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    1 <sect2>
    2 <title>Contents</title>
    3 
    4 <para>The Util-linux package contains the agetty, arch,
    5 blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chkdupexe, col, colcrt, colrm, column,
    6 ctrlaltdel, cytune, ddate, dmesg, elvtune, fdformat, fdisk,
    7 fsck.minix, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, ipcrm, ipcs,
    8 kill, logger, look, losetup,
    9 mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap, more, mount, namei,
    10 umount, ramsize, rdev, readprofile, rename, renice, rev, rootflags,
    11 script, setfdprm, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, swapdev, swapoff, swapon,
    12 tunelp, ul, vidmode, whereis, and write programs.</para>
     1<sect2><title>Contents of util-linux-&util-linux-contversion;</title>
     2
     3<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
     4<para>agetty, arch, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chkdupexe, col, colcrt,
     5colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, cytune, ddate, dmesg, elvtune, fdformat, fdisk,
     6fsck.minix, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize
     7kill, line, logger, look, losetup,  mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.minix,
     8mkswap, more, mount, namei, pivot_root,
     9ramsize (link to rdev), raw, rdev, readprofile, rename, renice, rev,
     10rootflags (link to rdev), script, setfdprm, setsid, setterm, sfdisk,
     11swapoff (link to swapon), swapon, tunelp, ul, umount, vidmode, whereis
     12and write</para></sect3>
     13
     14<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
     15
     16<sect4><title>agetty</title>
     17<para>agetty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the
     18/bin/login command.</para></sect4>
     19
     20<sect4><title>arch</title>
     21<para>arch prints the machine architecture.</para></sect4>
     22
     23<sect4><title>blockdev</title>
     24<para>blockdev allows to call block device ioctls from the command
     25line</para></sect4>
     26
     27<sect4><title>cal</title>
     28<para>cal displays a simple calender.</para></sect4>
     29
     30<sect4><title>cfdisk</title>
     31<para>cfdisk is an libncurses based disk partition table
     32manipulator.</para></sect4>
     33
     34<sect4><title>chkdupexe</title>
     35<para>chkdupexe finds duplicate executables.</para></sect4>
     36
     37<sect4><title>col</title>
     38<para>col filters reverse line feeds from input.</para></sect4>
     39
     40<sect4><title>colcrt</title>
     41<para>colcrt filters nroff output for CRT previewing.</para></sect4>
     42
     43<sect4><title>colrm</title>
     44<para>colrm removes columns from a file.</para></sect4>
     45
     46<sect4><title>column</title>
     47<para>column columnates lists.</para></sect4>
     48
     49<sect4><title>ctrlaltdel</title>
     50<para>ctrlaltdel sets the function of the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination (hard
     51or soft reset).</para></sect4>
     52
     53<sect4><title>cytune</title>
     54<para>cytune queries and modifies the interruption threshold for the Cyclades
     55driver.</para></sect4>
     56
     57<sect4><title>ddate</title>
     58<para>ddate converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates.</para></sect4>
     59
     60<sect4><title>dmesg</title>
     61<para>dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer (boot
     62messages from the kernel).</para></sect4>
     63
     64<sect4><title>elvtune</title>
     65<para>elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue
     66basis.</para></sect4>
     67
     68<sect4><title>fdformat</title>
     69<para>fdformat low-level formats a floppy disk.</para></sect4>
     70
     71<sect4><title>fdisk</title>
     72<para>fdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect4>
     73
     74<sect4><title>fsck.minix</title>
     75<para>fsck.minix performs a consistency check for the Linux MINIX
     76filesystem.</para></sect4>
     77
     78<sect4><title>getopt</title>
     79<para>getops parses command options the same way as the getopt C
     80command.</para></sect4>
     81
     82<sect4><title>hexdump</title>
     83<para>hexdump displays specified files, or standard input, in a user specified
     84format (ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal).</para></sect4>
     85
     86<sect4><title>hwclock</title>
     87<para>hwclock queries and sets the hardware clock (Also called the RTC or BIOS
     88clock).</para></sect4>
     89
     90<sect4><title>ipcrm</title>
     91<para>ipcrm removes a specified resource.</para></sect4>
     92
     93<sect4><title>ipcs</title>
     94<para>ipcs provides information on IPC facilities.</para></sect4>
     95
     96<sect4><title>isosize</title>
     97<para>isosize outputs the length of a iso9660 file system.</para></sect4>
     98
     99<sect4><title>kill</title>
     100<para>kill sends a specified signal to the specified process.</para></sect4>
     101
     102<sect4><title>line</title>
     103<para>line copies one line (up to a newline) from standard input and writes it
     104to standard output.</para></sect4>
     105
     106<sect4><title>logger</title>
     107<para>logger makes entries in the system log.</para></sect4>
     108
     109<sect4><title>look</title>
     110<para>look displays lines beginning with a given string.</para></sect4>
     111
     112<sect4><title>losetup</title>
     113<para>losetup sets up and controls loop devices.</para></sect4>
     114
     115<sect4><title>mcookie</title>
     116<para>mcookie generates magic cookies for xauth.</para></sect4>
     117
     118<sect4><title>mkfs</title>
     119<para>mkfs builds a Linux filesystem on a device, usually a harddisk
     120partition.</para></sect4>
     121
     122<sect4><title>mkfs.bfs</title>
     123<para>mkfs.bfs creates a SCO bfs file system on a device, usually a harddisk
     124partition.</para></sect4>
     125
     126<sect4><title>mkfs.minix</title>
     127<para>mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device, usually a
     128harddisk partition.</para></sect4>
     129
     130<sect4><title>mkswap</title>
     131<para>mkswap sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file.</para></sect4>
     132
     133<sect4><title>more</title>
     134<para>more is a filter for paging through text one screen full at a
     135time.</para></sect4>
     136
     137<sect4><title>mount</title>
     138<para>mount mounts a filesystem from a device to a directory (mount
     139point).</para></sect4>
     140
     141<sect4><title>namei</title>
     142<para>namei follows a pathname until a terminal point is found.</para></sect4>
     143
     144<sect4><title>pivot_root</title>
     145<para>pivot_root moves the root file system of the current process.</para></sect4>
     146
     147<sect4><title>ramsize</title>
     148<para>ramsize queries and sets RAM disk size.</para></sect4>
     149
     150<sect4><title>raw</title>
     151<para>raw is used to bind a Linux raw character device to a block device.</para></sect4>
     152
     153<sect4><title>rdev</title>
     154<para>rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size, or
     155video mode.</para></sect4>
     156
     157<sect4><title>readprofile</title>
     158<para>readprofile reads kernel profiling information.</para></sect4>
     159
     160<sect4><title>rename</title>
     161<para>rename renames files.</para></sect4>
     162
     163<sect4><title>renice</title>
     164<para>renice alters priority of running processes.</para></sect4>
     165
     166<sect4><title>rev</title>
     167<para>rev reverses lines of a file.</para></sect4>
     168
     169<sect4><title>rootflags</title>
     170<para>rootflags queries and sets extra information used when mounting
     171root.</para></sect4>
     172
     173<sect4><title>script</title>
     174<para>script makes typescript of terminal session.</para></sect4>
     175
     176<sect4><title>setfdprm</title>
     177<para>setfdprm sets user-provides floppy disk parameters.</para></sect4>
     178
     179<sect4><title>setsid</title>
     180<para>setsid runs programs in a new session.</para></sect4>
     181
     182<sect4><title>setterm</title>
     183<para>setterm sets terminal attributes.</para></sect4>
     184
     185<sect4><title>sfdisk</title>
     186<para>sfdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect4>
     187
     188<sect4><title>swapoff</title>
     189<para>swapoff disables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect4>
     190
     191<sect4><title>swapon</title>
     192<para>swapon enables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect4>
     193
     194<sect4><title>tunelp</title>
     195<para>tunelp sets various parameters for the LP device.</para></sect4>
     196
     197<sect4><title>ul</title>
     198<para>ul reads a file and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
     199which indicates underlining for the terminal in use.</para></sect4>
     200
     201<sect4><title>umount</title>
     202<para>umount unmounts a mounted filesystem.</para></sect4>
     203
     204<sect4><title>vidmode</title>
     205<para>vidmode queries and sets the video mode.</para></sect4>
     206
     207<sect4><title>whereis</title>
     208<para>whereis locates a binary, source and manual page for a
     209command.</para></sect4>
     210
     211<sect4><title>write</title>
     212<para>write sends a message to another user.</para></sect4>
     213
     214</sect3>
    13215
    14216</sect2>
    15217
    16 <sect2>
    17 <title>Description</title>
    18 
    19 <sect3><title>agetty</title>
    20 <para>agetty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the
    21 /bin/login command.</para></sect3>
    22 
    23 <sect3><title>arch</title>
    24 <para>arch prints the machine architecture.</para></sect3>
    25 
    26 <sect3><title>blockdev</title>
    27 <para>blockdev allows to call block device ioctls from the command
    28 line</para></sect3>
    29 
    30 <sect3><title>cal</title>
    31 <para>cal displays a simple calender.</para></sect3>
    32 
    33 <sect3><title>cfdisk</title>
    34 <para>cfdisk is an libncurses based disk partition table
    35 manipulator.</para></sect3>
    36 
    37 <sect3><title>chkdupexe</title>
    38 <para>chkdupexe finds duplicate executables.</para></sect3>
    39 
    40 <sect3><title>col</title>
    41 <para>col filters reverse line feeds from input.</para></sect3>
    42 
    43 <sect3><title>colcrt</title>
    44 <para>colcrt filters nroff output for CRT previewing.</para></sect3>
    45 
    46 <sect3><title>colrm</title>
    47 <para>colrm removes columns from a file.</para></sect3>
    48 
    49 <sect3><title>column</title>
    50 <para>column columnates lists.</para></sect3>
    51 
    52 <sect3><title>ctrlaltdel</title>
    53 <para>ctrlaltdel sets the function of the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination (hard
    54 or soft reset).</para></sect3>
    55 
    56 <sect3><title>cytune</title>
    57 <para>cytune queries and modifies the interruption threshold for the Cyclades
    58 driver.</para></sect3>
    59 
    60 <sect3><title>ddate</title>
    61 <para>ddate converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates.</para></sect3>
    62 
    63 <sect3><title>dmesg</title>
    64 <para>dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer (boot
    65 messages from the kernel).</para></sect3>
    66 
    67 <sect3><title>elvtune</title>
    68 <para>elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue
    69 basis.</para></sect3>
    70 
    71 <sect3><title>fdformat</title>
    72 <para>fdformat low-level formats a floppy disk.</para></sect3>
    73 
    74 <sect3><title>fdisk</title>
    75 <para>fdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect3>
    76 
    77 <sect3><title>fsck.minix</title>
    78 <para>fsck.minix performs a consistency check for the Linux MINIX
    79 filesystem.</para></sect3>
    80 
    81 <sect3><title>getopt</title>
    82 <para>getops parses command options the same way as the getopt C
    83 command.</para></sect3>
    84 
    85 <sect3><title>hexdump</title>
    86 <para>hexdump displays specified files, or standard input, in a user specified
    87 format (ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal).</para></sect3>
    88 
    89 <sect3><title>hwclock</title>
    90 <para>hwclock queries and sets the hardware clock (Also called the RTC or BIOS
    91 clock).</para></sect3>
    92 
    93 <sect3><title>ipcrm</title>
    94 <para>ipcrm removes a specified resource.</para></sect3>
    95 
    96 <sect3><title>ipcs</title>
    97 <para>ipcs provides information on IPC facilities.</para></sect3>
    98 
    99 <sect3><title>kill</title>
    100 <para>kill sends a specified signal to the specified process.</para></sect3>
    101 
    102 <sect3><title>logger</title>
    103 <para>logger makes entries in the system log.</para></sect3>
    104 
    105 <sect3><title>look</title>
    106 <para>look displays lines beginning with a given string.</para></sect3>
    107 
    108 <sect3><title>losetup</title>
    109 <para>losetup sets up and controls loop devices.</para></sect3>
    110 
    111 <sect3><title>mcookie</title>
    112 <para>mcookie generates magic cookies for xauth.</para></sect3>
    113 
    114 <sect3><title>mkfs</title>
    115 <para>mkfs builds a Linux filesystem on a device, usually a harddisk
    116 partition.</para></sect3>
    117 
    118 <sect3><title>mkfs.bfs</title>
    119 <para>mkfs.bfs creates a SCO bfs file system on a device, usually a harddisk
    120 partition.</para></sect3>
    121 
    122 <sect3><title>mkfs.minix</title>
    123 <para>mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device, usually a
    124 harddisk partition.</para></sect3>
    125 
    126 <sect3><title>mkswap</title>
    127 <para>mkswap sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file.</para></sect3>
    128 
    129 <sect3><title>more</title>
    130 <para>more is a filter for paging through text one screen full at a
    131 time.</para></sect3>
    132 
    133 <sect3><title>mount</title>
    134 <para>mount mounts a filesystem from a device to a directory (mount
    135 point).</para></sect3>
    136 
    137 <sect3><title>namei</title>
    138 <para>namei follows a pathname until a terminal point is found.</para></sect3>
    139 
    140 <sect3><title>umount</title>
    141 <para>umount unmounts a mounted filesystem.</para></sect3>
    142 
    143 <sect3><title>ramsize</title>
    144 <para>ramsize queries and sets RAM disk size.</para></sect3>
    145 
    146 <sect3><title>rdev</title>
    147 <para>rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size, or
    148 video mode.</para></sect3>
    149 
    150 <sect3><title>readprofile</title>
    151 <para>readprofile reads kernel profiling information.</para></sect3>
    152 
    153 <sect3><title>rename</title>
    154 <para>rename renames files.</para></sect3>
    155 
    156 <sect3><title>renice</title>
    157 <para>renice alters priority of running processes.</para></sect3>
    158 
    159 <sect3><title>rev</title>
    160 <para>rev reverses lines of a file.</para></sect3>
    161 
    162 <sect3><title>rootflags</title>
    163 <para>rootflags queries and sets extra information used when mounting
    164 root.</para></sect3>
    165 
    166 <sect3><title>script</title>
    167 <para>script makes typescript of terminal session.</para></sect3>
    168 
    169 <sect3><title>setfdprm</title>
    170 <para>setfdprm sets user-provides floppy disk parameters.</para></sect3>
    171 
    172 <sect3><title>setsid</title>
    173 <para>setsid runs programs in a new session.</para></sect3>
    174 
    175 <sect3><title>setterm</title>
    176 <para>setterm sets terminal attributes.</para></sect3>
    177 
    178 <sect3><title>sfdisk</title>
    179 <para>sfdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect3>
    180 
    181 <sect3><title>swapdev</title>
    182 <para>swapdev queries and sets swap device.</para></sect3>
    183 
    184 <sect3><title>swapoff</title>
    185 <para>swapoff disables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect3>
    186 
    187 <sect3><title>swapon</title>
    188 <para>swapon enables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect3>
    189 
    190 <sect3><title>tunelp</title>
    191 <para>tunelp sets various parameters for the LP device.</para></sect3>
    192 
    193 <sect3><title>ul</title>
    194 <para>ul reads a file and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
    195 which indicates underlining for the terminal in use.</para></sect3>
    196 
    197 <sect3><title>vidmode</title>
    198 <para>vidmode queries and sets the video mode.</para></sect3>
    199 
    200 <sect3><title>whereis</title>
    201 <para>whereis locates a binary, source and manual page for a
    202 command.</para></sect3>
    203 
    204 <sect3><title>write</title>
    205 <para>write sends a message to another user.</para></sect3>
    206 
    207 </sect2>
    208 
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