para>Makes the given file system the new root file system of the
1016 current process</para>
1017 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pivot_root">
1018 <primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary>
1019 </indexterm>
1020 </listitem>
1021 </varlistentry>
1022
1023 <varlistentry id="prlimit">
1024 <term><command>prlimit</command></term>
1025 <listitem>
1026 <para>Get and set a process' resource limits</para>
1027 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux prlimit">
1028 <primary sortas="b-prlimit">prlimit</primary>
1029 </indexterm>
1030 </listitem>
1031 </varlistentry>
1032
1033 <varlistentry id="raw">
1034 <term><command>raw</command></term>
1035 <listitem>
1036 <para>Bind a Linux raw character device to a block device</para>
1037 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux raw">
1038 <primary sortas="b-raw">raw</primary>
1039 </indexterm>
1040 </listitem>
1041 </varlistentry>
1042
1043 <varlistentry id="readprofile">
1044 <term><command>readprofile</command></term>
1045 <listitem>
1046 <para>Reads kernel profiling information</para>
1047 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux readprofile">
1048 <primary sortas="b-readprofile">readprofile</primary>
1049 </indexterm>
1050 </listitem>
1051 </varlistentry>
1052
1053 <varlistentry id="rename">
1054 <term><command>rename</command></term>
1055 <listitem>
1056 <para>Renames the given files, replacing a given string with
1057 another</para>
1058 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rename">
1059 <primary sortas="b-rename">rename</primary>
1060 </indexterm>
1061 </listitem>
1062 </varlistentry>
1063
1064 <varlistentry id="renice">
1065 <term><command>renice</command></term>
1066 <listitem>
1067 <para>Alters the priority of running processes</para>
1068 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux renice">
1069 <primary sortas="b-renice">renice</primary>
1070 </indexterm>
1071 </listitem>
1072 </varlistentry>
1073
1074 <varlistentry id="resizepart">
1075 <term><command>resizepart</command></term>
1076 <listitem>
1077 <para>Asks the Linux kernel to resize a partition</para>
1078 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux resizepart">
1079 <primary sortas="b-resizepart">resizepart</primary>
1080 </indexterm>
1081 </listitem>
1082 </varlistentry>
1083
1084 <varlistentry id="rev">
1085 <term><command>rev</command></term>
1086 <listitem>
1087 <para>Reverses the lines of a given file</para>
1088 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rev">
1089 <primary sortas="b-rev">rev</primary>
1090 </indexterm>
1091 </listitem>
1092 </varlistentry>
1093
1094 <varlistentry id="rkfill">
1095 <term><command>rkfill</command></term>
1096 <listitem>
1097 <para>Tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices</para>
1098 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rkfill">
1099 <primary sortas="b-rkfill">rkfill</primary>
1100 </indexterm>
1101 </listitem>
1102 </varlistentry>
1103
1104 <varlistentry id="rtcwake">
1105 <term><command>rtcwake</command></term>
1106 <listitem>
1107 <para>Used to enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup
1108 time</para>
1109 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rtcwake">
1110 <primary sortas="b-rtcwake">rtcwake</primary>
1111 </indexterm>
1112 </listitem>
1113 </varlistentry>
1114
1115 <varlistentry id="script">
1116 <term><command>script</command></term>
1117 <listitem>
1118 <para>Makes a typescript of a terminal session</para>
1119 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux script">
1120 <primary sortas="b-script">script</primary>
1121 </indexterm>
1122 </listitem>
1123 </varlistentry>
1124
1125 <varlistentry id="scriptreplay">
1126 <term><command>scriptreplay</command></term>
1127 <listitem>
1128 <para>Plays back typescripts using timing information</para>
1129 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptreplay">
1130 <primary sortas="b-scriptreplay">scriptreplay</primary>
1131 </indexterm>
1132 </listitem>
1133 </varlistentry>
1134
1135 <varlistentry id="setarch">
1136 <term><command>setarch</command></term>
1137 <listitem>
1138 <para>Changes reported architecture in a new program environment and
1139 sets personality flags</para>
1140 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setarch">
1141 <primary sortas="b-setarch">setarch</primary>
1142 </indexterm>
1143 </listitem>
1144 </varlistentry>
1145
1146 <varlistentry id="setsid">
1147 <term><command>setsid</command></term>
1148 <listitem>
1149 <para>Runs the given program in a new session</para>
1150 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setsid">
1151 <primary sortas="b-setsid">setsid</primary>
1152 </indexterm>
1153 </listitem>
1154 </varlistentry>
1155
1156 <varlistentry id="setterm">
1157 <term><command>setterm</command></term>
1158 <listitem>
1159 <para>Sets terminal attributes</para>
1160 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setterm">
1161 <primary sortas="b-setterm">setterm</primary>
1162 </indexterm>
1163 </listitem>
1164 </varlistentry>
1165
1166 <varlistentry id="sfdisk">
1167 <term><command>sfdisk</command></term>
1168 <listitem>
1169 <para>A disk partition table manipulator</para>
1170 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sfdisk">
1171 <primary sortas="b-sfdisk">sfdisk</primary>
1172 </indexterm>
1173 </listitem>
1174 </varlistentry>
1175
1176 <varlistentry id="sulogin">
1177 <term><command>sulogin</command></term>
1178 <listitem>
1179 <para>Allows <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to log in;
1180 it is normally invoked by <command>init</command> when the system goes
1181 into single user mode</para>
1182 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sulogin">
1183 <primary sortas="b-sulogin">sulogin</primary>
1184 </indexterm>
1185 </listitem>
1186 </varlistentry>
1187
1188 <varlistentry id="swaplabel">
1189 <term><command>swaplabel</command></term>
1190 <listitem>
1191 <para>Allows to change swaparea UUID and label</para>
1192 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swaplabel">
1193 <primary sortas="b-swaplabel">swaplabel</primary>
1194 </indexterm>
1195 </listitem>
1196 </varlistentry>
1197
1198 <varlistentry id="swapoff">
1199 <term><command>swapoff</command></term>
1200 <listitem>
1201 <para>Disables devices and files for paging and swapping</para>
1202 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapoff">
1203 <primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary>
1204 </indexterm>
1205 </listitem>
1206 </varlistentry>
1207
1208 <varlistentry id="swapon">
1209 <term><command>swapon</command></term>
1210 <listitem>
1211 <para>Enables devices and files for paging and swapping and
1212 lists the devices and files currently in use</para>
1213 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapon">
1214 <primary sortas="b-swapon">swapon</primary>
1215 </indexterm>
1216 </listitem>
1217 </varlistentry>
1218
1219 <varlistentry id="switch_root">
1220 <term><command>switch_root</command></term>
1221 <listitem>
1222 <para>Switches to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree</para>
1223 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux switch_root">
1224 <primary sortas="b-switch_root">switch_root</primary>
1225 </indexterm>
1226 </listitem>
1227 </varlistentry>
1228
1229 <varlistentry id="tailf">
1230 <term><command>tailf</command></term>
1231 <listitem>
1232 <para>Tracks the growth of a log file; displays the last 10 lines
1233 of a log file, then continues displaying any new entries in the
1234 log file as they are created</para>
1235 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux tailf">
1236 <primary sortas="b-tailf">tailf</primary>
1237 </indexterm>
1238 </listitem>
1239 </varlistentry>
1240
1241 <varlistentry id="taskset">
1242 <term><command>taskset</command></term>
1243 <listitem>
1244 <para>Retrieves or sets a process' CPU affinity</para>
1245 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux taskset">
1246 <primary sortas="b-taskset">taskset</primary>
1247 </indexterm>
1248 </listitem>
1249 </varlistentry>
1250
1251 <varlistentry id="ul">
1252 <term><command>ul</command></term>
1253 <listitem>
1254 <para>A filter for translating underscores into escape sequences
1255 indicating underlining for the terminal in use</para>
1256 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ul">
1257 <primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary>
1258 </indexterm>
1259 </listitem>
1260 </varlistentry>
1261
1262 <varlistentry id="umount">
1263 <term><command>umount</command></term>
1264 <listitem>
1265 <para>Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree</para>
1266 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux umount">
1267 <primary sortas="b-umount">umount</primary>
1268 </indexterm>
1269 </listitem>
1270 </varlistentry>
1271
1272 <varlistentry id="uname26">
1273 <term><command>uname26</command></term>
1274 <listitem>
1275 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
1276 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uname26">
1277 <primary sortas="b-uname26">uname26</primary>
1278 </indexterm>
1279 </listitem>
1280 </varlistentry>
1281
1282 <varlistentry id="unshare">
1283 <term><command>unshare</command></term>
1284 <listitem>
1285 <para>Runs a program with some namespaces unshared from parent</para>
1286 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux unshare">
1287 <primary sortas="b-unshare">unshare</primary>
1288 </indexterm>
1289 </listitem>
1290 </varlistentry>
1291
1292 <varlistentry id="utmpdump">
1293 <term><command>utmpdump</command></term>
1294 <listitem>
1295 <para>Displays the content of the given login file in a more
1296 user-friendly format</para>
1297 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux utmpdump">
1298 <primary sortas="b-utmpdump">utmpdump</primary>
1299 </indexterm>
1300 </listitem>
1301 </varlistentry>
1302
1303 <varlistentry id="uuidd">
1304 <term><command>uuidd</command></term>
1305 <listitem>
1306 <para>A daemon used by the UUID library to generate time-based
1307 UUIDs in a secure and guaranteed-unique fashion</para>
1308 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidd">
1309 <primary sortas="b-uuidd">uuidd</primary>
1310 </indexterm>
1311 </listitem>
1312 </varlistentry>
1313
1314 <varlistentry id="uuidgen">
1315 <term><command>uuidgen</command></term>
1316 <listitem>
1317 <para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered
1318 unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
1319 systems, in the past and in the future</para>
1320 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidgen">
1321 <primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary>
1322 </indexterm>
1323 </listitem>
1324 </varlistentry>
1325
1326 <varlistentry id="uuidparse">
1327 <term><command>uuidparse</command></term>
1328 <listitem>
1329 <para>An utility to parse unique identifiers</para>
1330 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidparse">
1331 <primary sortas="b-uuidparse">uuidparse</primary>
1332 </indexterm>
1333 </listitem>
1334 </varlistentry>
1335
1336 <varlistentry id="wall">
1337 <term><command>wall</command></term>
1338 <listitem>
1339 <para>Displays the contents of a file or, by default, its standard
1340 input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users</para>
1341 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wall">
1342 <primary sortas="b-wall">wall</primary>
1343 </indexterm>
1344 </listitem>
1345 </varlistentry>
1346
1347 <varlistentry id="wdctl">
1348 <term><command>wdctl</command></term>
1349 <listitem>
1350 <para>Shows hardware watchdog status</para>
1351 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wdctl">
1352 <primary sortas="b-wdctl">wdctl</primary>
1353 </indexterm>
1354 </listitem>
1355 </varlistentry>
1356
1357 <varlistentry id="whereis">
1358 <term><command>whereis</command></term>
1359 <listitem>
1360 <para>Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page
1361 for the given command</para>
1362 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis">
1363 <primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary>
1364 </indexterm>
1365 </listitem>
1366 </varlistentry>
1367
1368 <varlistentry id="wipefs">
1369 <term><command>wipefs</command></term>
1370 <listitem>
1371 <para>Wipes a filesystem signature from a device</para>
1372 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wipefs">
1373 <primary sortas="b-wipefs">wipefs</primary>
1374 </indexterm>
1375 </listitem>
1376 </varlistentry>
1377
1378 <varlistentry id="x86_64">
1379 <term><command>x86_64</command></term>
1380 <listitem>
1381 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
1382 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux x86_64">
1383 <primary sortas="b-x86_64">x86_64</primary>
1384 </indexterm>
1385 </listitem>
1386 </varlistentry>
1387
1388 <varlistentry id="zramctl">
1389 <term><command>zramctl</command></term>
1390 <listitem>
1391 <para>A program to set up and control zram (compressed ram disk)
1392 devices</para>
1393 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux zramctl">
1394 <primary sortas="b-zramctl">zramctl</primary>
1395 </indexterm>
1396 </listitem>
1397 </varlistentry>
1398
1399 <varlistentry id="libblkid">
1400 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libblkid</filename></term>
1401 <listitem>
1402 <para>Contains routines for device identification and token
1403 extraction</para>
1404 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libblkid">
1405 <primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary>
1406 </indexterm>
1407 </listitem>
1408 </varlistentry>
1409
1410 <varlistentry id="libfdisk">
1411 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfdisk</filename></term>
1412 <listitem>
1413 <para>Contains routines for manipulating partition tables</para>
1414 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libfdisk">
1415 <primary sortas="c-libfdisk">libfdisk</primary>
1416 </indexterm>
1417 </listitem>
1418 </varlistentry>
1419
1420 <varlistentry id="libmount">
1421 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmount</filename></term>
1422 <listitem>
1423 <para>Contains routines for block device mounting and
1424 unmounting</para>
1425 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libmount">
1426 <primary sortas="c-libmount">libmount</primary>
1427 </indexterm>
1428 </listitem>
1429 </varlistentry>
1430
1431 <varlistentry id="libsmartcols">
1432 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsmartcols</filename></term>
1433 <listitem>
1434 <para>Contains routines for aiding screen output in tabular form</para>
1435 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libsmartcols">
1436 <primary sortas="c-libsmartcols">libsmartcols</primary>
1437 </indexterm>
1438 </listitem>
1439 </varlistentry>
1440
1441 <varlistentry id="libuuid">
1442 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename></term>
1443 <listitem>
1444 <para>Contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects
1445 that may be accessible beyond the local system</para>
1446 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libuuid">
1447 <primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary>
1448 </indexterm>
1449 </listitem>
1450 </varlistentry>
1451
1452 </variablelist>
1453
1454 </sect2>
1455
1456</sect1>
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