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