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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-util-linux" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="util-linux.html"?>
10
11 <sect1info condition="script">
12 <productname>util-linux</productname>
13 <productnumber>&util-linux-version;</productnumber>
14 <address>&util-linux-url;</address>
15 </sect1info>
16
17 <title>Util-linux-&util-linux-version;</title>
18
19 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux">
20 <primary sortas="a-Util-linux">Util-linux</primary>
21 </indexterm>
22
23 <sect2 role="package">
24 <title/>
25
26 <para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs.
27 Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles, partitions,
28 and messages.</para>
29
30 <segmentedlist>
31 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
32 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
33
34 <seglistitem>
35 <seg>&util-linux-fin-sbu;</seg>
36 <seg>&util-linux-fin-du;</seg>
37 </seglistitem>
38 </segmentedlist>
39
40 </sect2>
41
42 <sect2 role="installation">
43 <title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
44
45 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
46
47<screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
48 --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-su \
54 --disable-setpriv \
55 --disable-runuser \
56 --disable-pylibmount \
57 --disable-static \
58 --without-python \
59 --without-systemd \
60 --without-systemdsystemunitdir \
61 runstatedir=/run</userinput></screen>
62
63<screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
64 --libdir=/usr/lib \
65 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
66 --disable-chfn-chsh \
67 --disable-login \
68 --disable-nologin \
69 --disable-su \
70 --disable-setpriv \
71 --disable-runuser \
72 --disable-pylibmount \
73 --disable-static \
74 --without-python \
75 runstatedir=/run</userinput></screen>
76
77 <para>The --disable and --without options prevent warnings about
78 building components that require packages not in LFS or are
79 inconsistent with programs installed by other packages.</para>
80
81 <para>Compile the package:</para>
82
83<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
84
85 <para>If desired, run the test suite as a non-root user:</para>
86
87 <warning><para>Running the test suite as the
88 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user can be harmful to
89 your system. To run it, the CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG option for the kernel must
90 be available in the currently running system and must be built as a
91 module. Building it into the kernel will prevent booting. For complete
92 coverage, other BLFS packages must be installed. If desired, this test can
93 be run after rebooting into the completed LFS system and running:</para>
94
95<screen role="nodump"><userinput>bash tests/run.sh --srcdir=$PWD --builddir=$PWD</userinput></screen>
96 </warning>
97
98 <note><para>There is one test that depends on the configuration of the kernel.
99 If CONFIG_USER_NS or CONFIG_PID_NS are not set, the tests will hang forever.
100 To work around the problem, delete one test:</para>
101
102 <screen><userinput remap="test">rm tests/ts/lsns/ioctl_ns</userinput></screen>
103 </note>
104
105<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .
106su tester -c "make -k check"</userinput></screen>
107
108 <para>Install the package:</para>
109
110<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
111
112 <para>Finally, install the man pages:</para>
113
114<screen><userinput remap="install">tar -xf ../util-linux-man-pages-&util-linux-version;.tar.xz --directory /usr/share/man --strip-components=1</userinput></screen>
115
116 </sect2>
117
118 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
119 <!-- Multilib - 32bit -->
120 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
121
122 <sect2 arch="ml_32,ml_all" role="installation">
123 <title>Installation of Util-linux - 32-bit</title>
124
125 <para>Clean previous build:</para>
126
127<screen><userinput remap="pre">make distclean</userinput></screen>
128
129 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
130
131<screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -m32" \
132./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
133 --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
134 --libdir=/usr/lib32 \
135 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
136 --disable-chfn-chsh \
137 --disable-login \
138 --disable-nologin \
139 --disable-su \
140 --disable-setpriv \
141 --disable-runuser \
142 --disable-pylibmount \
143 --disable-static \
144 --without-python \
145 --without-systemd \
146 --without-systemdsystemunitdir \
147 --enable-libmount-force-mountinfo</userinput></screen>
148
149<screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -m32" \
150./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
151 --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
152 --libdir=/usr/lib32 \
153 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
154 --disable-chfn-chsh \
155 --disable-login \
156 --disable-nologin \
157 --disable-su \
158 --disable-setpriv \
159 --disable-runuser \
160 --disable-pylibmount \
161 --disable-static \
162 --without-python \
163 --enable-libmount-force-mountinfo</userinput></screen>
164
165 <para>Compile the package:</para>
166
167<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
168
169 <para>Install the package:</para>
170
171<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
172cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32
173rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>
174
175 </sect2><!-- m32 -->
176
177 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
178 <!-- Multilib - x32bit -->
179 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
180
181 <sect2 arch="ml_x32,ml_all" role="installation">
182 <title>Installation of Util-linux - x32-bit</title>
183
184 <para>Clean previous build:</para>
185
186<screen><userinput remap="pre">make distclean</userinput></screen>
187
188 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
189
190<screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -mx32" \
191./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
192 --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnux32 \
193 --libdir=/usr/libx32 \
194 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
195 --disable-chfn-chsh \
196 --disable-login \
197 --disable-nologin \
198 --disable-su \
199 --disable-setpriv \
200 --disable-runuser \
201 --disable-pylibmount \
202 --disable-static \
203 --without-python \
204 --without-systemd \
205 --without-systemdsystemunitdir \
206 --enable-libmount-force-mountinfo</userinput></screen>
207
208<screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -mx32" \
209./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
210 --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnux32 \
211 --libdir=/usr/libx32 \
212 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
213 --disable-chfn-chsh \
214 --disable-login \
215 --disable-nologin \
216 --disable-su \
217 --disable-setpriv \
218 --disable-runuser \
219 --disable-pylibmount \
220 --disable-static \
221 --without-python \
222 --enable-libmount-force-mountinfo</userinput></screen>
223
224 <para>Compile the package:</para>
225
226<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
227
228 <para>Install the package:</para>
229
230<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
231cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/libx32/* /usr/libx32
232rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>
233
234 </sect2><!-- mx32 -->
235
236 <sect2 id="contents-utillinux" role="content">
237 <title>Contents of Util-linux</title>
238
239 <segmentedlist>
240 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
241 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
242 <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
243
244 <seglistitem>
245 <seg>addpart, agetty, blkdiscard, blkid, blkzone, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chcpu,
246 chmem, choom, chrt, col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, delpart, dmesg,
247 eject, fallocate, fdformat, fdisk, fincore, findfs, findmnt, flock, fsck,
248 fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hexdump, hwclock,
249 i386, ionice, ipcmk, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize, kill, last, lastb (link to
250 last), ldattach, linux32, linux64, logger, look, losetup, lsblk, lscpu,
251 lsipc, lslocks, lslogins, lsmem, lsns, mcookie, mesg, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap,
252 more, mount, mountpoint, namei, nsenter, partx, pivot_root, prlimit, raw,
253 readprofile, rename, renice, resizepart, rev, rfkill, rtcwake, script,
254 scriptreplay, setarch, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, sulogin, swaplabel,
255 swapoff (link to swapon), swapon, switch_root, taskset, ul,
256 umount, uname26, unshare, utmpdump, uuidd, uuidgen, uuidparse, wall, wdctl, whereis,
257 wipefs, x86_64, and zramctl</seg>
258 <seg>libblkid.so, libfdisk.so, libmount.so,
259 libsmartcols.so, and libuuid.so</seg>
260 <seg>/usr/include/blkid,
261 /usr/include/libfdisk,
262 /usr/include/libmount,
263 /usr/include/libsmartcols,
264 /usr/include/uuid,
265 /usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;,
266 and /var/lib/hwclock</seg>
267 </seglistitem>
268 </segmentedlist>
269
270 <variablelist>
271 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
272 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
273 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
274
275 <varlistentry id="addpart">
276 <term><command>addpart</command></term>
277 <listitem>
278 <para>Informs the Linux kernel of new partitions</para>
279 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux addpart">
280 <primary sortas="b-addpart">addpart</primary>
281 </indexterm>
282 </listitem>
283 </varlistentry>
284
285 <varlistentry id="agetty">
286 <term><command>agetty</command></term>
287 <listitem>
288 <para>Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
289 and then invokes the <command>login</command> program</para>
290 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux agetty">
291 <primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary>
292 </indexterm>
293 </listitem>
294 </varlistentry>
295
296 <varlistentry id="blkdiscard">
297 <term><command>blkdiscard</command></term>
298 <listitem>
299 <para>Discards sectors on a device</para>
300 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkdiscard">
301 <primary sortas="b-blkdiscard">blkdiscard</primary>
302 </indexterm>
303 </listitem>
304 </varlistentry>
305
306 <varlistentry id="blkid">
307 <term><command>blkid</command></term>
308 <listitem>
309 <para>A command line utility to locate and print block device
310 attributes</para>
311 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkid">
312 <primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary>
313 </indexterm>
314 </listitem>
315 </varlistentry>
316
317 <varlistentry id="blkzone">
318 <term><command>blkzone</command></term>
319 <listitem>
320 <para>Runs zone command on the given block device</para>
321 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkzone">
322 <primary sortas="b-blkzone">blkzone</primary>
323 </indexterm>
324 </listitem>
325 </varlistentry>
326
327 <varlistentry id="blockdev">
328 <term><command>blockdev</command></term>
329 <listitem>
330 <para>Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command
331 line</para>
332 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blockdev">
333 <primary sortas="b-blockdev">blockdev</primary>
334 </indexterm>
335 </listitem>
336 </varlistentry>
337
338 <varlistentry id="cal">
339 <term><command>cal</command></term>
340 <listitem>
341 <para>Displays a simple calendar</para>
342 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cal">
343 <primary sortas="b-cal">cal</primary>
344 </indexterm>
345 </listitem>
346 </varlistentry>
347
348 <varlistentry id="cfdisk">
349 <term><command>cfdisk</command></term>
350 <listitem>
351 <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
352 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cfdisk">
353 <primary sortas="b-cfdisk">cfdisk</primary>
354 </indexterm>
355 </listitem>
356 </varlistentry>
357
358 <varlistentry id="chcpu">
359 <term><command>chcpu</command></term>
360 <listitem>
361 <para>Modifies the state of CPUs</para>
362 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chcpu">
363 <primary sortas="b-chcpu">chcpu</primary>
364 </indexterm>
365 </listitem>
366 </varlistentry>
367
368 <varlistentry id="chmem">
369 <term><command>chmem</command></term>
370 <listitem>
371 <para>Configures memory</para>
372 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chmem">
373 <primary sortas="b-chmem">chmem</primary>
374 </indexterm>
375 </listitem>
376 </varlistentry>
377
378 <varlistentry id="choom">
379 <term><command>choom</command></term>
380 <listitem>
381 <para>Displays and adjusts OOM-killer score</para>
382 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux choom">
383 <primary sortas="b-choom">choom</primary>
384 </indexterm>
385 </listitem>
386 </varlistentry>
387
388 <varlistentry id="chrt">
389 <term><command>chrt</command></term>
390 <listitem>
391 <para>Manipulates real-time attributes of a process</para>
392 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chrt">
393 <primary sortas="b-chrt">chrt</primary>
394 </indexterm>
395 </listitem>
396 </varlistentry>
397
398 <varlistentry id="col">
399 <term><command>col</command></term>
400 <listitem>
401 <para>Filters out reverse line feeds</para>
402 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux col">
403 <primary sortas="b-col">col</primary>
404 </indexterm>
405 </listitem>
406 </varlistentry>
407
408 <varlistentry id="colcrt">
409 <term><command>colcrt</command></term>
410 <listitem>
411 <para>Filters <command>nroff</command> output for terminals
412 that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines</para>
413 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colcrt">
414 <primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary>
415 </indexterm>
416 </listitem>
417 </varlistentry>
418
419 <varlistentry id="colrm">
420 <term><command>colrm</command></term>
421 <listitem>
422 <para>Filters out the given columns</para>
423 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colrm">
424 <primary sortas="b-colrm">colrm</primary>
425 </indexterm>
426 </listitem>
427 </varlistentry>
428
429 <varlistentry id="column">
430 <term><command>column</command></term>
431 <listitem>
432 <para>Formats a given file into multiple columns</para>
433 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux column">
434 <primary sortas="b-column">column</primary>
435 </indexterm>
436 </listitem>
437 </varlistentry>
438
439 <varlistentry id="ctrlaltdel">
440 <term><command>ctrlaltdel</command></term>
441 <listitem>
442 <para>Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a
443 hard or a soft reset</para>
444 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ctrlaltdel">
445 <primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary>
446 </indexterm>
447 </listitem>
448 </varlistentry>
449
450 <varlistentry id="delpart">
451 <term><command>delpart</command></term>
452 <listitem>
453 <para>Asks the Linux kernel to remove a partition</para>
454 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux delpart">
455 <primary sortas="b-delpart">delpart</primary>
456 </indexterm>
457 </listitem>
458 </varlistentry>
459
460 <varlistentry id="dmesg">
461 <term><command>dmesg</command></term>
462 <listitem>
463 <para>Dumps the kernel boot messages</para>
464 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux dmesg">
465 <primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary>
466 </indexterm>
467 </listitem>
468 </varlistentry>
469
470 <varlistentry id="eject">
471 <term><command>eject</command></term>
472 <listitem>
473 <para>Ejects removable media</para>
474 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux eject">
475 <primary sortas="b-eject">eject</primary>
476 </indexterm>
477 </listitem>
478 </varlistentry>
479
480 <varlistentry id="fallocate">
481 <term><command>fallocate</command></term>
482 <listitem>
483 <para>Preallocates space to a file</para>
484 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fallocate">
485 <primary sortas="b-fallocate">fallocate</primary>
486 </indexterm>
487 </listitem>
488 </varlistentry>
489
490 <varlistentry id="fdformat">
491 <term><command>fdformat</command></term>
492 <listitem>
493 <para>Low-level formats a floppy disk</para>
494 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdformat">
495 <primary sortas="b-fdformat">fdformat</primary>
496 </indexterm>
497 </listitem>
498 </varlistentry>
499
500 <varlistentry id="fdisk">
501 <term><command>fdisk</command></term>
502 <listitem>
503 <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
504 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdisk">
505 <primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary>
506 </indexterm>
507 </listitem>
508 </varlistentry>
509
510 <varlistentry id="fincore">
511 <term><command>fincore</command></term>
512 <listitem>
513 <para>Counts pages of file contents in core</para>
514 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fincore">
515 <primary sortas="b-fincore">fincore</primary>
516 </indexterm>
517 </listitem>
518 </varlistentry>
519
520 <varlistentry id="findfs">
521 <term><command>findfs</command></term>
522 <listitem>
523 <para>Finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier
524 (UUID)</para>
525 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findfs">
526 <primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary>
527 </indexterm>
528 </listitem>
529 </varlistentry>
530
531 <varlistentry id="findmnt">
532 <term><command>findmnt</command></term>
533 <listitem>
534 <para>Is a command line interface to the libmount library
535 for work with mountinfo, fstab and mtab files</para>
536 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findmnt">
537 <primary sortas="b-findmnt">findmnt</primary>
538 </indexterm>
539 </listitem>
540 </varlistentry>
541
542 <varlistentry id="flock">
543 <term><command>flock</command></term>
544 <listitem>
545 <para>Acquires a file lock and then executes a command with the lock
546 held</para>
547 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux flock">
548 <primary sortas="b-flock">flock</primary>
549 </indexterm>
550 </listitem>
551 </varlistentry>
552
553 <varlistentry id="fsck">
554 <term><command>fsck</command></term>
555 <listitem>
556 <para>Is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems</para>
557 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck">
558 <primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary>
559 </indexterm>
560 </listitem>
561 </varlistentry>
562
563 <varlistentry id="fsck.cramfs">
564 <term><command>fsck.cramfs</command></term>
565 <listitem>
566 <para>Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the
567 given device</para>
568 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.cramfs">
569 <primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary>
570 </indexterm>
571 </listitem>
572 </varlistentry>
573
574 <varlistentry id="fsck.minix">
575 <term><command>fsck.minix</command></term>
576 <listitem>
577 <para>Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the
578 given device</para>
579 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.minix">
580 <primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary>
581 </indexterm>
582 </listitem>
583 </varlistentry>
584
585 <varlistentry id="fsfreeze">
586 <term><command>fsfreeze</command></term>
587 <listitem>
588 <para>Is a very simple wrapper around FIFREEZE/FITHAW ioctl
589 kernel driver operations</para>
590 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsfreeze">
591 <primary sortas="b-fsfreeze">fsfreeze</primary>
592 </indexterm>
593 </listitem>
594 </varlistentry>
595
596 <varlistentry id="fstrim">
597 <term><command>fstrim</command></term>
598 <listitem>
599 <para>Discards unused blocks on a mounted filesystem</para>
600 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fstrim">
601 <primary sortas="b-fstrim">fstrim</primary>
602 </indexterm>
603 </listitem>
604 </varlistentry>
605
606 <varlistentry id="getopt">
607 <term><command>getopt</command></term>
608 <listitem>
609 <para>Parses options in the given command line</para>
610 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux getopt">
611 <primary sortas="b-getopt">getopt</primary>
612 </indexterm>
613 </listitem>
614 </varlistentry>
615
616 <varlistentry id="hexdump">
617 <term><command>hexdump</command></term>
618 <listitem>
619 <para>Dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given
620 format</para>
621 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hexdump">
622 <primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary>
623 </indexterm>
624 </listitem>
625 </varlistentry>
626
627 <varlistentry id="hwclock">
628 <term><command>hwclock</command></term>
629 <listitem>
630 <para>Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called
631 the Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
632 clock</para>
633 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hwclock">
634 <primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary>
635 </indexterm>
636 </listitem>
637 </varlistentry>
638
639 <varlistentry id="i386">
640 <term><command>i386</command></term>
641 <listitem>
642 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
643 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux i386">
644 <primary sortas="b-i386">i386</primary>
645 </indexterm>
646 </listitem>
647 </varlistentry>
648
649 <varlistentry id="ionice">
650 <term><command>ionice</command></term>
651 <listitem>
652 <para>Gets or sets the io scheduling class and priority for a program</para>
653 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ionice">
654 <primary sortas="b-ionice">ionice</primary>
655 </indexterm>
656 </listitem>
657 </varlistentry>
658
659 <varlistentry id="ipcmk">
660 <term><command>ipcmk</command></term>
661 <listitem>
662 <para>Creates various IPC resources</para>
663 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcmk">
664 <primary sortas="b-ipcmk">ipcmk</primary>
665 </indexterm>
666 </listitem>
667 </varlistentry>
668
669 <varlistentry id="ipcrm">
670 <term><command>ipcrm</command></term>
671 <listitem>
672 <para>Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource</para>
673 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcrm">
674 <primary sortas="b-ipcrm">ipcrm</primary>
675 </indexterm>
676 </listitem>
677 </varlistentry>
678
679 <varlistentry id="ipcs">
680 <term><command>ipcs</command></term>
681 <listitem>
682 <para>Provides IPC status information</para>
683 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcs">
684 <primary sortas="b-ipcs">ipcs</primary>
685 </indexterm>
686 </listitem>
687 </varlistentry>
688
689 <varlistentry id="isosize">
690 <term><command>isosize</command></term>
691 <listitem>
692 <para>Reports the size of an iso9660 file system</para>
693 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux isosize">
694 <primary sortas="b-isosize">isosize</primary>
695 </indexterm>
696 </listitem>
697 </varlistentry>
698
699 <varlistentry id="kill">
700 <term><command>kill</command></term>
701 <listitem>
702 <para>Sends signals to processes</para>
703 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux kill">
704 <primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary>
705 </indexterm>
706 </listitem>
707 </varlistentry>
708
709 <varlistentry id="last">
710 <term><command>last</command></term>
711 <listitem>
712 <para>Shows which users last logged in (and out), searching back
713 through the <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> file; it also shows
714 system boots, shutdowns, and run-level changes</para>
715 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux last">
716 <primary sortas="b-last">last</primary>
717 </indexterm>
718 </listitem>
719 </varlistentry>
720
721 <varlistentry id="lastb">
722 <term><command>lastb</command></term>
723 <listitem>
724 <para>Shows the failed login attempts, as logged in
725 <filename>/var/log/btmp</filename></para>
726 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lastb">
727 <primary sortas="b-lastb">lastb</primary>
728 </indexterm>
729 </listitem>
730 </varlistentry>
731
732 <varlistentry id="ldattach">
733 <term><command>ldattach</command></term>
734 <listitem>
735 <para>Attaches a line discipline to a serial line</para>
736 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ldattach">
737 <primary sortas="b-ldattach">ldattach</primary>
738 </indexterm>
739 </listitem>
740 </varlistentry>
741
742 <varlistentry id="linux32">
743 <term><command>linux32</command></term>
744 <listitem>
745 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
746 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux32">
747 <primary sortas="b-linux32">linux32</primary>
748 </indexterm>
749 </listitem>
750 </varlistentry>
751
752 <varlistentry id="linux64">
753 <term><command>linux64</command></term>
754 <listitem>
755 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
756 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux64">
757 <primary sortas="b-linux64">linux64</primary>
758 </indexterm>
759 </listitem>
760 </varlistentry>
761
762 <varlistentry id="logger">
763 <term><command>logger</command></term>
764 <listitem>
765 <para>Enters the given message into the system log</para>
766 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux logger">
767 <primary sortas="b-logger">logger</primary>
768 </indexterm>
769 </listitem>
770 </varlistentry>
771
772 <varlistentry id="look">
773 <term><command>look</command></term>
774 <listitem>
775 <para>Displays lines that begin with the given string</para>
776 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux look">
777 <primary sortas="b-look">look</primary>
778 </indexterm>
779 </listitem>
780 </varlistentry>
781
782 <varlistentry id="losetup">
783 <term><command>losetup</command></term>
784 <listitem>
785 <para>Sets up and controls loop devices</para>
786 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux losetup">
787 <primary sortas="b-losetup">losetup</primary>
788 </indexterm>
789 </listitem>
790 </varlistentry>
791
792 <varlistentry id="lsblk">
793 <term><command>lsblk</command></term>
794 <listitem>
795 <para>Lists information about all or selected block devices in
796 a tree-like format</para>
797 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsblk">
798 <primary sortas="b-lsblk">lsblk</primary>
799 </indexterm>
800 </listitem>
801 </varlistentry>
802
803 <varlistentry id="lscpu">
804 <term><command>lscpu</command></term>
805 <listitem>
806 <para>Prints CPU architecture information</para>
807 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lscpu">
808 <primary sortas="b-lscpu">lscpu</primary>
809 </indexterm>
810 </listitem>
811 </varlistentry>
812
813 <varlistentry id="lsipc">
814 <term><command>lsipc</command></term>
815 <listitem>
816 <para>Prints information on IPC facilities currently employed
817 in the system</para>
818 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsipc">
819 <primary sortas="b-lsipc">lsipc</primary>
820 </indexterm>
821 </listitem>
822 </varlistentry>
823
824 <varlistentry id="lslocks">
825 <term><command>lslocks</command></term>
826 <listitem>
827 <para>Lists local system locks</para>
828 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslocks">
829 <primary sortas="b-lslocks">lslocks</primary>
830 </indexterm>
831 </listitem>
832 </varlistentry>
833
834 <varlistentry id="lslogins">
835 <term><command>lslogins</command></term>
836 <listitem>
837 <para>Lists information about users, groups and system accounts</para>
838 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslogins">
839 <primary sortas="b-lslogins">lslogins</primary>
840 </indexterm>
841 </listitem>
842 </varlistentry>
843
844 <varlistentry id="lsmem">
845 <term><command>lsmem</command></term>
846 <listitem>
847 <para>Lists the ranges of available memory with their online
848 status</para>
849 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsmem">
850 <primary sortas="b-lsmem">lsmem</primary>
851 </indexterm>
852 </listitem>
853 </varlistentry>
854
855 <varlistentry id="lsns">
856 <term><command>lsns</command></term>
857 <listitem>
858 <para>Lists namespaces</para>
859 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsns">
860 <primary sortas="b-lsns">lsns</primary>
861 </indexterm>
862 </listitem>
863 </varlistentry>
864
865 <varlistentry id="mcookie">
866 <term><command>mcookie</command></term>
867 <listitem>
868 <para>Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for
869 <command>xauth</command></para>
870 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mcookie">
871 <primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary>
872 </indexterm>
873 </listitem>
874 </varlistentry>
875
876 <varlistentry id="mesg">
877 <term><command>mesg</command></term>
878 <listitem>
879 <para>Controls whether other users can send messages to the current
880 user's terminal</para>
881 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mesg">
882 <primary sortas="b-mesg">mesg</primary>
883 </indexterm>
884 </listitem>
885 </varlistentry>
886
887 <varlistentry id="mkfs">
888 <term><command>mkfs</command></term>
889 <listitem>
890 <para>Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk
891 partition)</para>
892 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs">
893 <primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary>
894 </indexterm>
895 </listitem>
896 </varlistentry>
897
898 <varlistentry id="mkfs.bfs">
899 <term><command>mkfs.bfs</command></term>
900 <listitem>
901 <para>Creates a Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system</para>
902 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.bfs">
903 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.bfs">mkfs.bfs</primary>
904 </indexterm>
905 </listitem>
906 </varlistentry>
907
908 <varlistentry id="mkfs.cramfs">
909 <term><command>mkfs.cramfs</command></term>
910 <listitem>
911 <para>Creates a cramfs file system</para>
912 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.cramfs">
913 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.cramfs">mkfs.cramfs</primary>
914 </indexterm>
915 </listitem>
916 </varlistentry>
917
918 <varlistentry id="mkfs.minix">
919 <term><command>mkfs.minix</command></term>
920 <listitem>
921 <para>Creates a Minix file system</para>
922 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.minix">
923 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.minix">mkfs.minix</primary>
924 </indexterm>
925 </listitem>
926 </varlistentry>
927
928 <varlistentry id="mkswap">
929 <term><command>mkswap</command></term>
930 <listitem>
931 <para>Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap
932 area</para>
933 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkswap">
934 <primary sortas="b-mkswap">mkswap</primary>
935 </indexterm>
936 </listitem>
937 </varlistentry>
938
939 <varlistentry id="more">
940 <term><command>more</command></term>
941 <listitem>
942 <para>A filter for paging through text one screen at a time</para>
943 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux more">
944 <primary sortas="b-more">more</primary>
945 </indexterm>
946 </listitem>
947 </varlistentry>
948
949 <varlistentry id="mount">
950 <term><command>mount</command></term>
951 <listitem>
952 <para>Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified
953 directory in the file-system tree</para>
954 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mount">
955 <primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary>
956 </indexterm>
957 </listitem>
958 </varlistentry>
959
960 <varlistentry id="mountpoint">
961 <term><command>mountpoint</command></term>
962 <listitem>
963 <para>Checks if the directory is a mountpoint</para>
964 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mountpoint">
965 <primary sortas="b-mountpoint">mountpoint</primary>
966 </indexterm>
967 </listitem>
968 </varlistentry>
969
970 <varlistentry id="namei">
971 <term><command>namei</command></term>
972 <listitem>
973 <para>Shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames</para>
974 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux namei">
975 <primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary>
976 </indexterm>
977 </listitem>
978 </varlistentry>
979
980 <varlistentry id="nsenter">
981 <term><command>nsenter</command></term>
982 <listitem>
983 <para>Runs a program with namespaces of other processes</para>
984 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux nsenter">
985 <primary sortas="b-nsenter">nsenter</primary>
986 </indexterm>
987 </listitem>
988 </varlistentry>
989
990 <varlistentry id="partx">
991 <term><command>partx</command></term>
992 <listitem>
993 <para>Tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk
994 partitions</para>
995 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux partx">
996 <primary sortas="b-partx">partx</primary>
997 </indexterm>
998 </listitem>
999 </varlistentry>
1000
1001 <varlistentry id="pivot_root">
1002 <term><command>pivot_root</command></term>
1003 <listitem>
1004 <para>Makes the given file system the new root file system of the
1005 current process</para>
1006 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pivot_root">
1007 <primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary>
1008 </indexterm>
1009 </listitem>
1010 </varlistentry>
1011
1012 <varlistentry id="prlimit">
1013 <term><command>prlimit</command></term>
1014 <listitem>
1015 <para>Get and set a process' resource limits</para>
1016 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux prlimit">
1017 <primary sortas="b-prlimit">prlimit</primary>
1018 </indexterm>
1019 </listitem>
1020 </varlistentry>
1021
1022 <varlistentry id="raw">
1023 <term><command>raw</command></term>
1024 <listitem>
1025 <para>Bind a Linux raw character device to a block device</para>
1026 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux raw">
1027 <primary sortas="b-raw">raw</primary>
1028 </indexterm>
1029 </listitem>
1030 </varlistentry>
1031
1032 <varlistentry id="readprofile">
1033 <term><command>readprofile</command></term>
1034 <listitem>
1035 <para>Reads kernel profiling information</para>
1036 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux readprofile">
1037 <primary sortas="b-readprofile">readprofile</primary>
1038 </indexterm>
1039 </listitem>
1040 </varlistentry>
1041
1042 <varlistentry id="rename">
1043 <term><command>rename</command></term>
1044 <listitem>
1045 <para>Renames the given files, replacing a given string with
1046 another</para>
1047 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rename">
1048 <primary sortas="b-rename">rename</primary>
1049 </indexterm>
1050 </listitem>
1051 </varlistentry>
1052
1053 <varlistentry id="renice">
1054 <term><command>renice</command></term>
1055 <listitem>
1056 <para>Alters the priority of running processes</para>
1057 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux renice">
1058 <primary sortas="b-renice">renice</primary>
1059 </indexterm>
1060 </listitem>
1061 </varlistentry>
1062
1063 <varlistentry id="resizepart">
1064 <term><command>resizepart</command></term>
1065 <listitem>
1066 <para>Asks the Linux kernel to resize a partition</para>
1067 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux resizepart">
1068 <primary sortas="b-resizepart">resizepart</primary>
1069 </indexterm>
1070 </listitem>
1071 </varlistentry>
1072
1073 <varlistentry id="rev">
1074 <term><command>rev</command></term>
1075 <listitem>
1076 <para>Reverses the lines of a given file</para>
1077 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rev">
1078 <primary sortas="b-rev">rev</primary>
1079 </indexterm>
1080 </listitem>
1081 </varlistentry>
1082
1083 <varlistentry id="rkfill">
1084 <term><command>rkfill</command></term>
1085 <listitem>
1086 <para>Tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices</para>
1087 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rkfill">
1088 <primary sortas="b-rkfill">rkfill</primary>
1089 </indexterm>
1090 </listitem>
1091 </varlistentry>
1092
1093 <varlistentry id="rtcwake">
1094 <term><command>rtcwake</command></term>
1095 <listitem>
1096 <para>Used to enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup
1097 time</para>
1098 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rtcwake">
1099 <primary sortas="b-rtcwake">rtcwake</primary>
1100 </indexterm>
1101 </listitem>
1102 </varlistentry>
1103
1104 <varlistentry id="script">
1105 <term><command>script</command></term>
1106 <listitem>
1107 <para>Makes a typescript of a terminal session</para>
1108 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux script">
1109 <primary sortas="b-script">script</primary>
1110 </indexterm>
1111 </listitem>
1112 </varlistentry>
1113
1114 <varlistentry id="scriptreplay">
1115 <term><command>scriptreplay</command></term>
1116 <listitem>
1117 <para>Plays back typescripts using timing information</para>
1118 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptreplay">
1119 <primary sortas="b-scriptreplay">scriptreplay</primary>
1120 </indexterm>
1121 </listitem>
1122 </varlistentry>
1123
1124 <varlistentry id="setarch">
1125 <term><command>setarch</command></term>
1126 <listitem>
1127 <para>Changes reported architecture in a new program environment and
1128 sets personality flags</para>
1129 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setarch">
1130 <primary sortas="b-setarch">setarch</primary>
1131 </indexterm>
1132 </listitem>
1133 </varlistentry>
1134
1135 <varlistentry id="setsid">
1136 <term><command>setsid</command></term>
1137 <listitem>
1138 <para>Runs the given program in a new session</para>
1139 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setsid">
1140 <primary sortas="b-setsid">setsid</primary>
1141 </indexterm>
1142 </listitem>
1143 </varlistentry>
1144
1145 <varlistentry id="setterm">
1146 <term><command>setterm</command></term>
1147 <listitem>
1148 <para>Sets terminal attributes</para>
1149 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setterm">
1150 <primary sortas="b-setterm">setterm</primary>
1151 </indexterm>
1152 </listitem>
1153 </varlistentry>
1154
1155 <varlistentry id="sfdisk">
1156 <term><command>sfdisk</command></term>
1157 <listitem>
1158 <para>A disk partition table manipulator</para>
1159 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sfdisk">
1160 <primary sortas="b-sfdisk">sfdisk</primary>
1161 </indexterm>
1162 </listitem>
1163 </varlistentry>
1164
1165 <varlistentry id="sulogin">
1166 <term><command>sulogin</command></term>
1167 <listitem>
1168 <para>Allows <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to log in;
1169 it is normally invoked by <command>init</command> when the system goes
1170 into single user mode</para>
1171 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sulogin">
1172 <primary sortas="b-sulogin">sulogin</primary>
1173 </indexterm>
1174 </listitem>
1175 </varlistentry>
1176
1177 <varlistentry id="swaplabel">
1178 <term><command>swaplabel</command></term>
1179 <listitem>
1180 <para>Allows to change swaparea UUID and label</para>
1181 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swaplabel">
1182 <primary sortas="b-swaplabel">swaplabel</primary>
1183 </indexterm>
1184 </listitem>
1185 </varlistentry>
1186
1187 <varlistentry id="swapoff">
1188 <term><command>swapoff</command></term>
1189 <listitem>
1190 <para>Disables devices and files for paging and swapping</para>
1191 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapoff">
1192 <primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary>
1193 </indexterm>
1194 </listitem>
1195 </varlistentry>
1196
1197 <varlistentry id="swapon">
1198 <term><command>swapon</command></term>
1199 <listitem>
1200 <para>Enables devices and files for paging and swapping and
1201 lists the devices and files currently in use</para>
1202 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapon">
1203 <primary sortas="b-swapon">swapon</primary>
1204 </indexterm>
1205 </listitem>
1206 </varlistentry>
1207
1208 <varlistentry id="switch_root">
1209 <term><command>switch_root</command></term>
1210 <listitem>
1211 <para>Switches to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree</para>
1212 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux switch_root">
1213 <primary sortas="b-switch_root">switch_root</primary>
1214 </indexterm>
1215 </listitem>
1216 </varlistentry>
1217
1218 <varlistentry id="tailf">
1219 <term><command>tailf</command></term>
1220 <listitem>
1221 <para>Tracks the growth of a log file; displays the last 10 lines
1222 of a log file, then continues displaying any new entries in the
1223 log file as they are created</para>
1224 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux tailf">
1225 <primary sortas="b-tailf">tailf</primary>
1226 </indexterm>
1227 </listitem>
1228 </varlistentry>
1229
1230 <varlistentry id="taskset">
1231 <term><command>taskset</command></term>
1232 <listitem>
1233 <para>Retrieves or sets a process' CPU affinity</para>
1234 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux taskset">
1235 <primary sortas="b-taskset">taskset</primary>
1236 </indexterm>
1237 </listitem>
1238 </varlistentry>
1239
1240 <varlistentry id="ul">
1241 <term><command>ul</command></term>
1242 <listitem>
1243 <para>A filter for translating underscores into escape sequences
1244 indicating underlining for the terminal in use</para>
1245 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ul">
1246 <primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary>
1247 </indexterm>
1248 </listitem>
1249 </varlistentry>
1250
1251 <varlistentry id="umount">
1252 <term><command>umount</command></term>
1253 <listitem>
1254 <para>Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree</para>
1255 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux umount">
1256 <primary sortas="b-umount">umount</primary>
1257 </indexterm>
1258 </listitem>
1259 </varlistentry>
1260
1261 <varlistentry id="uname26">
1262 <term><command>uname26</command></term>
1263 <listitem>
1264 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
1265 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uname26">
1266 <primary sortas="b-uname26">uname26</primary>
1267 </indexterm>
1268 </listitem>
1269 </varlistentry>
1270
1271 <varlistentry id="unshare">
1272 <term><command>unshare</command></term>
1273 <listitem>
1274 <para>Runs a program with some namespaces unshared from parent</para>
1275 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux unshare">
1276 <primary sortas="b-unshare">unshare</primary>
1277 </indexterm>
1278 </listitem>
1279 </varlistentry>
1280
1281 <varlistentry id="utmpdump">
1282 <term><command>utmpdump</command></term>
1283 <listitem>
1284 <para>Displays the content of the given login file in a more
1285 user-friendly format</para>
1286 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux utmpdump">
1287 <primary sortas="b-utmpdump">utmpdump</primary>
1288 </indexterm>
1289 </listitem>
1290 </varlistentry>
1291
1292 <varlistentry id="uuidd">
1293 <term><command>uuidd</command></term>
1294 <listitem>
1295 <para>A daemon used by the UUID library to generate time-based
1296 UUIDs in a secure and guaranteed-unique fashion</para>
1297 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidd">
1298 <primary sortas="b-uuidd">uuidd</primary>
1299 </indexterm>
1300 </listitem>
1301 </varlistentry>
1302
1303 <varlistentry id="uuidgen">
1304 <term><command>uuidgen</command></term>
1305 <listitem>
1306 <para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered
1307 unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
1308 systems, in the past and in the future</para>
1309 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidgen">
1310 <primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary>
1311 </indexterm>
1312 </listitem>
1313 </varlistentry>
1314
1315 <varlistentry id="uuidparse">
1316 <term><command>uuidparse</command></term>
1317 <listitem>
1318 <para>An utility to parse unique identifiers</para>
1319 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidparse">
1320 <primary sortas="b-uuidparse">uuidparse</primary>
1321 </indexterm>
1322 </listitem>
1323 </varlistentry>
1324
1325 <varlistentry id="wall">
1326 <term><command>wall</command></term>
1327 <listitem>
1328 <para>Displays the contents of a file or, by default, its standard
1329 input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users</para>
1330 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wall">
1331 <primary sortas="b-wall">wall</primary>
1332 </indexterm>
1333 </listitem>
1334 </varlistentry>
1335
1336 <varlistentry id="wdctl">
1337 <term><command>wdctl</command></term>
1338 <listitem>
1339 <para>Shows hardware watchdog status</para>
1340 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wdctl">
1341 <primary sortas="b-wdctl">wdctl</primary>
1342 </indexterm>
1343 </listitem>
1344 </varlistentry>
1345
1346 <varlistentry id="whereis">
1347 <term><command>whereis</command></term>
1348 <listitem>
1349 <para>Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page
1350 for the given command</para>
1351 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis">
1352 <primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary>
1353 </indexterm>
1354 </listitem>
1355 </varlistentry>
1356
1357 <varlistentry id="wipefs">
1358 <term><command>wipefs</command></term>
1359 <listitem>
1360 <para>Wipes a filesystem signature from a device</para>
1361 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wipefs">
1362 <primary sortas="b-wipefs">wipefs</primary>
1363 </indexterm>
1364 </listitem>
1365 </varlistentry>
1366
1367 <varlistentry id="x86_64">
1368 <term><command>x86_64</command></term>
1369 <listitem>
1370 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
1371 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux x86_64">
1372 <primary sortas="b-x86_64">x86_64</primary>
1373 </indexterm>
1374 </listitem>
1375 </varlistentry>
1376
1377 <varlistentry id="zramctl">
1378 <term><command>zramctl</command></term>
1379 <listitem>
1380 <para>A program to set up and control zram (compressed ram disk)
1381 devices</para>
1382 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux zramctl">
1383 <primary sortas="b-zramctl">zramctl</primary>
1384 </indexterm>
1385 </listitem>
1386 </varlistentry>
1387
1388 <varlistentry id="libblkid">
1389 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libblkid</filename></term>
1390 <listitem>
1391 <para>Contains routines for device identification and token
1392 extraction</para>
1393 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libblkid">
1394 <primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary>
1395 </indexterm>
1396 </listitem>
1397 </varlistentry>
1398
1399 <varlistentry id="libfdisk">
1400 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfdisk</filename></term>
1401 <listitem>
1402 <para>Contains routines for manipulating partition tables</para>
1403 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libfdisk">
1404 <primary sortas="c-libfdisk">libfdisk</primary>
1405 </indexterm>
1406 </listitem>
1407 </varlistentry>
1408
1409 <varlistentry id="libmount">
1410 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmount</filename></term>
1411 <listitem>
1412 <para>Contains routines for block device mounting and
1413 unmounting</para>
1414 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libmount">
1415 <primary sortas="c-libmount">libmount</primary>
1416 </indexterm>
1417 </listitem>
1418 </varlistentry>
1419
1420 <varlistentry id="libsmartcols">
1421 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsmartcols</filename></term>
1422 <listitem>
1423 <para>Contains routines for aiding screen output in tabular form</para>
1424 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libsmartcols">
1425 <primary sortas="c-libsmartcols">libsmartcols</primary>
1426 </indexterm>
1427 </listitem>
1428 </varlistentry>
1429
1430 <varlistentry id="libuuid">
1431 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename></term>
1432 <listitem>
1433 <para>Contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects
1434 that may be accessible beyond the local system</para>
1435 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libuuid">
1436 <primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary>
1437 </indexterm>
1438 </listitem>
1439 </varlistentry>
1440
1441 </variablelist>
1442
1443 </sect2>
1444
1445</sect1>
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