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1. Commands

1-ucb. BSD Compatibility Commands

1-ufs. UFS Commands

1-vxfs. VxFS Commands

1C. Communications Commands

1F. FMLI Commands

1M. Maintenance Commands

1M-nfs. NFS Maintenance Commands

1M-ucb. BSD Compatible Maintenance Commands

1M-ufs. UFS Maintenance Commands

1M-vxfs. VxFS Maintenance Commands

2. System Calls

3. Functions and Libraries

3-thr. DCE Threads Library

3-ucb. BSD Compatibility Routines

3C. C Library

3C-ucb. BSD Compatible C Library

3E. ELF Library

3G. General Purpose Library

3K. Kanji Processing Routines

3M. Math Library

3N. Network Support Library

3N-xs. X/Open Sockets Library

3S. Standard I/O Library

3S-ucb. BSD Compatible Standard I/O Library

3W. International Library

3X. Miscellaneous Libraries

4. File Formats

4-ufs. UFS File Formats

4-vxfs. VxFS File Formats

5. Miscellaneous Facilities

7. Special Files

8. Maintenance Procedures

Manual — Reliant_UNIX 5.44c4/en

1957 entries

1. Commands

acctcomsearch and print process accounting files
addbibcreate or extend a bibliographic database
admincreate and administer SCCS files
admin.mlxcreate and administer SCCS files (MLX addendum)[ admin ]
alpqquery the ALP STREAMS module
ararchive and library maintainer
archdisplay the architecture of the current host
asassembler
asaconvert control characters for positioning
atexecute commands at a later time
atqlist jobs scheduled with at or batch (at queue)
atrmremove jobs scheduled with at or batch (at remove)
awkpattern-directed scanning and processing language[ awk, nawk ]
awk.mlxpattern scanning and processing language (MLX addendum)[ awk ]
banneroutput arguments in large letters
banner.mlxmake posters (MLX addendum)[ banner ]
basenamestrip file name affixes
batchexecute commands at a later time
bcarbitrary precision arithmetic language
bdiffcompare large files (big diff)
bfsbig file scanner
bfs.mlxbig file scanner (MLX addendum)[ bfs ]
biffgive notice of incoming mail messages
calprint calendar
calendarreminder service
catconcatenate and print files
cat.mlxconcatenate and print files (MLX addendum)[ cat ]
cbC program beautifier
cb.mlxC program beautifier (MLX addendum)[ cb ]
cdchange working directory
cdcchange the delta comment of an SCCS delta
cedfull-screen text editor
cflowgenerate C flowgraph
cflow.mlxgenerate C flowgraph (MLX addendum)[ cflow ]
checknrcheck nroff and troff input files; report possible errors
chgrpchange the group ownership of a file (change group)
chmodchange file mode
chownchange file owner
chshchange default login shell
cksumwrite file checksums and sizes
clearclear the terminal screen
cmpcompare two files
colfilter reverse line feeds
colonreturn zero exit status[ colon, : ]
combcombine SCCS deltas
commselect or reject lines common to two sorted files
commandexecute a simple command
compresscompress files
copycopy groups of files
cpcopy files
cpiocopy files and directories in and out
cpio.mlxcopy file archives in and out (MLX addendum)[ cpio ]
cppthe C language preprocessor
crontabregularly execute commands at specific times
cryptencode/decode text
cscopeinteractively examine a C program
cshC shell
csplitcontext split
csplit.mlxcontext split (MLX addendum)[ csplit ]
ctspawn port monitor for a remote terminal
ctagscreate a tags file
ctraceC program debugger
cucall another UNIX system
cutcut out selected fields of each line of a file
cut.mlxcut out selected fields of each line of a file (MLX addendum)[ cut ]
cxrefgenerate C program cross-reference table
cxref.mlxgenerate C program cross-reference (MLX addendum)[ cxref ]
dateprint date and time or set system clock
date.mlxprint and set the date (MLX addendum)[ date ]
dcdesk calculator
ddconvert and copy files
deltamake a change to an SCCS file
delta.mlxmake a delta (change) to an SCCS file (MLX addendum)[ delta ]
deroffremove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs
destroyphysically delete files
dfreport number of free disk blocks and files (disk free)
dfspacereport number of free disk blocks
diffdifferential file comparator
diff3three-way differential file comparator
dircmpdirectory comparison
dircmp.mlxdirectory comparison (MLX addendum)[ dircmp ]
dirnamestrip file name from full access path
disobject code disassembler
domainnamedisplay, modify, define the domain name
doscatdisplay files on an MS-DOS floppy disk
doscpcopy files between Reliant UNIX and MS-DOS
dosdirlist directories on an MS-DOS floppy disk in MS-DOS format
dosfiltmake files with language-dependent special characters read- able under MS-DOS
dosformatformat an MS-DOS floppy disk
doslabellabel an MS-DOS diskette
doslslist directories on an MS-DOS floppy disk in Reliant UNIX for- mat
dosmkdircreate directories on an MS-DOS floppy disk
dosrmdelete MS-DOS files
dosrmdirdelete directories from an MS-DOS floppy disk
dotexecute shell scripts in current shell[ dot, . ]
dusummarize disk usage
dumpdump parts of an object file
dumpmsggenerate a message source file from a message catalog (dump message)
ethe Rand editor
echoecho command-line arguments
echo.mlxecho arguments (MLX addendum)[ echo ]
edinteractive line editor
ed.mlxtext editor (MLX addendum)[ ed, red ]
edittext editor (variant of ex for casual users)
egrepsearch for extended patterns (extended grep)
egrep.mlxsearch a file for a pattern using full regular expressions (MLX addendum)[ egrep ]
enableenable/disable LP printers[ enable, disable ]
enable.mlxenable/disable LP printers (MLX addendum)[ enable, disable ]
envset environment for command execution
env.mlxset environment for command execution (MLX addendum)[ env ]
eucsetset or get EUC code set widths
euctoibmjconvert EUC encoded kanji text to IBM host code
evalevaluate command-line arguments and execute as command
excommand and display editor
ex.mlxtext editor (MLX addendum)[ ex ]
execoverlay current shell (execute)
exitterminate a shell script
expandconvert tabs to spaces
exportexport shell variables
exprevaluate expressions
expr.mlxevaluate arguments as an expression (MLX addendum)[ expr ]
exstrextract strings from source files
extractinteractive string extract and replace[ extract, strextract ]
faceexecutable for the Framed Access Command Environment Interface
factorresolve number into prime factors
falsereturn non-zero exit status
fgrepsearch for strings (fixed grep)
fgrep.mlxsearch a file for a character string (MLX addendum)[ fgrep ]
filecheck type of file
file.mlxdetermine file type (MLX addendum)[ file ]
findscan directories for files
find.mlxfind files (MLX addendum)[ find ]
fingerdisplay information about local and remote users
flchkcheck floppy disk label area (floppy check)
fldispdisplay floppy disk label area (floppy display)
flinitwrite floppy disk label area (floppy initialization)
fmliinvoke FMLI (Form and Menu Language Interpreter)
fmtsimple text formatter
fmtmsgdisplay formatted messages
foldfold long lines
fsirandinstall random inode generation numbers
ftpfile transfer program
gcoreget core images of running processes
gencatgenerate a binary encoded message catalog
getget a version of an SCCS file
getconfget configuration values
getextdisplay extent attributes (VxFS)
getoptscan command-line arguments for options
getopt.mlxparse command options (MLX addendum)[ getopt ]
getoptcvtconvert getopt command calls to getopts command calls
getoptsscan command-line arguments for options (get options)
getopts.mlxparse command options (MLX addendum)[ getopts, getoptcvt ]
gettxtretrieve a text string from a message database (get text)
gettypesdisplays SCSI devices and some of their parameters
grepglobal regular expression print
grep.mlxsearch a file for a pattern (MLX addendum)[ grep ]
groupsprint group membership of user
hashprocess shell hash table
hashcheckcheck hashed spelling list
hashmakecreate hashed spelling list
hdhexadecimal dump
headdisplay opening lines of files
helpask for help with message numbers or SCCS commands
hostidprint the alphanumeric identifier of the current host
hostnameset or print name of current host system
ibmjtoeucconvert IBM host code kanji text to EUC
iccompile an international database (internationalization compiler)
iconvinternational codeset conversion
idprint user and group IDs and names
iechoecho message from message catalog
indxbibcreate an inverted index to a bibliographic database
installinstall files
intro.genintroduction to the intro manpages[ intro ]
intro_net1introduction to networking commands[ intronet1, intronet1a ]
intro_prm1introduction to programming commands[ introprm1 ]
intro_urmgeneral explanations of command descriptions[ introurm ]
ipcrmremove interprocess communication facilities
ipcsreport interprocess communication facilities status
iputquery international database
joinjoin two files on identical-valued field
join.mlxrelational database operator (MLX addendum)[ join ]
jshBourne shell with job control
kbdpipeuse the KBD module in a pipeline
kbdsetattach to kbd mapping tables, set modes
kcodekanji code detector
kconvkanji code converter
killsend signals to processes
kshKorn shell[ ksh, rksh, alias, bg, break, continue, fc, fg, jobs, let, print, return, typeset, unalias, whence ]
ksh.mlxKornShell, a standard/restricted command and programming language (MLX addendum)[ ksh, rksh ]
kverifyvalidate kanji code files
lastindicate last user or terminal login
lastcommshow the last commands executed, in reverse order
ldlink editor for object files
lddlist dynamic dependencies
lesscontrol the output on the screen
lesskeydefine key bindings for less or more
lexgenerate scanner
lex.mlxgenerate programs for simple lexical tasks (MLX addendum)[ lex ]
lfmtdisplay error message in standard format and pass to logging and monitoring services
lineread one line
lintcheck C programs
listuserslist user login information
lnmake links to files
localecall up information about the locale
localedefdefine locale
loggerlog messages
loginsystem login
lognamedisplay login name
lookfind lines in a sorted list
lookbibfind references in a bibliographic database
lorderfind ordering relation for an object library
lpsend/cancel requests to an LP print service[ lp, cancel ]
lp.mlxsend/cancel requests to an LP line printer (MLX addendum)[ lp, cancel ]
lpqdisplay the queue of printer jobs
lprsend a job to the printer
lprmremove jobs from the printer queue
lprofdisplay line-by-line execution count profile data
lpstatprint information about the status of the LP print service
lpstat.mlxprint LP status information (MLX addendum)[ lpstat ]
lptestgenerate lineprinter ripple pattern
lslist contents of directory[ ls, lc ]
ls.mlxlist contents of directory (MLX addendum)[ ls ]
m4macro processor
m4.mlxmacro processor (MLX addendum)[ m4 ]
machdisplay the processor type of the current host
machidget processor type truth value[ machid: a20r, cpl, i286, i386, i486, m120, m68k, mips, pdp11, rm200, rm300, rm400, rm600, rm700, sparc, t4600, u370, u3b15, u3b2, u3b5, u3b, vax ]
mailsend or read mail
mail.mlxread mail or send mail to users (MLX addendum)[ mail, rmail ]
mailaliastranslate mail alias names
mailxinteractive message processing system (mail extended)
mailx.mlxinteractive message processing system (MLX addendum)[ mailx ]
makemaintain groups of files
makekeygenerate encryption key
man-newsnew or updated reference pages with Release 5.44B
mandisplay on-line manual pages[ man, apropos, whatis, findman ]
manprintprint reference pages on a line printer maintaining page integrity
mcsmanipulate the comment section of an object file.
mcs.mlxmanipulate the comment section of an object file (MLX addendum)[ mcs ]
md5calculate a checksum in the form of a fake-proof fingerprint
mesgpermit or deny messages
mkdirmake a directory
mkfifomake FIFO special file
mkmsgscreate message files for use by gettxt (make messages)
morecontrol the output on the screen
mttape control utility
mvmove or rename files
newformchange the format of a text file (new format)
newform.mlxchange the format of a text file (MLX addendum)[ newform ]
newgrpchange to new group
newsoutput news items
nicerun a command at low priority (be nice)
nlnumber lines
nl.mlxline numbering filter (MLX addendum)[ nl ]
nmprint name list of an object file
nohuprun a command immune to hangups and quits
notifynotify user of the arrival of new mail
oddump contents of a file in various formats
od.mlxoctal dump (MLX addendum)[ od ]
packcompress files
pagecontrol the output on the screen
pagesizedisplay the size of a page of memory
passwddefine or change login password and password attributes
pastemerge same lines of several files or subsequent lines of one file
paste.mlxmerge same lines of several files or subsequent lines of one file (MLX addendum)[ paste ]
patchuse diff list
pathchkcheck pathnames
paxportable archive processing
pcatoutput packed files in unpacked form
pfmtdisplay error message in standard format
pgfile perusal filter
pg.mlxfile perusal filter for CRTs (MLX addendum)[ pg ]
plotgraphics filters for various plotters[ plot, aedplot, bgplot, crtplot, dumbplot, gigiplot, hpplot, implot, t300, t300s, t4013, t450, tek ]
prprepare files for printing
pr.mlxprint files (MLX addendum)[ pr ]
printenvdisplay environment variables currently set
printfformatted output
priocntlset scheduling parameters and priorities (priority control)
profdisplay profile data
prsprint an SCCS file
prtdisplay the delta and commentary history of an SCCS file
psreport process status
pwdprint path name of working directory
randomgenerates a random number
rcpcopy a file to or from a remote host (remote file copy)
readread arguments from standard input and assign to shell vari- ables
readonlyprotect shell variables
redrestricted interactive line editor
ref_netgeneral introduction to the Networking Reference Manual[ refnet ]
ref_prmgeneral introduction to the Programmer's Reference Manual[ refprm ]
ref_sarmgeneral introduction to the System Administrator's Refer- ence Manual[ refsarm ]
ref_urmgeneral introduction to the User's Reference Manual[ refurm ]
referexpand and insert references from a bibliographic database
regcmpregular expression compile
regcmp.mlxregular expression compile (MLX addendum)[ regcmp ]
renicealter the scheduling priority of running processes
rkshrestricted Korn shell
rloginlog in at a remote host (remote login)
rmremove files
rmailsend mail
rmdelremove a delta from an SCCS file
rmdirremove directories
roffbibformat and print a bibliographic database
rpcgenan RPC protocol compiler
rshexecute shell commands at a remote host (remote shell)
ruptimedisplay status of hosts in local network
ruserswho's logged in on machines in network
rwhodisplay active users in the network
sactprint SCCS file editing activity
sarsystem activity reporter
sccsshell command for the Source Code Control System (SCCS)
sccsdiffcompare two versions of an SCCS file
scriptmake a typescript of a terminal session
sdb.mlxsymbolic debugger (MLX addendum)[ f4sdb ]
sdiffside-by-side difference program
sdiff.mlxprint file differences side-by-side (MLX addendum)[ sdiff ]
sedstream editor
sed.mlxstream editor (MLX addendum)[ sed ]
setset shell options or positional parameters
setextset extent attributes (VxFS)
settimechanges the access and modification dates of files
shBourne shell, a command interpreter and programming language[ sh, bg, break, chdir, continue, fg, jobs, return, stop, suspend ]
sh.mlxshell, the standard, job control, and restricted com- mand interpreter (MLX addendum)[ sh, jsh, rsh ]
shiftshift values of positional parameters to the left
shlshell layer manager
shl.mlxshell layer manager (MLX addendum)[ shl ]
sinfiltmake files with language-dependent special characters read- able under Reliant UNIX
sizeprint size of an object file
sleepsuspend process execution for an interval
soelimresolve and eliminate .so requests from nroff or troff input
sortsort and/or merge files
sort.mlxsort and/or merge files (MLX addendum)[ sort ]
sortbibsort a bibliographic database
spellfind spelling errors
spellincreate compressed spelling list
splitsplit a file into pieces
srchtxtdisplay contents of, or search for a text string in, message databases
srchtxt.mlxdisplay contents of, or search for a text string in, message databases (MLX addendum)[ srchtxt ]
strchgchange stream configuration
strconfquery stream configuration
stringsfind printable strings in object or binary files
stripstrip symbol table
sttycheck and change terminal arguments (set terminal type)
sutemporarily switch to another account (become superuser or another user)
sumprint checksum and block count of a file
tabsset tabs on a terminal
taildeliver the last part of a file
tail.mlxdeliver the last part of a file (MLX addendum)[ tail ]
talktalk to another user
tararchive files and manipulate archives (tape archiver)
tcopycopy a magnetic tape
teejoin pipes and make copies of input
telnetuser interface to the TELNET protocol
testtest conditions[ test, [ ]
test.mlxcondition evaluation command (MLX addendum)[ test ]
tftptrivial file transfer program
timetime a command
timesprint accumulated times for processes run from the shell
timextime a command; report process data and system activity (time execution)
touchupdate access and modification times of a file
tputinitialize a terminal or query the terminfo database
tput.mlxinitialize a terminal or query terminfo database (MLX addendum)[ tput ]
trtransliterate characters
tr.mlxtranslate characters (MLX addendum)[ tr ]
trapdefine signal handling
truereturn zero exit status
trusstrace system calls and signals
tsetprovides information for setting terminal modes
tsorttopological sort
ttyoutput path name of current terminal
typequery command type
ulunderline
ulimitset or display user file size limits
umaskset file-creation mode mask
unameoutput or set name of current system
uncompressexpand compressed files
unexpandconvert spaces to tabs
ungetundo a previous get of an SCCS file
unifdefresolve and remove ifdef'ed lines from C program source
uniqreport repeated lines
uniq.mlxreport repeated lines in a file (MLX addendum)[ uniq ]
unitsconversion program
unpackexpand compressed files
unsetdelete shell variables or shell functions from the environment
uptimeshow how long the system has been up
usersdisplay a compact list of users who are currently logged in
uucpUNIX-to-UNIX copy
uudecodedecode mailed files
uuencodeencode mailed files
uuglistlist of the service grades available on the UNIX system
uulogdisplay UUCP log files
uunamelist names of UUCP systems
uupickaccept/reject file transfer attempts
uustatuucp status inquiry and job control
uutoUNIX-to-UNIX file copy
uuxUNIX-to-UNIX command execution
vacationautomatically respond to incoming mail messages
valvalidate an SCCS file
vcversion control
vc.mlxversion control (MLX addendum)[ vc ]
viscreen-oriented (visual) display editor based on ex (MLX adden- dum)
wwho is logged in, and what are they doing
waitwait for background processes to terminate
wcword, character and line count
wc.mlxword count (MLX addendum)[ wc ]
wchecksearch for modified files (write check)
whatidentify files
what.mlxprint identification strings (MLX addendum)[ what ]
whatisdisplay a one-line summary about a keyword
whichlocate a command; display its pathname or alias
whoshow who is on the system
whoamidisplay the effective current username
whoisInternet user name directory service
writewrite to another user
write.mlxwrite to another user (MLX addendum)[ write ]
xargsconstruct argument list(s) and execute command
xpg4_shXPG4 shell[ xpg4sh ]
xstrextract strings from C programs to implement shared strings
yaccgenerate parser
yacc.mlxyet another compiler-compiler (MLX addendum)[ yacc ]
yesprints string repeatedly
ypcatdisplay the contents of a specific NIS file
ypmatchoutput selected information from an Network Information Ser- vice file
ypwhichdisplay the name of the NIS server
zcatdisplay compressed files in expanded form

1-ucb. BSD Compatibility Commands

aproposlocate commands by keyword lookup
basenamedisplay portions of pathnames
ccC compiler
chownchange file owner
deroffremove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs
dfreport free disk space on file systems
dudisplay the number of disk blocks used per directory or file
echoecho arguments
groupsdisplay a user's group memberships
installinstall files
ldlink editor, dynamic link editor
lnmake hard or symbolic links to files
loggeradd entries to the system log
lslist the contents of a directory
mailsend and receive mail
mandisplay reference manual pages; find reference pages by keyword
psdisplay the status of current processes
renicealter priority of running processes
rmailhandle remote mail received via uucp
sccsfront end for the Source Code Control System (SCCS)
sttyset the options for a terminal
sumcalculate a checksum for a file
testcondition evaluation command
trtranslate characters
tsetestablish or restore terminal characteristics[ tset, reset ]
vacationreply to mail automatically

1-ufs. UFS Commands

df_ufsreport free disk space on ufs file systems[ df (ufs) ]

1-vxfs. VxFS Commands

df_vxfsreport number of free disk blocks and inodes for a Veritas File System (VxFS)[ df (vxfs) ]

1C. Communications Commands

cu.mlxcall another operating system (MLX addendum)[ cu ]
uucpoperating system-to-operating system copy (MLX addendum)[ uucp, uulog, uuname ]
uuxoperating system-to-operating system command execution (MLX addendum)

1F. FMLI Commands

coproccommunicate with a process[ coproc: cocreate, cosend, cocheck, coreceive, codestroy ]
echoput string on virtual output
fmlcutcut out selected fields of each line of a file
fmlexprevaluate arguments as an expression
fmlgrepsearch a file for a pattern
getfrmreturns the current frameID number
getitemsreturns a list of currently marked menu items
indicatordisplay application specific alarms and/or the "working" indicator
messageputs its arguments on FMLI message line
pathconvsearch FMLI criteria for filename
readfilereads file, gets longest line[ readfile, longline ]
regexmatch patterns against a string
reinitruns an initialization file
resetreset the current form field to its default values
runrun an executable
setset and unset local or global environment variables[ set, unset ]
setcolorredefine or create a color
shellrun a command using shell
vsigsynchronize a co-process with the controlling FMLI application

1M. Maintenance Commands

Uutrytry to contact remote system with debugging on
acceptaccept or reject print requests[ accept, reject ]
accept.mlxallow or prevent LP requests (MLX addendum)[ accept, reject ]
acctoverview of accounting and miscellaneous accounting commands[ acct: acctdisk, acctdusg, accton, acctwtmp closewtmp, utmp2wtmp ]
acctcmscommand summary from per-process accounting records
acctconconnect-time accounting[ acctcon, acctcon1, acctcon2 ]
acctmergmerge or add total accounting files
acctprcprocess accounting[ acctprc, acctprc1, acctprc2 ]
acctshshell procedures for accounting[ acctsh: chargefee, ckpacct, dodisk, lastlogin, monacct, nulladm, prctmp, prdaily, prtacct, runacct, shutacct, startup, turnacct ]
acfarray configuration
adduseradd a new user login to the system
agestringcreate password aging information for entries in /etc/yppasswd
apcarray parity check
aprarray parity repair
arcarray reconstruction
arpaddress resolution display and control
automountautomatically mount NFS file systems
autopushconfigure lists of automatically pushed STREAMS modules
biodNFS daemon for asynchronous I/O
bootparamdboot parameter server
brcsystem initialization procedures[ brc, bcheckrc ]
canconvert array name
captoinfoconvert a termcap description into a terminfo description
catmancreate the "cat" files for the online man pages
checkmmchecks documents formatted with the mm macros[ checkmm, checkeq ]
chrootchange root directory for a command
chrtblgenerate character classification and conversion tables
ckbinarsysdetermine whether remote system can accept binary mes- sages
ckdateprompts for and validates a date[ ckdate, errdate, helpdate, valdate ]
ckgidprompts for and validates a group ID[ ckgid, errgid, helpgid, valgid ]
ckintdisplay a prompt; verify and return an integer value[ ckint, errint, helpint, valint ]
ckitembuild a menu; prompt for and return a menu item[ ckitem, erritem, helpitem ]
ckkeywdprompts for and validates a keyword
ckpathdisplay a prompt; verify and return a pathname[ ckpath, errpath, helppath, valpath ]
ckrangeprompts for and validates an integer[ ckrange, errange, helprange, valrange ]
ckstrdisplay a prompt; verify and return a string answer[ ckstr, errstr, helpstr, valstr ]
cktimedisplay a prompt; verify and return a time of day[ cktime, errtime, helptime, valtime ]
ckuidprompts for and validates a user ID[ ckuid, erruid, helpuid, valuid ]
ckyornprompts for and validates yes/no[ ckyorn, erryorn, helpyorn, valyorn ]
colltblcreate collation database
comsatbiff server[ comsat, in.comsat ]
contmergmerge contents files
crashexamine system images
cronclock daemon
dapsAutologic APS-5 typesetter filter
dcopycopy file systems for optimal access time
dd.mlxconvert and copy a file (MLX addendum)[ dd ]
delsysadmsysadm interface menu or task removal tool
deluserdelete a user's login from the system
devattrlists device attributes
devfreerelease devices from exclusive use
devnmdevice name
devreservreserve devices for exclusive use
dfmountsdisplay information on mounted NFS resources
dfshareslist available resources from remote or local systems
di10Imagen printer filter
diffmkmark differences between versions of an input file
digsend domain name query packets to name servers
dispadminprocess scheduler administration
dispgiddisplays a list of all valid group names
dispuiddisplays a list of all valid user names
dkstatreport disk I/O statistics
dnsqueryquery domain name servers using resolver(3N)
do.lev2more extensive evaluation of a tracex measurement
downloadhost resident PostScript font download
dposttroff postprocessor for PostScript printers
draidda daemon that monitors both channels of a RAID box
dumpsavesave a system dump
edquotaedit user quotas
edsysadmsysadm interface editing tool
eqntypeset mathematics[ eqn, neqn, checkeq ]
errsumsummarize system log files
erruserbrowse through system error log files
etherstatdisplay network interface statistics
fastbootreboot/halt the system without checking the disks[ fastboot, fasthalt ]
fdetachdetach a name from a STREAMS-based file descriptor
fflist file names and statistics for a file system[ ff (generic) ]
fingerdremote user information server[ fingerd, in.fingerd ]
flformatformat floppy disk
fpingsend ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
fromsmtpreceive RFC822 mail from SMTP
fsadm_vxfsresize or reorganize a Veritas File System (VxFS)[ fsadm ]
fscatcat a Veritas File System (VxFS)
fsckcheck and repair file systems[ fsck (generic) ]
fsdbs5 file system debugger (MLX addendum)[ fsdb (s5) ]
fsminforeport information about mounted file systems
fstinforeport information about installed file system types
fstypdetermine file system type
ftpdfile transfer protocol server[ ftpd, in.ftpd ]
fuseridentify processes using a file or file structure
fwtmpmanipulate connect accounting records[ fwtmp, wtmpfix ]
gatedgateway routing daemon
genalprogram for generating the German language exception list
getdevlists devices based on criteria
getdgrplists device groups which contain devices that match cri- teria
gettyset terminal type, modes, speed, and line discipline
getvolverifies device accessibility
grappic preprocessor for drawing graphs
groupaddadd (create) a new group definition on the system
groupdeldelete a group definition from the system
groupmodmodify a group definition on the system
grpckcheck group database entries
haltstop the processor
hostlook up host names using domain server
hyphenfind hyphenated words
idbuildbuild new system kernel
idcheckreturns selected information
idconfigproduce a new kernel configuration
idinstalladd, delete, update, or get device driver configuration data
idinstallfadd a driver component to the software installation data- base
idintconfprocess the idevice file
idmknodremoves nodes and reads specifications of nodes
idmkunixbuild new system kernel
idspaceinvestigates free space
idtuneattempts to set value of a tunable parameter
ifadminadministration tool for alias interfaces
ifconfigconfigure network interface parameters
inetdInternet services daemon
infocmpcompare or print out terminfo descriptions
initprocess control initialization[ init, telinit ]
initdumpfscreate file system for large memory dumps
initloglog console output
installfadd a file to the software installation database
intro_sarm1introduction to commands and application programs[ introsarm1 ]
iotailIO request statistics monitor
kbdcompcompile kbd tables
kbdloadload or link kbd tables
keyloadload keyboard tables
killallkill all active processes
labelitprovide labels for file systems[ labelit (generic) ]
ladlist array devices
launchitlaunch a process with special capabilities
linklink and unlink files and directories[ link, unlink ]
listdgrplists members of a device group
listennetwork listener daemon
lockd-clntdaemon for NLM clients
lockd-srvRPC service for NLM (Network Lock Manager)
log3displayevaluate log data
log3event_convertconvert event description parameters to an object format[ log3eventconvert ]
log3get_pevmanquery threshold monitoring status in the event management daemon[ log3getpevman ]
log3loggersend log information to the log server
log3set_pevmansend a notification to the event management daemon[ log3setpevman ]
loginslist user and system login information
logmsglog system startup messages
lpadminconfigure the LP print service
lpcline printer control program
lpfilteradminister filters used with the LP print service
lpformsadminister forms used with the LP print service
lpschedstart/stop the LP print service and move requests[ lpsched, lpshut, lpmove ]
lpsystemregister remote systems with the print service
lpusersset printing queue priorities
macadmindisplay/modify a MAC interface
macrefproduces cross-reference listing of macro files
mail.localstore mail in a mailbox
mail_pipeinvoke recipient command for incoming mail[ mailpipe ]
mailqprint the mail queue
mailstatsdisplay mail statistics
makedbmgenerate files in Network Information Service format
makedictbuild DBM dictionary
makemapcreate database maps for sendmail
map2systemupdate ASCII files on a NIS client from the standard server maps
mapchandisplay and configure terminal mapping
mapkeyconfigure monitor screen mapping[ mapkey, mapscrn, mapstr ]
meta2fun8-bit character converter
mkfsconstruct a file system[ mkfs (generic) ]
mknodmake a special file
mmprint documents formatted with the mm macros
mmttypeset document with mm/mv macros[ mmt, mvt ]
montblcreate monetary database
mountmount or unmount file systems and remote resources[ mount, umount (generic) ]
mountallmount, unmount multiple file systems[ mountall, umountall ]
mountdNFS mount request server
mpcntlstandard interface for multiprocessing-specific services
mpstatreport multi-processor statistics
muxcontrol connection to a cluster terminal
muxadmadministration of the DPTG2 monitor
muxmonDPTG2 monitor
mvdirmove a directory
named-xferancillary agent for inbound zone transfers
named.debugturns on debugging of named(1M)
namedInternet name server
named.reloadcause the name server to synchronize its database
named.restartstop and restart the name server
named.undebugturns off debugging of named(1M)
ncheckgenerate a list of path names versus i-numbers[ ncheck (generic) ]
ndcname daemon control interface
ndxcreate a subject-page index for a document
neqnformat mathematical text for nroff
netstatshow network status
newaliasesrebuild the database for the mail aliases file
newfsconstruct a new file system
newpasswdupdate /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group from the NIS maps (new procedure)[ newpasswd, newgroup ]
nfsdNFS daemon
nfslockadmdisplay and delete locks on an NFS server
nfsstatoutput statistical information about NFS and Remote Pro- cedure Calls (RPC)
nlsadminnetwork listener service administration
nlsadmin.mlxnetwork listener service administration (MLX addendum)[ nlsadmin ]
nrofftext formatting language
nslookupquery Internet name servers interactively
ntpdateset date and time by means of NTP
ntpqcommand for NTP status queries
ntptracetraces a chain of NTP systems back to the definitive timer
oldrdistremote file distribution program
osmstart/stop OSM osmd log daemon[ osm, S09osm ]
osmdlog OSM data
osxfsrestoreincremental file system restore for OSx (TOS) dump tapes
passmgmtpassword files management
pfdisablerevoke special processflags privileges from users
pfenablegrant special process flags privileges to users
pfprivlist special processflags privileges granted to users
pfprivslist all users with special processflags enabled
pictroff preprocessor for drawing pictures
picpackPostScript picture packing preprocessor
pingsend ICMP ECHOREQUEST packets to other systems
pkgaddtransfer software package to the system
pkgaskstore answers to a request script
pkgchkcheck accuracy of packages
pkgeksrmremove single correctional release (SCR) packages from sys- tem
pkginfodisplay software package information
pkgmkproduce an installable package
pkgparamdisplays package parameter values
pkgprotogenerate a prototype file
pkgrmremoves packages from the system
pkgtranstranslate package format
pmadmport monitor administration
postdaisyPostScript translator for Diablo 630 files
postdmdPostScript translator for DMD bitmap files
postioserial interface for PostScript printers
postmdmatrix display program for PostScript printers
postplotPostScript translator for plot graphics files
postprintPostScript translator for text files
postreversereverse the page order in a PostScript file
posttekPostScript translator for tektronix 4014 files
powerdownpower down the system and change the system status.
ppdPPP control daemon
procesolist processes and kernel memory usage
profilersystem profiler[ profiler: prfld, prfstat, prfdc, prfsnap, prfpr ]
ptxmake permuted index
putdevedits device table
putdgrpedits device group table
pwckpassword/group file checkers[ pwck, grpck ]
pwconvinstalls and updates /etc/shadow with information from /etc/passwd
quickddcopy a file
quotsummarize file system ownership
quotadisplay a user's disk quota and usage
quotacheckfile system quota consistency checker
quotaonturn file system quotas on and off[ quotaon, quotaoff ]
rarpdDARPA Reverse Address Resolution Protocol server[ rarpd, in.rarpd ]
rc0run commands performed to stop the operating system
rc1run commands performed to bring the system down for administra- tion
rc2run commands performed for multiuser environment
rc6run commands performed to stop and reboot the operating system
rcSrun commands performed to go to singleuser mode
rdateset system date from a remote host
rdistremote file distribution client program
rebootrestart the operating system
removefremove a file from software database
repquotasummarize quotas for a file system
rexecdremote execution server[ rexecd, in.rexecd ]
rfuadminRemote File Sharing notification shell script
rifmodify static entry in token ring RIF cache
rlogindremote login server[ rlogind, in.rlogind ]
routemanually manipulate the routing tables
routednetwork routing daemon[ routed, in.routed ]
rpcbinduniversal addresses to RPC program number mapper
rpcinforeport RPC information
rshdremote shell server[ rshd, in.rshd ]
runacctrun daily accounting
rusersdnetwork username server[ rusersd, rpc.rusersd ]
rwallwrite to all users over a network
rwalldnetwork rwall server[ rwalld, rpc.rwalld ]
rwhodsystem status server[ rwhod, in.rwhod ]
ryptransactivate or update global user accounts
sacservice access controller
sacadmservice access controller administration
sarsystem activity report package[ sar: sa1, sa2, sadc ]
savelogsave a log file into an archive directory
securecheck security
sendmailsend mail over the internet
setcolorset screen color[ setcolor, setcolour ]
setikdbenable/disable the Internal Kernel Debugger
setmntestablish mount table
setunamechanges machine information
setupinitialize system for first user
setup.mlxinitialize system for first user (MLX addendum)[ setup ]
sharemake local NFS resources available
shareallshare, unshare multiple NFS resources[ shareall, unshareall ]
shmcntlcontrol shared memory policy and activate shared memory alignment
showmountshow information on available or mounted NFS resources
shutdownshut down system, change system state
sihadmmanage SIH monitor
sihmonSIH monitor
slattachconfigure SLIP interfaces
sldetachdeactivate SLIP interfaces
slinkSTREAMS linker
smrshrestricted shell for sendmail
smtpsend SMTP mail to a remote host using Simple Mail Transfer Pro- tocol
smtpdreceive incoming SMTP messages
smtpqerqueue mail for delivery by SMTP
smtpschedprocess messages queued in the SMTP mail queue
smtstatdisplay FDDI station management (SMT) MIB attributes
snapend a tracex measurement
sprayspray packets
spraydspray server[ sprayd, rpc.sprayd ]
statdstatus monitor for status-dependent RPC services
straceprint STREAMS trace messages
strcleanSTREAMS error logger cleanup program
strerrSTREAMS error logger daemon
sttydefsmaintain line settings and hunt sequences for TTY ports
subjgenerate a list of subjects from a document
suloginaccess singleuser mode
swapswap administrative interface
syncflush system buffers
sysadmvisual interface to perform system administration (MLX adden- dum)
sysdefoutput system definition
syslogdlog system messages
talkdserver for talk program[ talkd, in.talkd ]
tblprepare tables for nroff or troff
tctroff output interpreter
tcpdumpdump traffic on a network
telnetdDARPA TELNET protocol server[ telnetd, in.telnetd ]
tftpdDARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server[ tftpd, in.tftpd ]
ticterminfo compiler
tic.mlxterminfo compiler (MLX addendum)[ tic ]
timedtime synchronization daemon[ timed, in.timed ]
timedccontrol program for the timed daemon
tnamedDARPA trivial name server[ tnamed, in.tnamed ]
tosmtpsend mail to SMTP
tracerouteoutput the route packets take to network host
trofftext formatting and typesetting
trpttransliterate protocol trace
trxchkconsistency checking of binary tracex log files
trxevallogical evaluation of a tracex measurement
trxindxcreate an index file to evaluate a tracex measurement using trxlook
trxiostatinput/output evaluation of a tracex measurement[ trxiostat, trxsys ]
trxlookcreate readable extracts of a tracex measurement
trxoutconvert a binary measurement file to an ASCII file
trxparmcreate a parameter file to evaluate a tracex measurement using trxlook
trxpatchdefine the internal system buffer size of tracex with a reboot
trxprocdetermine the process hierarchy of a tracex measurement
trxsetbufdefine the internal system buffer size of tracex without a reboot
tt_openbackground program for simple V24 tty printer ports[ ttopen ]
ttyadmformat and output port monitor-specific information
ttymonport monitor for terminal ports
tunefstune up an existing UFS file system
tunestatcheck resource usage of tunable parameters
txcstart a tracex measurement
uadminadministrative control
ufsdumpincremental file system dump
ufsrestoreincremental file system restore
ullcadminstart/stop an interface
unsharemake local NFS resource unavailable for mounting by remote systems
ups.rm400uninterruptible power supply control[ ups ]
useraddadminister a new user login on the system
userdeldelete a user's login from the system
usermodmodify a user's login information on the system
uucheckcheck the uucp directories and permissions file
uucicofile transport program for the uucp system
uucleanupuucp spool directory clean-up
uucleanup.mlxuucp spool directory clean-up (MLX addendum)[ uucleanup ]
uugettyset terminal type, modes, speed, and line discipline
uuschedthe scheduler for the uucp file transport program
uuxqtexecute remote command requests
viewdictview DBM dictionary
vifconfigconfigure virtual interface parameters
vigrpedit the group file
vmstatreport virtual memory statistics
volcopymake literal copy of file system[ volcopy (generic) ]
vtgettysets terminal type, modes, speed, and line discipline
vtlmgrmonitors and opens virtual terminals
vxdumpincremental file system dump
vxrestoreincremental file system restore
wallwrite to all users
wall.mlxwrite to all users (MLX addendum)[ wall ]
wchrtblgenerate character classification and conversion tables for ASCII and supplementary code sets
whodowho is doing what
xbloadload a workstation program onto a BA80 or TC20-V105 workstation[ xbload, load ]
xntpdNTP daemon[ xntpd, in.xntpd ]
ypinitset up masters and slaves
ypmakecreate files for the network information service[ ypmake: make ]
ypmixerupdate /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group from the NIS maps (old procedure)
yppasswdchange global user password
yppasswddchange passwords for network user accounts[ yppasswdd, in.yppasswdd ]
yppollquery the version of a NIS file
yppushcopy a NIS file to the slave servers
ypservNIS server and binder processes[ ypserv, ypbind ]
ypsetlink NIS daemons with one another
ypupdatedserver for changing NIS information
ypxfrtransfer a NIS file to the local host
ypxfr_servupdate daemon for auto-update clients[ ypxfrserv ]
zdumptime zone dumper
zictime zone compiler

1M-nfs. NFS Maintenance Commands

mount_nfsmount remote NFS resources[ mount ]

1M-ucb. BSD Compatible Maintenance Commands

catmancreate the "cat" files for the online man pages
pwckcheck password database entries
shutdownclose down the system at a given time

1M-ufs. UFS Maintenance Commands

ff_ufslist file names and statistics for a ufs file system[ ff (ufs) ]
fsck_ufsfile system consistency check and interactive repair[ fsck (ufs) ]
fsdb_ufsufs file system debugger[ fsdb (ufs) ]
labelit_ufsprovide labels for ufs file systems[ labelit ]
mkfs_ufsconstruct a ufs file system[ mkfs (ufs) ]
mount_ufsmount ufs file systems[ mount (ufs) ]
ncheck_ufsgenerate pathnames versus i-numbers for ufs file sys- tems[ ncheck (ufs) ]
volcopy_ufsmake a literal copy of a ufs file system[ volcopy (ufs) ]

1M-vxfs. VxFS Maintenance Commands

ff_vxfslist file names and inode information for a Veritas File System (VxFS)[ ff (vxfs) ]
fsck_vxfscheck and repair a Veritas File System (VxFS)[ fsck (vxfs) ]
fsdb_vxfsVeritas File System debugger (VxFS)[ fsdb (vxfs) ]
fstyp_vxfscheck for Veritas superblock as identifying sign of file system[ fstyp (vxfs) ]
labelit_vxfsprovide labels for a Veritas File System (VxFS)[ labelit (vxfs) ]
mkfs_vxfsconstruct a Veritas File System (VxFS)[ mkfs (vxfs) ]
mount_vxfsmount a Veritas File System (VxFS)[ mount (vxfs) ]
ncheck_vxfsgenerate path names from inode numbers for a Veritas File System (VxFS)[ ncheck (vxfs) ]
volcopy_vxfsmake a literal copy of a Veritas File System (VxFS)[ volcopy (vxfs) ]

2. System Calls

accessdetermine access permissions for a file
acctenable or disable process accounting
adjtimecorrect the time to allow synchronization of the system clock
alarmset a process alarm clock
brkchange data segment space allocation[ brk, sbrk ]
chdirchange working directory[ chdir, fchdir ]
chmodchange mode of file[ chmod, fchmod ]
chownchange owner and group of a file[ chown, lchown, fchown ]
chrootchange root directory
closeclose a file descriptor
creatcreate a new file or rewrite an existing one[ creat, creat64 ]
dupduplicate an open file descriptor
execexecute a file[ exec: execl, execv, execle, execve, execlp, execvp ]
exitterminate process[ exit, exit ]
fcntlcontrol an open file
forkcreate a new process
fpathconfget configurable pathname variables[ fpathconf, pathconf ]
fsyncsynchronize file status
getcontextamend user context[ getcontext, setcontext ]
getdentsconvert directory entries
getgroupsget/set group IDs[ getgroups, setgroups ]
getmsgget message off a stream[ getmsg, getpmsg ]
getpidget process IDs[ getpid, getpgrp, getppid, getpgid ]
getrlimitcontrol system resource usage[ getrlimit, setrlimit, getrlimit64, setrlimit64 ]
getrusageget information about resource utilization
getsidget session ID
getuidget user/group IDs[ getuid, geteuid, getgid, getegid ]
intro_prm2introduction to library func- tions[ introprm2, introprm3, introprm3m ]
ioctlcontrol devices and STREAMS
killsend a signal to a process or a group of processes
linkset up link to a file
lseekmove read/write file pointer[ lseek, lseek64 ]
memcntlcontrol memory management
mincoredetermine residency of memory pages
mkdirmake a directory
mknodmake directory, special file, or ordinary file
mmapmap pages of memory[ mmap, mmap64 ]
mountmount a file system
mprotectamend protection of memory mapping
msgctlprovide message control operations
msggetget identifier of message queue
msgopsend/receive message[ msgop: msgsnd, msgrcv ]
munmapterminate mapping of memory pages
mutexABI entry points for mutual exclusion
nicechange priority of a time-sharing process
openopen file for reading or writing[ open, open64 ]
pausesuspend process until signal
pipecreate an interprocess communication channel
plocklock or unlock process, text, or data
pollmultiplex STREAMS input/output
preadatomic position and read
priocntlprocess scheduler control
priocntlsetcontrol process scheduling[ priocntlset, setprocset ]
profilexecution time profile
ptraceprocess trace
putmsgsend a message on a stream[ putmsg, putpmsg ]
pwriteatomic position and write
readread from file[ read, readv ]
readlinkread the value of a symbolic link
renamechange the name of a file
rmdirremove a directory
semctlsemaphore control functions
semgetget semaphore identifier
semopsemaphore operations
setpgidset process group ID
setpgrpset process group ID
setsidset session ID
setuidset user and group IDs[ setuid, setgid ]
shmctlshared memory control functions
shmgetget shared memory segment identifier
shmopshared memory operations[ shmop: shmat, shmdt ]
sigactionget/amend signal actions
sigaltstackset or get signal alternate stack context
signalsimplified signal management[ signal, sigset, sighold, sigrelse, sigignore, sigpause ]
sigpendingexamine signals that are blocked and pending
sigprocmaskchange or test signal mask
sigsendsend a signal to a process or group of processes[ sigsend, sigsendset ]
sigsuspendinstall a signal mask and suspend process
statget file status[ stat, lstat, fstat, stat64, lstat64, fstat64 ]
statvfsget file system information[ statvfs, fstatvfs, statvfs64, fstatvfs64 ]
stimeset time
swapctlmanage swap space
symlinkmake a symbolic link to a file
syncupdate super block
sysfsget file system type information
sysinfoget and set system information
timeget time
timesget process and child process times
uadminadministrative functions
ulimitget and set process limits
umaskset and get file mode creation mask
umountunmount a file system
unameget name of current Reliant UNIX system
unlinkremove directory entry
ustatget file system statistics
utimeset file access and modification times
vforkspawn new process in virtual memory
waitwait for child process to stop or terminate[ wait, waitpid ]
waitidwait for child process to change state
writewrite into a file[ write, writev ]

3. Functions and Libraries

allocamemory allocator
bstringbit and byte string operations[ bstring: bcopy, bcmp, bzero ]
ctime_rthread-safe convert time and date to string[ ctimer, asctimer, localtimer ]
getdtblszget descriptor table size[ getdtablesize ]
getgrgid_rthread-safe get group database entry for a group ID[ getgrgidr ]
gethostent_rthread-safe get host name[ gethostentr, sethostentr, endhostentr ]
getpagesizeget system page size
getpriorityget/set program scheduling priority[ getpriority, setpriority ]
getpwnam_rthread-safe search user database for a user id or name[ getpwnamr, getpwuidr ]
getusrshlget legal user shells[ getusershell, setusershell, endusershell ]
getwdget current working directory pathname
indexstring operations[ index, rindex ]
killpgsend signal to a process group
mctlmemory management control
mkstempmake a unique file name
rand_rthread-safe pseudo-random number generator[ randr ]
randompseudo-random number functions[ random, srandom, initstate, setstate ]
readdir_rthread-safe read directory[ readdirr ]
rebootreboot system or halt processor
regexregular expression handler[ regex: recomp, reexec ]
scandirscan a directory[ scandir, alphasort ]
sigblockblock signals[ sigblock, sigmask ]
sigfpesignal handling for specific SIGFPE codes
sigintrpallow signals to interrupt system calls[ siginterrupt ]
sigpauseautomatically release blocked signals and wait for inter- rupt
sigsetmaskset current signal mask
sigstackset and/or get signal stack context
sigvecsoftware signal facilities
stringcase-insensitive string comparisons[ string: strcasecmp, strncasecmp ]
strtok_rsplit string into tokens[ strtokr ]
syscallindirect system call
ualarmschedule signal after interval in microseconds
usleepsuspend execution for interval in microseconds
utimesset file times
wait3wait for process to terminate or stop

3-thr. DCE Threads Library

DATA_TYPESdata types used by DCE Threads[ DATATYPES ]
atforkarranges for fork cleanup handling
exceptionsexception handling in DCE Threads
pthread_attr_createcreates a thread attributes object[ pthreadattrcreate ]
pthread_attr_deletedeletes a thread attributes object[ pthreadattrdelete ]
pthread_attr_getinheritschedobtains the inherit scheduling attri- bute[ pthreadattrgetinheritsched ]
pthread_attr_getprioobtains the scheduling priority attribute[ pthreadattrgetprio ]
pthread_attr_getschedobtains the value of the scheduling policy attribute[ pthreadattrgetsched ]
pthread_attr_getstacksizeobtains the value of the stacksize attri- bute[ pthreadattrgetstacksize ]
pthread_attr_setinheritschedchanges the inherit scheduling attri- bute[ pthreadattrsetinheritsched ]
pthread_attr_setpriochanges the scheduling priority attribute of thread creation[ pthreadattrsetprio ]
pthread_attr_setschedchanges the scheduling policy attribute of thread creation[ pthreadattrsetsched ]
pthread_attr_setstacksizechanges the stacksize attribute of thread creation[ pthreadattrsetstacksize ]
pthread_cancelallows a thread to request that it or another thread terminate execution[ pthreadcancel ]
pthread_cleanup_popremoves the cleanup handler at the top of the cleanup stack and optionally executes it[ pthreadcleanuppop ]
pthread_cleanup_pushestablishes a cleanup handler[ pthreadcleanuppush ]
pthread_cond_broadcastwakes all threads that are waiting on a con- dition variable[ pthreadcondbroadcast ]
pthread_cond_destroydeletes a condition variable[ pthreadconddestroy ]
pthread_cond_initcreates a condition variable[ pthreadcondinit ]
pthread_cond_signalwakes one thread that is waiting on a condition variable[ pthreadcondsignal ]
pthread_cond_timedwaitcauses a thread to wait for a condition vari- able to be signaled or broadcast[ pthreadcondtimedwait ]
pthread_cond_waitcauses a thread to wait for a condition variable to be signaled or broadcast[ pthreadcondwait ]
pthread_condattr_createcreates a condition variable attributes object[ pthreadcondattrcreate ]
pthread_condattr_deletedeletes a condition variable attributes object[ pthreadcondattrdelete ]
pthread_createcreates a thread object and thread[ pthreadcreate ]
pthread_delay_npcauses a thread to wait for a specified period[ pthreaddelaynp ]
pthread_detachmarks a thread object for deletion[ pthreaddetach ]
pthread_equalcompares one thread identifier to another thread iden- tifier[ pthreadequal ]
pthread_exitterminates the calling thread[ pthreadexit ]
pthread_get_expiration_npobtains a value representing a desired expiration time[ pthreadgetexpirationnp ]
pthread_getprioobtains the current priority of a thread[ pthreadgetprio ]
pthread_getschedulerobtains the current scheduling policy of a thread[ pthreadgetscheduler ]
pthread_getspecificobtains the thread-specific data associated with the specified key[ pthreadgetspecific ]
pthread_joincauses the calling thread to wait for the termination of a specified thread[ pthreadjoin ]
pthread_keycreategenerates a unique thread-specific data key value[ pthreadkeycreate ]
pthread_lock_global_nplocks the global mutex[ pthreadlockglobalnp ]
pthread_mutex_destroydeletes a mutex[ pthreadmutexdestroy ]
pthread_mutex_initcreates a mutex[ pthreadmutexinit ]
pthread_mutex_locklocks an unlocked mutex[ pthreadmutexlock ]
pthread_mutex_trylocklocks a mutex[ pthreadmutextrylock ]
pthread_mutex_unlockunlocks a mutex[ pthreadmutexunlock ]
pthread_mutexattr_createcreates a mutex attributes object[ pthreadmutexattrcreate ]
pthread_mutexattr_deletedeletes a mutex attributes object[ pthreadmutexattrdelete ]
pthread_mutexattr_getkind_npobtains the mutex type attribute used when a mutex is created[ pthreadmutexattrgetkindnp ]
pthread_mutexattr_setkind_npspecifies the mutex type attribute[ pthreadmutexattrsetkindnp ]
pthread_oncecalls an initialization routine executed by one thread, a single time[ pthreadonce ]
pthread_selfobtains the identifier of the current thread[ pthreadself ]
pthread_setasynccancelenables or disables the current thread's asynchronous cancelability[ pthreadsetasynccancel ]
pthread_setcancelenables or disables the current thread's general cancelability[ pthreadsetcancel ]
pthread_setpriochanges the current priority of a thread[ pthreadsetprio ]
pthread_setschedulerchanges the current scheduling policy and priority of a thread[ pthreadsetscheduler ]
pthread_setspecificsets the thread-specific data associated with the specified key for the current thread[ pthreadsetspecific ]
pthread_signal_to_cancel_npcancels the specified thread[ pthreadsignaltocancelnp ]
pthread_testcancelrequests delivery of a pending cancel to the current thread[ pthreadtestcancel ]
pthread_unlock_global_npunlocks a global mutex[ pthreadunlockglobalnp ]
pthread_yieldnotifies the scheduler that the current thread is wil- ling to release its processor[ pthreadyield ]
sigactionexamines and changes synchronous signal actions (POSIX software signal facilities)
sigpendingexamines pending signals (POSIX software signal facili- ties)
sigprocmaskexamines and changes blocked signals (POSIX software signal facilities)
sigwaitcauses a thread to wait for an asynchronous signal
thr_introintroduction to DCE Threads[ thrintro ]

3-ucb. BSD Compatibility Routines

signalsimplified software signal facilities

3C. C Library

a64lconvert between 32-bit integer and radix-64 ASCII string[ a64l, l64a ]
abortgenerate an abnormal termination signal
absreturn integer absolute value[ abs, labs ]
addsevdefine additional severities
addseveritybuild a list of severity levels
atexitadd program termination routine
bsd_signalsimplified signal facilities[ bsdsignal ]
bsearchbinary search a sorted table
btowcbyte conversion
catgetsread a program message
catopenopen/close a message catalog[ catopen, catclose ]
clockreport CPU time used
confstrget configurable variables
convconvert characters[ conv: toupper, tolower, toupper, tolower, toascii, towlower, towupper ]
cryptgenerate encryption of strings[ crypt, setkey, encrypt ]
ctimeconvert date and time to string[ ctime, localtime, gmtime, asctime, timezone, altzone, daylight, tzname, tzset ]
ctypecharacter handling[ ctype: isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii ]
dbmdata base subroutines[ dbm: dbminit, dbmclose, fetch, store, delete, firstkey, nextkey ]
difftimecompute the difference between two calendar times
directorydirectory operations[ directory: opendir, readdir, telldir, seekdir, rewinddir, closedir, readdir64 ]
divcompute the quotient and remainder[ div, ldiv ]
dm_settimeset all file times[ dmsettime, dmfsettime ]
doconfigexecute a configuration script
drand48generate uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers[ drand48, erand48, lrand48, nrand48, mrand48, jrand48, srand48, seed48, lcong48 ]
dup2duplicate an open file descriptor
ecvtconvert floating-point number to string[ ecvt, fcvt, gcvt ]
endlast locations in program[ end, etext, edata ]
fattachattach a STREAMS-based file descriptor to an object in the file system name space
fdetachdetach a name from a STREAMS-based file descriptor
ffsfind first set bit
fmtmsgdisplay a message on stderr or system console
fnmatchmatch filename or pathname
fpgetroundIEEE floating-point environment control[ fpgetround, fpsetround, fpgetmask, fpsetmask, fpgetsticky, fpsetsticky ]
frexpmanipulate parts of floating-point numbers[ frexp, ldexp, logb, ilogb, nextafter, scalb, modf, modff ]
fsetposreposition a file pointer in a stream[ fsetpos, fgetpos, fsetpos64, fgetpos64 ]
ftimeget date and time
ftwwalk a file tree[ ftw, nftw, ftw64, nftw64 ]
fwidewide-character stream orientation
getcwdget pathname of current working directory
getdateconvert date and time
getenvreturn value for environment name
getgrentget group file entry[ getgrent, getgrgid, getgrnam, setgrent, endgrent, fgetgrent ]
getitimerget/set value of interval timer[ getitimer, setitimer ]
getloginget login name
getmntentget mnttab file entry[ getmntent, getmntany ]
getoptget option letter from argu- ment vector[ getopt, optarg, optind, opterr, optopt ]
getopt.mlxget option letter from argument vector (MLX addendum)[ getopt ]
getpassread a password
getpwget user name
getpwentamend password file entry[ getpwent, getpwuid, getpwnam, setpwent, endpwent, fgetpwent ]
getspentamend shadow password file entry[ getspent, getspnam, lckpwdf, ulckpwdf, setspent, endspent, fgetspent ]
getsuboptparse suboptions from a string
gettimeofdayget or set the date and time[ gettimeofday, settimeofday ]
gettxtretrieve text string from a message file
gettxt.mlxretrieve a text string (MLX addendum)[ gettxt ]
getutaccess utmp file entry[ getut: getutent, getutid, getutline, pututline, setutent, endutent, utmpname ]
getutxaccess utmpx file entry[ getutx: getutxent, getutxid, getutxline, pututxline, setutxent, endutxent, utmpxname, getutmp, getutmpx, updwtmp, updwtmpx ]
getvfsentget vfstab file entry[ getvfsent, getvfsfile, getvfsspec, getvfsany ]
globgenerate pathnames matching a pattern[ glob, globfree ]
grantptgrant access to the slave pseudo-terminal device
hrtalarmhigh resolution timer alarm
hrtcntlhigh resolution timer control
hsearchmanage hash search tables[ hsearch, hcreate, hdestroy ]
iconvcode conversion function
iconv_closecode conversion deallocation function[ iconvclose ]
iconv_opencode conversion allocation function[ iconvopen ]
initgroupsinitialize the supplementary group access list
insqueinsert or remove an element in a queue[ insque, remque ]
isastreamtest a file descriptor
isnandetermine type of floating-point number[ isnan, isnand, isnanf, finite, fpclass, unordered ]
l3tolconvert numbers between types[ l3tol, ltol3 ]
lfmt.mlxdisplay error message in standard format and pass to logging and monitoring services (MLX addendum)[ lfmt ]
localeconvget numeric formatting information
lockflock file records[ lockf, lockf64 ]
lsearchlinear search and amendment[ lsearch, lfind ]
makecontextamend user contexts[ makecontext, swapcontext ]
makedevmanage a device number[ makedev, major, minor ]
mallocmemory allocator[ malloc, free, realloc, calloc, memalign, valloc ]
mbcharmultibyte character conversion[ mbchar: mbtowc, mblen, wctomb, mbrlen, mbrtowc, wcrtomb ]
mbsinitinitial shift state
mbstringmultibyte string functions[ mbstring: mbstowcs, wcstombs, mbsrtowcs, wcsrtombs ]
memorymemory operations[ memory: memccpy, memchr, memcmp, memcpy, memmove, memset, wmemchr, wmemcmp, wmemcpy, wmemmove, wmemset ]
mkfifocreate a new FIFO special file
mktempmake a unique filename
mktimeconvert a tm structure to a calendar time
mlocklock (or unlock) pages in memory[ mlock, munlock ]
mlockalllock or unlock address space[ mlockall, munlockall ]
monitorprepare execution profile
msyncsynchronize storage
ndbmdatabase functions[ ndbm: dbmclearerr, dbmclose, dbmdelete, dbmerror, dbmfetch, dbmfirstkey, dbmnextkey, dbmopen, dbmstore ]
nl_langinfoget language information[ nllanginfo ]
offsetofoffset of structure member
perrorprint system error messages
pfmt.mlxdisplay error message in standard format (MLX addendum)[ pfmt ]
pollbunchmultiplex input/output: more powerful version of the poll(2) system call[ pollbunch, pollwhich ]
psignaloutput system signal messages[ psignal, psiginfo ]
ptsnameget name of the slave pseudo-terminal device
putenvchange/add environment variables
putpwentwrite password file entry
putspentwrite shadow password file entry
qsortsort using quicksort
raisesend signal to program
randsimple random-number generator[ rand, srand ]
readdirdirectory operation
realpathoutput the real filename
regcompregular expression matching[ regcomp, regexec, regerror, regfree ]
removeremove file
seclibsecurity library
seclib_logincontextallocating and deallocating the login context structure[ secliblogincontext ]
seclib_miscmiscellaneous security library functions[ seclibmisc ]
seclib_passentrypassword entry and checking functions[ seclibpassentry ]
seclib_passqualsupplemental checking of a user password entry[ seclibpassqual ]
seclib_passwdset a new user password as required[ seclibpasswd ]
seclib_ruserokchecking automatic login[ seclibruserok ]
seclib_sectermthe root user may only log in at a secure location[ seclibsecterm ]
seclib_twindowsthe user may only log in on authorized terminals and at authorized times[ seclibtwindows ]
selectsynchronous I/O multiplex- ing[ select, FDCLR, FDISSET, FDSET, FDZERO ]
setcatdefine default catalog
setjmpnon-local goto[ setjmp, longjmp ]
setlabeldefine the label for pfmt() and lfmt().
setlocaleset/query a program's locale
setregidset real and effective group IDs
setreuidset real and effective user IDs
sigsetjmpa non-local goto with signal state[ sigsetjmp, siglongjmp ]
sigsetopsmanipulate sets of signals[ sigsetops: sigemptyset, sigfillset, sigaddset, sigdelset, sigismember ]
sleepsuspend execution
ssignalsoftware signals[ ssignal, gsignal ]
stdipcstandard interprocess communication package[ stdipc: ftok ]
strcollstring collation
strerrorget error message
strfmonconvert monetary value to string
strftimeconvert date and time to string[ strftime, cftime, ascftime ]
stringmanipulate strings[ string: strcat, strdup, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strstr ]
strptimedate and time conversion
strtodconvert string to double-precision number[ strtod, atof ]
strtolconvert string to integer[ strtol, strtoul, atol, atoi, strtoll, strtoull, atoll ]
strxfrmstring transformation
swabswap bytes
sysconfget configurable system variables
syslogcontrol system log[ syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask ]
termiosgeneral terminal interface[ termios: tcgetattr, tcsetattr, tcsendbreak, tcdrain, tcflush, tcflow, cfgetospeed, cfsetospeed, cfgetispeed, cfsetispeed, tcgetpgrp, tcsetpgrp, tcgetsid ]
timesget process times
timezoneget time zone name given offset from GMT
towctranswide-character mapping
truncateset a file to a speci- fied length[ truncate, ftruncate, truncate64, ftruncate64 ]
tsearchmanage binary search trees[ tsearch, tfind, tdelete, twalk ]
ttynamefind name of a terminal[ ttyname, isatty ]
ttyslotfind the slot in the utmp file of the current user
unlockptunlock a pseudo-terminal master/slave pair
vlfmtdisplay error message in standard format and pass to logging and monitoring services
vpfmtdisplay error message in standard format and pass to logging and monitoring services
wcscollwide character string comparison collating information
wcsftimeconvert date and time to wide character string
wcstodconvert wide character string to double-precision number
wcstolconvert wide character string to long integer[ wcstol, wcstoul ]
wcsxfrmwide character string transformation
wctobwide-character conversion
wctranswide-character mapping
wctypedefine character class
wcwidthnumber of column positions of a wide character code[ wcwidth, wcswidth ]
wordexpperform word expansions[ wordexp, wordfree ]
wstringwide character string operations[ wstring: wcscat, wcsncat, wcschr, wcsrchr, wcscmp, wcsncmp, wcscpy, wcsncpy, wcsspn, wcscspn, wcslen, wcspbrk, wcstok, wcswcs, wcsstr ]
wtypeclassif- ication of wide character codes[ wtype: iswalnum, iswalpha, iswcntrl, iswdigit, iswgraph, iswlower, iswprint, iswpunct, iswspace, iswupper, iswxdigit, iswctype ]

3C-ucb. BSD Compatible C Library

gethostname.ucbget/set name of current host[ gethostname, sethostname ]
gettimeofdayget or set the date and time[ gettimeofday, settimeofday ]
nicechange priority of a process
psignalsystem signal messages[ psignal, syssiglist ]
randsimple random-number generator[ rand, srand ]
setjmpnon-local goto[ setjmp, longjmp, setjmp, longjmp ]
sleepsuspend execution for interval

3E. ELF Library

elfobject file access library
elf_beginmake a file descriptor[ elfbegin ]
elf_cntlcontrol a file descriptor[ elfcntl ]
elf_endfinish using an object file[ elfend ]
elf_errmsgerror handling[ elferrmsg, elferrno ]
elf_fillset fill byte[ elffill ]
elf_flagmanipulate flags[ elfflag: elfflagdata, elfflagehdr, elfflagelf, elfflagphdr, elfflagscn, elfflagshdr ]
elf_fsizereturn the size of an object file[ elffsize: elf32fsize ]
elf_getarhdrretrieve archive member header[ elfgetarhdr ]
elf_getarsymretrieve archive symbol table[ elfgetarsym ]
elf_getbaseget the base offset for an object file[ elfgetbase ]
elf_getdataget section data[ elfgetdata, elfnewdata, elfrawdata ]
elf_getehdrretrieve class-dependent object file header[ elfgetehdr ]
elf_getidentretrieve file identification data[ elfgetident ]
elf_getphdrretrieve class-dependent program header table[ elfgetphdr: elf32getphdr, elf32newphdr ]
elf_getscnget section informa- tion[ elfgetscn, elfndxscn, elfnewscn, elfnextscn ]
elf_getshdrretrieve class-dependent section header[ elfgetshdr ]
elf_hashcompute hash value[ elfhash ]
elf_kinddetermine file type[ elfkind ]
elf_nextaccess archive member sequentially[ elfnext ]
elf_randaccess random archive member[ elfrand ]
elf_rawfileretrieve uninterpreted file contents[ elfrawfile ]
elf_strptrmake a string pointer[ elfstrptr ]
elf_updateupdate an ELF descriptor[ elfupdate ]
elf_versioncoordinate ELF versions[ elfversion ]
elf_xlateclass-dependent data translation[ elfxlate: elf32xlatetof, elf32xlatetom ]
nlistget entries from name list

3G. General Purpose Library

basenamereturn the last element of a path name
bgetsread stream up to next delimiter
bufsplitsplit buffer into fields
copylistcopy a file into memory
dirnameoutput parent directory name
gmatchshell global pattern matching
isencryptdetermine whether a character buffer is encrypted
mkdirpcreate/remove directories in a path[ mkdirp, rmdirp ]
p2openopen/close pipe for a command[ p2open, p2close ]
pathfindsearch for named file in named directories
regcmpcompile and execute regular expression[ regcmp, regex ]
regexprregular expression compile and match routines[ regexpr: compile, step, advance, loc1, loc2, locs, nbra, regerrno, reglength, braslist, braelist ]
stramend strings[ str: strfind, strrspn, strtrns ]
strccpycopy strings[ strccpy, streadd, strcadd, strecpy ]

3K. Kanji Processing Routines

ceuctoibmjconvert a character from EUC to IBM host code
cibmjtoeucconvert a character from IBM host code to EUC
ckconvkanji character conversions[ ckconv, cjistosj, cjistouj, csjtojis, csjtouj, cujtojis, cujtosj ]
euctoibmjconvert a string from EUC to IBM host code
fkcodekanji code detector
fkconvkanji code converter
fkeuctoibmjEUC to IBM host code kanji converter
fkibmjtoeucIBM host code to EUC kanji converter
fkverifyvalidate a kanji code stream
ibmjtoeucconvert a string from EUC to IBM host code
kconvkanji code converter
keuctoibmjEUC to IBM host code kanji converter
kibmjtoeucIBM host code to EUC kanji converter
seuctoibmjconvert a string from EUC to IBM host code
sibmjtoeucconvert a string from EUC to IBM host code
skconvkanji string conversions[ skconv, jis7tosj, jis7touj, jis8tosj, jis8touj, jistosj, jistouj, sjtojis, sjtojis7, sjtojis8, sjtouj, ujtojis, ujtojis7, ujtojis8, ujtosj ]

3M. Math Library

besselBessel functions[ bessel: j0, j1, jn, y0, y1, yn ]
erferror function and complementary error function[ erf, erfc ]
expexponential, logarithm, power, square root functions[ exp, expf, expm1, cbrt, log, logf, log10, log10f, log1p, pow, powf, sqrt, sqrtf ]
floatingpntIEEE floating point definitions[ floatingpoint ]
floorfloor, ceiling, remainder, absolute value functions[ floor, floorf, ceil, ceilf, copysign, fmod, fmodf, fabs, fabsf, rint, remainder ]
gammalog gamma function[ gamma, lgamma ]
hypotEuclidean distance function
ieee_funcsmiscellaneous functions for IEEE arithmetic[ ieeefunctions, fpclass, isnan, copysign, scalbn ]
ieee_handlerIEEE exception trap handler function[ ieeehandler ]
matherrerror-handling function
sinhhyper- bolic functions[ sinh, sinhf, cosh, coshf, tanh, tanhf, asinh, acosh, atanh ]
trigtrigonometric functions[ trig: sin, sinf, cos, cosf, tan, tanf, asin, asinf, acos, acosf, atan, atanf, atan2, atan2f ]

3N. Network Support Library

acceptaccept a connection on a socket
bindbind a name to a socket
byteorderconvert values between host and network byte order[ byteorder: htonl, htons, ntohl, ntohs ]
connectinitiate a connection on a socket
dialestablish an outgoing terminal line connection
ethersMAC address mapping operations[ ethers: etherntoa, etheraton, etherntohost, etherhostton, etherline ]
gethostentget host names[ gethostent, gethostbyaddr, gethostbyname, sethostent, endhostent ]
gethostidget/set unique identifier of current host[ gethostid, sethostid ]
getnetconfigget network configuration database entry[ getnetconfig, setnetconfig, endnetconfig, getnetconfigent, freenetconfigent ]
getnetentget net- work entry[ getnetent, getnetbyaddr, getnetbyname, setnetent, endnetent ]
getnetpathget /etc/netconfig entry corre- sponding to NETPATH component[ getnetpath, setnetpath, endnetpath ]
getpeernameget name of the associated partner
getprotoentget entry in protocol file[ getprotoent, getprotobynumber, getprotobyname, setprotoent, endpro- toent ]
getrlentget remote lock entry[ getrlent, setrlent, endrlent, getrlclient, getrlfile ]
getserventget service entry[ getservent, getservbyport, getservbyname, setservent, endservent ]
getsocknameget socket name
getsockoptquery and set options on sockets[ getsockopt, setsockopt ]
inetInternet address manipulation[ inet: inetaddr, inetnetwork, inetmakeaddr, inetlnaof, inetnetof, inetntoa ]
listenlisten for connection requests on a socket
netdirgeneric transport name-to-address translation[ netdir: netdirgetbyname, netdirgetbyaddr, netdirfree, taddr2uaddr, uaddr2taddr, netdirperror, netdiroptions, netdirsperror ]
nlsgetcallget client's data passed via the listener
nlsproviderget name of transport provider
nlsrequestformat and send listener service request message
recvreceive a message from a socket[ recv, recvfrom, recvmsg ]
remove_rlockdelete remote lock entry[ removerlock ]
resolverresolver routines[ resolver: resquery, ressearch, resmkquery, ressend, resinit, dncomp, dnexpand ]
rexecexecute command on a remote host
rpclibrary routines for remote procedure calls
rpc_clnt_aulibrary routines for client side remote pro- cedure call authentication[ rpcclntauth: authdestroy, authnonecreate, authsyscreate, authsyscreatedefault ]
rpc_clnt_cllibrary routines for client side calls[ rpcclntcalls: clntcall, clntfreeres, clntgeterr, clntperrno, clntperror, clntsperrno, clntsperror, rpcbroadcast, rpccall ]
rpc_clnt_crlibrary routines for dealing with creation and manipulation of CLIENT handles[ rpcclntcreate: clntcontrol, clntcreate, clntdestroy, clntdgcreate, clntpcreateerror, clntrawcreate, clntspcreateerror, clnttlicreate, clnttpcreate, clntvccreate ]
rpc_svc_clslibrary routines for registering servers[ rpcsvccalls: rpcreg, svcreg, svcunreg, xprtregister, xprtunregister ]
rpc_svc_crlibrary routines for dealing with the creation of server handles[ rpcsvccreate: svccreate, svcdestroy, svcdgcreate, svcfdcreate, svcrawcreate, svctlicreate, svctpcreate, svcvccreate ]
rpc_svc_errlibrary routines for server side remote procedure call errors[ rpcsvcerr: svcerrauth, svcerrdecode, svcerrnoproc, svcerrnoprog, svcerrprogvers, svcerrsystemerr, svcerrweakauth ]
rpc_svc_reglibrary routines for RPC servers[ rpcsvcreg: svcfreeargs, svcgetargs, svcgetreqset, svcgetrpccaller, svcrun, svcsendreply ]
rpc_xdrXDR library routines for remote procedure calls[ rpcxdr: xdracceptedreply, xdrauthsysparms, xdrcallhdr, xdrcallmsg, xdropaqueauth, xdrrejectedreply, xdrreplymsg ]
rpcbindlibrary routines for RPC bind service[ rpcbind: rpcbgetmaps, rpcbgetaddr, rpcbgettime, rpcbrmtcall, rpcbset, rpcbunset ]
rusersreturn information about users on remote machines
rwallwrite to specified remote machines
sendsend a message from a socket[ send, sendto, sendmsg ]
shutdownshut down part of a full-duplex connection
socketcreate an endpoint for communication
socketpaircreate a pair of connected sockets
sprayscatter data in order to check the network
t_acceptaccept a connect request[ taccept ]
t_allocallocate a library structure[ talloc ]
t_bindbind an address to a transport endpoint[ tbind ]
t_closeclose a transport endpoint[ tclose ]
t_connectestablish a connection with another transport user[ tconnect ]
t_errorproduce error message[ terror ]
t_freefree a library structure[ tfree ]
t_getinfoget protocol-specific service information[ tgetinfo ]
t_getstateget the current state[ tgetstate ]
t_listenlisten for a connect request[ tlisten ]
t_looklook at the current event on a transport endpoint[ tlook ]
t_openestablish a transport endpoint[ topen ]
t_optmgmtmanage options for a transport endpoint[ toptmgmt ]
t_rcvreceive data or expedited data sent over a connection[ trcv ]
t_rcvconnectreceive the confirmation from a connect request[ trcvconnect ]
t_rcvdisretrieve information from disconnect[ trcvdis ]
t_rcvrelacknowledge receipt of an orderly release indication[ trcvrel ]
t_rcvudatareceive a data unit[ trcvudata ]
t_rcvuderrreceive a unit data error indication[ trcvuderr ]
t_sndsend data or expedited data over a connection[ tsnd ]
t_snddissend user-initiated disconnect request[ tsnddis ]
t_sndrelinitiate an orderly release[ tsndrel ]
t_sndudatasend a data unit[ tsndudata ]
t_syncsynchronize transport library[ tsync ]
t_unbinddisable a transport endpoint[ tunbind ]
xdrlibrary routines for external data representation
xdr_adminlibrary routines for external data representation[ xdradmin: xdrgetpos, xdrinline, xdrreceof, xdrsetpos ]
xdr_complexlibrary routines for external data representation[ xdrcomplex: xdrarray, xdrbytes, xdropaque, xdrpointer, xdrreference, xdrstring, xdrunion, xdrvector, xdrwrapstring ]
xdr_createlibrary routines for external data representation stream creation[ xdrcreate: xdrdestroy, xdrmemcreate, xdrreccreate, xdrstdiocreate ]
xdr_simplelibrary routines for external data representa- tion[ xdrsimple: xdrbool, xdrchar, xdrdouble, xdrenum, xdrfloat, xdrfree, xdrint, xdrlong, xdrshort, xdruchar, xdrulong, xdrushort, xdrvoid ]
yp_updatechanges yp information[ ypupdate ]
ypclntYP client interface[ ypclnt: ypgetdefaultdomain, ypbind, ypunbind, ypmatch, ypfirst, ypnext, ypall, yporder, ypmaster, yperrstring, ypproterr ]

3N-xs. X/Open Sockets Library

accept.xsaccept a new connection on a socket[ accept ]
bind.xsbind a name to a socket[ bind ]
byteorder.xsconvert values between host and network byte order[ byteorder: htonl, htons, ntohl, ntohs ]
connect.xsconnect a socket[ connect ]
gethostent.xsnetwork host database functions[ gethostent, gethostbyaddr, gethostbyname, sethostent, endhostent ]
gethostname.xsget name of current host[ gethostname ]
getnetent.xsnetwork database functions[ getnetent, getnetbyaddr, getnetbyname, setnetent, endnetent ]
getpeername.xsget the name of the peer socket[ getpeername ]
getprotoent.xsnetwork protocol database functions[ getprotoent, getprotobynumber, getprotobyname, setprotoent, endprotoent ]
getservent.xsnetwork services database functions[ getservent, getservbyport, getservbyname, setservent, endservent ]
getsockname.xsget the socket name[ getsockname ]
getsockopt.xsget the socket options[ getsockopt ]
inet.xsInternet address manipulation[ inet: inetaddr, inetnetwork, inetmakeaddr, inetlnaof, inetnetof, inetntoa ]
listen.xslisten for socket connections and limit the queue of incoming connections[ listen ]
recv.xsreceive a message from a connected socket[ recv ]
recvfrom.xsreceive a message from a socket[ recvfrom ]
recvmsg.xsreceive a message from a socket[ recvmsg ]
send.xssend a message on a socket[ send ]
sendmsg.xssend a message on a socket using a message structure[ sendmsg ]
sendto.xssend a message on a socket[ sendto ]
setsockopt.xsset the socket options[ setsockopt ]
shutdown.xsshut down socket send and receive operations[ shutdown ]
socket.xscreate an endpoint for communication[ socket ]
socketpair.xscreate a pair of connected sockets[ socketpair ]

3S. Standard I/O Library

ctermidgenerate filename for terminal
cuseridgenerate string for user's name
fcloseclose or flush a stream[ fclose, fflush ]
ferrorstream status inquiries[ ferror, feof, clearerr, fileno ]
fgetwcget a wide character code from a stream[ fgetwc, getwc, getwchar ]
fgetwsget wide character string from a stream
fopenopen a stream[ fopen, freopen, fdopen, fopen64, freopen64 ]
fputwcput wide character code on a stream[ fputwc, putwc, putwchar ]
fputwsput wide character string on a stream
freadbinary input/output[ fread, fwrite ]
fseekreposition a file pointer in a stream[ fseek, rewind, ftell, fseeko, fseeko64, ftello, ftello64 ]
fwprintfformat- ted wide-character output[ fwprintf, wprintf, swprintf, vfwprintf, vwprintf, vswprintf ]
fwscanfformatted wide-character input[ fwscanf, wscanf, swscanf ]
getcget character or word from a stream[ getc, getchar, fgetc, getw ]
getsget a string from a stream[ gets, fgets ]
popenopen/close a pipe to a command[ popen, pclose ]
printfprint formatted output[ printf, fprintf, sprintf ]
putcoutput character/word on a stream[ putc, putchar, fputc, putw ]
putsput a string on a stream[ puts, fputs ]
scanfformatted input[ scanf, fscanf, sscanf ]
setbufassign buffering to a stream[ setbuf, setvbuf ]
setbufferassign buffering to a stream[ setbuffer, setlinebuf ]
sprintfformatted output conversion[ sprintf, vsprintf ]
stdiostandard buffered input/output streams[ stdio: stdin, stdout, stderr ]
systemissue a shell command
tmpfilecreate a temporary file[ tmpfile, tmpfile64 ]
tmpnamcreate a name for a temporary file[ tmpnam, tempnam ]
ungetcpush character back onto input stream[ ungetc, ungetwc ]
vprintfprint formatted output of a variable argument list[ vprintf, vfprintf, vsprintf, vwprintf, vfwprintf, vswprintf ]

3S-ucb. BSD Compatible Standard I/O Library

fopenopen a stream[ fopen, freopen ]

3W. International Library

getwcget wchart character from a stream[ getwc, getwchar, fgetwc ]
getwidthget byte and screen widths of supplementary code sets
getwsget a wchart string from a stream[ getws, fgetws ]
jconvtranslate Japanese char- acters[ jconv: tojupper, tojlower, tojhira, tojkata ]
jctypeclassify Japanese characters[ jctype: isjis, isjspecial, isjspace, isjparen, isjdigit, isjalpha, isjhira, isjkata, isjkanji, isjhankana ]
mbcharmultibyte character conversion (MLX addendum)[ mbchar: mbtowc, wctomb, mblen ]
mbstringmultibyte string conversion (MLX adden- dum)[ mbstring: mbstowcs, wctombs ]
printf.mlxprint formatted output (MLX addendum)[ printf, fprintf, sprintf ]
putwcput wchart character on a stream[ putwc, putwchar, fputwc ]
putwsput a wchart string on a stream[ putws, fputws ]
scanf.mlxconvert formatted input (MLX addendum)[ scanf, fscanf, sscanf ]
ungetwcpush wchart character back into input stream
vprintf.mlxprint formatted output of a variable argument list (MLX addendum)[ vprintf, vfprintf, vsprintf ]
wconvtranslate characters[ wconv: towupper, towlower ]
wctypeclassify ASCII and supplementary code set characters[ wctype: iswalpha, iswupper, iswlower, iswdigit, iswxdigit, iswalnum, iswspace, iswpunct, iswprint, iswgraph, iswcntrl, iswascii, isphono- gram, isideogram, isenglish, isnumber, isspecial ]
widecmultibyte character I/O routines
wstringwchar_t string operations and type transformation[ wstring: wscat, wsncat, wscmp, wsncmp, wscpy, wsncpy, wslen, wschr, wsrchr, wspbrk, wsspn, wscspn, wstok, wstostr, strtows ]

3X. Miscellaneous Libraries

COLSnumber of columns on terminal screen
LINESnumber of lines on terminal screen
add_wchadd a complex character and rendition to a window[ addwch, mvaddwch, mvwaddwch, waddwch ]
add_wchnstradd an array of complex characters and renditions to a window[ addwchnstr, addwchstr, mvaddwchnstr, mvaddwchstr, mvwaddwchnstr, mvwaddwchstr, waddwchnstr, waddwchstr ]
addchadd a single-byte character and rendition to a window and advance the cursor[ addch, mvaddch, mvwaddch, waddch ]
addchstradd string of single-byte char- acters and renditions to a window[ addchstr, addchnstr, mvaddchstr, mvaddchnstr, mvwaddchstr, mvwaddchnstr, waddchstr, waddchnstr ]
addnstradd a string of multi-byte characters without rendition to a window and advance cursor[ addnstr, addstr, mvaddnstr, mvaddstr, mvwaddnstr, mvwaddstr waddnstr, waddstr ]
addnwstradd a wide-character string to a window and advance the cursor[ addnwstr, addwstr, mvaddnwstr, mvaddwstr, mvwaddnwstr, mvwaddwstr, waddnwstr, waddwstr ]
assertverify program assertion
attr_getwindow attribute control functions[ attrget, attroff, attron, attrset, colorset, wattrget, wattroff, wattron, wattrset, wcolorset ]
attroffrestricted window attribute control functions[ attroff, attron, attrset, wattroff, wattron, wattrset ]
baudrateget terminal baud rate
beepaudible signal
bkgdturn off the previous back- ground attributes[ bkgd, bkgdset, getbkgd, wbkgd, wbkgdset ]
bkgrndturn off the previous background attributes[ bkgrnd, bkgrndset, getbkgrnd, wbkgrnd, wbkgrndset, wgetbkgrnd ]
borderdraw borders from single-byte characters and rendi- tions[ border, wborder ]
border_setdraw borders from complex characters and renditions[ borderset, wborderset ]
boxdraw borders from single-byte characters and renditions
box_setdraw borders from complex characters and renditions[ boxset ]
can_change_colorcolour manipulation functions[ canchangecolor, colorcontent, COLORPAIR, hascolors, initcolor, initpair, startcolor, paircontent, PAIRNUMBER, COLORPAIRS, COLORS ]
cbreakinput mode control functions[ cbreak, nocbreak, noraw, raw ]
chgatchange renditions of characters in a window[ chgat, mvchgat, mvwchgat, wchgat ]
clearclear a window[ clear, erase, wclear, werase ]
clearokterminal output control functions[ clearok, idlok, leaveok, scrollok, setscrreg, wsetscrreg ]
clrtobotclear from cursor to end of window[ clrtobot, wclrtobot ]
clrtoeolclear from cursor to end of line[ clrtoeol, wclrtoeol ]
copywincopy a region of a window
cryptpassword and file encryption functions[ crypt, setkey, encrypt, descrypt, dessetkey, desencrypt, runsetkey, runcrypt, cryptclose ]
cur_termcurrent terminal information[ curterm ]
curs_addwchadd a wchart character (with attributes) to a curses window and advance cursor[ cursaddwch: addwch, waddwch, mvaddwch, mvwaddwch, echowchar, wechowchar ]
curs_addwchstradd string of wchart characters (and attributes) to a curses window[ cursaddwchstr: addwchstr, addwchnstr, waddwchstr, waddwchnstr, mvaddwchstr, mvaddwchnstr, mvwaddwchstr, mvwaddwchnstr ]
curs_addwstradd a string of wchart charac- ters to a curses window and advance cursor[ cursaddwstr: addwstr, addnwstr, waddwstr, waddnwstr, mvaddwstr, mvaddnwstr, mvwaddwstr, mvwaddnwstr ]
curs_getstr.mlxget character strings from curses terminal keyboard (MLX addendum)[ cursgetstr: getstr, wgetstr, wgetnstr, mvgetstr, mvwgetstr ]
curs_getwchget (or push back) wchart characters from curses terminal keyboard[ cursgetwch: getwch, wgetwch, mvgetwch, mvwgetwch, ungetwch ]
curs_getwstrget wchart character strings from curses terminal keyboard[ cursgetwstr: getwstr, getnwstr, wgetwstr, wgetnwstr, mvgetwstr, mvgetnwstr, mvwgetwstr, mvwgetnwstr ]
curs_instrinsert wchart string before character under the cursor in a curses window[ cursinstr: inswstr, insnwstr, winswstr, winsnwstr, mvinswstr, mvinsnwstr, mvwinswstr, mvwinsnwstr ]
curs_inswchinsert a wchart character before the character under the cursor in a curses window[ cursinswch: inswch, winswch, mvinswch, mvwinswch ]
curs_inwchget a wchart charac- ter and its attributes from a curses window[ cursinwch: inwch, winwch, mvinwch, mvwinwch ]
curs_inwchstrget a string of wchart characters (and attributes) from a curses window[ cursinwchstr: inwchstr, inwchnstr, winwchstr, winwchnstr, mvinwchstr, mvinwchnstr, mvwinwchstr, mvwinwchnstr ]
curs_inwstrget a string of wchart characters from a curses window[ cursinwstr: inwstr, innwstr, winwstr, winnwstr, mvinwstr, mvinnwstr, mvwinwstr, mvwinnwstr ]
curs_pad.mlxcreate and display curses pads (MLX addendum)[ curspad: newpad, subpad, prefresh, pnoutrefresh, pechochar, pechowchar ]
curs_printw.mlxprint formatted output in curses windows (MLX addendum)[ cursprintw: printw, wprintw, mvprintw, mvwprintw, vwprintw ]
curs_scanw.mlxconvert for- matted input from a curses window (MLX addendum)[ cursscanw: scanw, wscanw, mvscanw, mvwscanw, vwscanw ]
curs_setset the cursor mode[ cursset ]
curscrcurrent window
cursescharacter-oriented screen handling and optimization package
curses.mlxCRT screen handling and optimization package (MLX addendum)[ curses ]
def_prog_modesave/restore program or shell terminal modes[ defprogmode, defshellmode, resetprogmode, resetshellmode ]
del_curterminterfaces to the terminfo database[ delcurterm, restartterm, setcurterm, setupterm ]
delay_outputdelay output[ delayoutput ]
delchdelete a character from a window.[ delch, mvdelch, mvwdelch, wdelch ]
deletelndelete lines in a window[ deleteln, wdeleteln ]
delscreenfree storage associated with a screen
delwindelete a window
derwinwindow creation functions[ derwin, newwin, subwin ]
dladdrtranslate address to symbolic information
dlcloseclose a shared object
dlerrorget diagnostic information
dlopenopen a shared object
dlsymcalculate address of a symbol in a shared object
doupdaterefresh windows and lines[ doupdate, refresh, wnoutrefresh, wrefresh ]
dupwinduplicate a window
echoenable/disable terminal echo[ echo, noecho ]
echo_wcharwrite a complex character and immediately refresh the window[ echowchar, wechowchar ]
echocharecho single-byte character and rendition to a window and refresh[ echochar, wechochar ]
endwinsuspend Curses session
erasecharterminal environment query functions[ erasechar, erasewchar, killchar, killwchar ]
filterdisable use of certain terminal capabilities
flashflash the screen
flushinpdiscard input
get_wchget a wide character from a terminal[ getwch, mvgetwch, mvwgetwch, wgetwch ]
getbegyxget cursor and window coordi- nates[ getbegyx, getmaxyx, getparyx, getyx ]
getccharget a wide character string and rendition from a cchart
getchget a single-byte character from the terminal[ getch, wgetch, mvgetch, mvwgetch ]
getn_wstrget an array of wide characters and function key codes from a terminal[ getnwstr, getwstr, mvgetnwstr, mvgetwstr, mvwgetnwstr, mvwgetwstr, wgetnwstr, wgetwstr ]
getnstrget a multi-byte character string from the terminal[ getnstr, getstr, mvgetnstr, mvgetstr, mvwgetnstr, mvwgetstr, wgetstr, wgetnstr ]
getwindump window to, and reload window from, a file[ getwin, putwin ]
halfdelaycontrol input character delay mode
has_icquery functions for terminal insert and delete capa- bility[ hasic, hasil ]
hlinedraw lines from single-byte characters and renditions[ hline, mvhline, mvvline, mvwhline, mvwvline, vline, whline, wvline ]
hline_setdraw lines from complex characters and renditions[ hlineset, mvhlineset, mvvlineset, mvwhlineset, mvwvlineset, vlineset, whlineset, wvlineset ]
idcokenable or disable use of hardware insert- and delete-character features
immedokenable or disable immediate terminal refresh
in_wchextract a complex character and rendition from a window[ inwch, mvinwch, mvwinwch, winwch ]
in_wchnstrextract an array of complex characters and renditions from a window[ inwchnstr, inwchstr, mvinwchnstr, mvinwchstr, mvwinwchnstr, mvwinwchstr, winwchnstr, winwchstr ]
inchinput a single-byte character and ren- dition from a window[ inch, mvinch, mvwinch, winch ]
inchnstrinput an array of single-byte characters and renditions from a window[ inchnstr, inchstr, mvinchnstr, mvinchstr, mvwinchnstr, mvwinchstr, winchnstr, winchstr ]
initscrscreen initialisation functions[ initscr, newterm ]
innstrinput a multi-byte character string from a window[ innstr, instr, mvinnstr, mvinstr, mvwinnstr, mvwinstr, winnstr, winstr ]
innwstrinput a string of wide characters from a window[ innwstr, inwstr, mvinnwstr, mvinwstr, mvwinnwstr, mvwinwstr, winnwstr, winwstr ]
ins_nwstrinsert a wide-character string into a window[ insnwstr, inswstr, mvinsnwstr, mvinswstr, mvwinsnwstr, mvwinswstr, winsnwstr, winswstr ]
ins_wchinsert a complex character and rendition into a window[ inswch, mvinswch, mvwinswch, winswch ]
inschinsert a single-byte character and rendition into a window[ insch, mvinsch, mvwinsch, winsch ]
insdellndelete or insert lines into a window[ insdelln, winsdelln ]
insertlninsert lines into a window[ insertln, winsertln ]
insnstrinsert a multi-byte character string into a window[ insnstr, insstr, mvinsnstr, mvinsstr, mvwinsnstr, mvwinsstr, winsnstr, winsstr ]
intrflushenable or disable flush on interrupt
is_linetouchedwindow refresh control functions[ islinetouched, iswintouched, touchline, touchwin, untouchwin, wtouchln ]
isendwindetermine whether a screen has been refreshed
keynameget name of key[ keyname, keyname ]
keypadenable/disable abbreviation of function keys
longnameget verbose description of current terminal
maillockmanage lockfile for user's mailbox[ maillock, mailunlock ]
mallocallocate memory[ malloc, free, realloc, calloc, mallopt, mallinfo ]
metaenable/disable meta-keys
movewindow cursor location functions[ move, wmove ]
mpmultiple precision integer arithmetic[ mp: madd, msub, mult, mdiv, mcmp, min, mout, pow, gcd, rpow, msqrt, sdiv, itom, xtom, mtox, mfree ]
mpcntlstandard interface for multiprocessing
mvpointer page for functions with mv prefix
mvcuroutput cursor movement commands to the terminal
mvderwindefine window coordinate transformation
mvprintwprint formatted output in win- dow[ mvprintw, mvwprintw, printw, wprintw ]
mvscanwconvert formatted input from a win- dow[ mvscanw, mvwscanw, scanw, wscanw ]
mvwinmove window
napmssuspend the calling process
newpadpad management functions[ newpad, pnoutrefresh, prefresh, subpad ]
nlenable/disable newline translation[ nl, nonl ]
nopointer page for functions with no prefix
nodelayenable or disable block during read
noqiflushenable/disable queue flushing[ noqiflush, qiflush ]
notimeoutcontrol blocking on input[ notimeout, timeout, wtimeout ]
nullptrnull pointer control
overlaycopy overlapped windows[ overlay, overwrite ]
pechocharwrite a character and rendition and immedi- ately refresh the pad[ pechochar, pechowchar ]
putpoutput commands to the terminal[ putp, tputs ]
redrawwinline update status functions[ redrawwin, wredrawln ]
resettysave/restore terminal mode[ resetty, savetty ]
ripofflinereserve a line for a dedicated purpose
scr_dumpscreen file input/output functions[ scrdump, scrinit, scrrestore, scrset ]
scrlscroll a Curses window[ scrl, scroll, wscrl ]
set_termswitch between screens[ setterm ]
setccharset cchart from a wide character string and rendition
slk_attroffsoft label functions[ slkattroff, slkattroff, slkattron, slkattron, slkattrset, slkattrset, slkclear, slkcolor, slkinit, slklabel, slknoutrefresh, slkrefresh, slkrestore, slkset, slktouch, slkwset ]
spinlockuser synchroniza- tion primitives[ spinlock, initspin, spinunlock, cspinlock, yield ]
sputlaccess long integer data in a machine-independent fashion[ sputl, sgetl ]
standendset and clear window attri- butes[ standend, standout, wstandend, wstandout ]
stdscrdefault window
syncoksynchronise a window with its parents or children[ syncok, wcursyncup, wsyncdown, wsyncup ]
tamTAM transition libraries
termattrsget supported terminal video attributes
termnameget terminal name
tgetenttermcap database emula- tion[ tgetent, tgetflag, tgetnum, tgetstr, tgoto ]
tigetflagretrieve capabilities from the terminfo database[ tigetflag, tigetnum, tigetstr, tparm ]
typeaheadcontrol checking for typeahead
unctrlgenerate printable representation of a character
ungetchpush a character onto the input queue[ ungetch, ungetwch ]
use_envspecify source of screen size information[ useenv ]
vidattroutput attributes to the termi- nal[ vidattr, vidattr, vidputs, vidputs ]
vw_printwprint formatted output in window[ vwprintw ]
vw_scanwconvert formatted input from a window[ vwscanw ]
vwprintwprint formatted output in window
vwscanwconvert formatted input from a window
wpointer page for functions with w prefix
wunctrlgenerate printable representation of a wide character

4. File Formats

LC_TIMElanguage specific time and date strings[ LCTIME ]
_upstab.rm400parameterization file for the eipd, ptfd, and pupsd daemon[ upstab ]
a.outELF (Executable and Linking Format) files
acctper-process accounting file format
admininstallation defaults file
aliasesaliases file for sendmail
ararchive file format
archivesdevice header file
auto_updaterslist of auto-update clients on a network administra- tion host[ autoupdaters ]
binarsysremote system information for the ckbinarsys command
checkpasswd/etc/default/checkpasswd file
compvercompatible versions file
copyrightcopyright information file
corecore image file
cron/etc/default/cron file
default_passwd/etc/default/passwd file[ defaultpasswd ]
dependsoftware dependencies files
dfstabfile containing commands for sharing resources
directfile system independent directory entry
direntfile system independent directory entry
draiddatabase for the daemon that monitors both channels of a RAID box (Dual RAID Channel Daemon)
dumpsave/etc/default/dumpsave file
entabtracex event table
environuser-preference variable "dot" files for FACE[ environ, pref, variables ]
ethersEthernet address to hostname database or domain
fd/dev/fd file descriptor files
filehdrfile header for common object files
fp_dptblfixed-priority dispatcher parameter table[ fpdptbl ]
fspecformat specification in text files
fstypesfile that registers distributed file system packages
gettydefsspeed and terminal settings used by getty
groupgroup file
group.localselection list for global group entries
hosts.equivtrusted hosts by system and by user[ hosts.equiv, .rhosts ]
hostshost name data base
ideviceinterrupt configuration file
inetconfiguration file
inetd.confInternet servers database
init/etc/default/init file
inittabscript for init
intro_prm4introduction to file formats[ introprm4 ]
intro_sarm4introduction to file formats[ introsarm4 ]
issueissue identification file
limitsimplementation-dependent constants
log3adminLogging administration file
log3structLogging description file
login/etc/default/login file
loginloglog of failed login attempts
mailcnfginitialization information for mail and rmail
mailsurrsurrogate commands for routing and transport of mail
mapchanformat of terminal mapping files
mdevicefile format
mfsysfile format
mnttabmounted file system table
mtunefile format
netconfignetwork configuration database
netgroupnetgroup definitions for global users on the network administration host
netmasksnetwork mask data base
netrcfile for ftp remote login data
networksnetwork name data base
nologinthe /etc/nologin file
osm.confconfiguration file for the OSM osmd log daemon
ottFACE object architecture information
passwdpassword file
passwd.localselection list for global user entries
pathaliasalias file for FACE
pkginfopackage characteristics file
pkgmappackage contents description file
pnchfile format for card images
proc/proc process file system
profilesetting up an environment at login time
protocolsprotocol name data base
prototypepackage information file
psdfdisk format
pwpatternrelease for global users
resolv.confconfiguration file for resolver routines
routingsystem supporting for packet network routing
rpcrpc program number data base
rt_dptblreal-time dispatcher parameter table[ rtdptbl ]
sccsfileformat of SCCS file
sdevicefile format
semaformat of multi-threaded kernel configuration file
servicesdatabase for Internet services and their aliases
setinfodevice description language
sfsysfile format
shadowshadow password file
sharetabtable of available file systems
spacedisk space requirement file
strcfSTREAMS Configuration File for STREAMS TCP/IP
stunefile format
su/etc/default/su file
suppress_rebuildlist of local ASCII files not to be updated from NIS maps[ suppressrebuild ]
syslog.confconfiguration file for syslogd system log daemon
termformat of compiled terminfo files
terminfoterminal capability data base
timedtrusted hosts for the in.timed daemon
timezoneset default system time zone
ts_dptbltime-sharing dispatcher parameter table[ tsdptbl ]
ttydefsfile contains terminal line settings information for ttymon
ttysrchdirectory search list for ttyname
unistdstandard symbolic constants and types
updatersconfiguration file for YP updating
utmpentry formats[ utmp, wtmp ]
utmpxentry formats[ utmpx, wtmpx ]
vfstabtable of file system defaults
ypfilesthe NIS database and directory structure
ypserversdetermine NIS server names

4-ufs. UFS File Formats

dir_ufsformat of ufs directories[ dir (ufs) ]
fs_ufsformat of ufs file system volume[ fs (ufs) ]
inode_ufsformat of a ufs inode[ inode (ufs) ]

4-vxfs. VxFS File Formats

fs_vxfsformat of a Veritas File System volume (VxFS)[ fs (vxfs) ]
inode_vxfsformat of a Veritas File System inode (VxFS)[ inode (vxfs) ]

5. Miscellaneous Facilities

SIconspackage for configuring the console
XXexistdetermine if a device exists
XXsetintinform a driver of a given interrupt
asciiISO 646 character set
assertverify program assertion
bootptabInternet Bootstrap Protocol server database
cpiocpio archive values
ctypecharacter types
cursesdefinitions for screen handling and optimisation functions
environuser environment
eqncharspecial character definitions for eqn and neqn
errnosystem error numbers
eucioctlgeneric interface to EUC handling TTY drivers and modules
expressionsregular expressions
fcntlfile control options
floatfloating types
fmtmsgmessage display structures
fnmatchfilename-matching types
fonttypesetter description tables
ftwfile tree traversal
globpathname pattern-matching types
grpgroup structure
iconvcodeset conversion facility
iconv_tabcode set conversion tables[ iconvtab ]
inInternet Protocol family (X/Open Sockets)
inetdefinitions for internet operations
intro_prm5introduction to header files[ introprm5 ]
intro_sarm5introduction to miscellany[ introsarm5 ]
ipcinterprocess communication access structure
langinfolanguage information constants
lfsLarge File Summit
libgendefinitions for pattern matching functions
localecategory macros
log3log system Logging V3.0
log3closeshut down communication connection
log3memcpycopy log data to the log buffer
log3openset up communication connection
log3printftransfer formatted log data to the log buffer
log3writetransfer log data to the log server
madgeToken Ring driver
manmacros for formatting entries in a manual (man pages)
mathmathematical functions and constants
mcolorcolor and reverse video macro
memacros for formatting papers
meta-asciiISO 8859-1 character set
mmthe mm macro package for formatting documents
mmanmemory management declarations
monetarymonetary types
mpicturespicture inclusion macros
mptxthe macro package for formatting a permuted index
msmacros for formatting manuscripts
msgmessage queue structures
mvmv macro package for typesetting viewgraphs and slides
ndbmdefinitions for ndbm database operations
netdbdefinitions for network database operations
nl_typesnative language data types[ nltypes ]
ntermterminal driving tables for nroff
pcnfsextensions to support PCs in a Network File System (NFS) envi- ronment
polldefinitions for the poll() function
pwdpassword structure
re_compregular-expression-matching functions for recomp()[ recomp ]
regexregular-expression-matching types
regexpcompile/match regu- lar expressions[ regexp: compile, step, advance, loc1, loc2, locs ]
resourcedefinitions for resource operations
roff-charsetspecial characters for n/troff
searchsearch tables
semsemaphore facility
setjmpstack environment declarations
shmshared memory facility
siginfosignal generation information
signalbase signals
socketInternet Protocol family
specialcharshell metacharacters
statdata returned by the stat() function
statvfsfile system information structure
stdarghandle variable argument list
stddefstandard type definitions
stdiostandard buffered input/output
stdlibstandard library definitions
stringstring operations
stringsstring operations
stroptsSTREAMS interface
sys_timetime types[ systime ]
syslogdefinitions for system error logging
tarextended tar definitions
termterminal capabilities
term_namesconventional names for terminals[ termnames ]
termiosdefine values for termios
timetime types
timebadditional definitions for date and time
timesfile access and modification times structure
tracexReliant UNIX kernel tracer
troffdescription of output language
typesprimitive system data types
ucontextuser context
uiodefinitions for vector I/O operations
ulimitulimit commands
undefinitions for UNIX domain sockets
unctrldefinitions for unctrl()
utimeaccess and modification times structure
utsnamesystem name structure
valuesmachine-dependent values
varargshandle variable argument list
waitwait status
wcharwide character types
wctypewide character classification and mapping utilities
wordexpword-expansion types
wstatwait status

7. Special Files

adpinterface to the Adaptec ADP174x SCSI host adapter
alpAlgorithm Pool management module
arpAddress Resolution Protocol
cloneopen any major/minor device pair on a STREAMS driver
connldline discipline for unique stream connections
consoleSTREAMS-based console interface
cptCentronics interface control[ cpt, bcpt ]
devnamedevice naming conventions
displaysystem console display
dptg2terminal multiplexer protocol
draidsystem driver for the two channels of a RAID box
epevent profiler
errorlog device for system state and errors
fdfloppy disk driver
filesystemfile system organization
hdlcioHDLC-specific ioctl calls
hiosHDLC-ioctl for the reading in of statistical data
icmpInternet Control Message Protocol
if_tcpgeneral properties of Internet Protocol network interfaces[ if ]
inetInternet protocol family
intro_sarm7introduction to special files[ introsarm7 ]
ipInternet Protocol
kbdgeneralized string translation module
keyboardsystem console keyboard
kjikanji code conversion algorithms[ kji: euctojis, jistoeuc, euctosjis, sjistoeuc ]
ldtermstandard STREAMS terminal line discipline module
losoftware loopback network interface
loginterface to STREAMS error logging and event tracing
mapkeymechanism for PC terminals
memcore memory[ mem, kmem ]
mtioMagnetic Tape Interface
nullthe null file
nvramenvironment variables of the PROM monitor and of the SASH
osmOperating System Messages (OSM)
pcktSTREAMS Packet Mode module
ports5 line asynchronous communications interface STREAMS driver
ppaPPA streams module
pppPPP streams module
prfoperating system profiler
ptemSTREAMS Pseudo Terminal Emulation module
ptfpower failure and temperature checking pseudo device
saddevices administered by System Configuration
sad_strmSTREAMS Administrative Driver[ sadstrm ]
sdisk.wx200rSCSI disk interface on an RM400[ sdisk ]
sduartgeneral serial interface
sihcontroller for HDLC devices
sockioioctl's that operate directly on sockets
sraid.rm400SCSI RAID interface on an RM400[ sraid ]
stapeSCSI tape interface
streamioSTREAMS ioctl commands
sxtpseudo-device driver
tc4four port serial interface
tcpInternet Transmission Control Protocol
termiogeneral terminal interface
termioxextended general terminal interface
ticltsloopback transport providers[ ticlts, ticots, ticotsord ]
timodTransport Interface cooperating STREAMS module
tirdwrTransport Interface read/write interface STREAMS module
ttcompatV7, 4BSD and XENIX STREAMS compatibility module
ttycontrolling terminal interface
udpInternet User Datagram Protocol
vxfsioVeritas File System control functions (VxFS)
wsinitmake console devices and init graphics console
zerosource of zeroes

8. Maintenance Procedures

autoconfdisplay hardware configuration
bootpInternet Boot Protocol server/gateway[ bootp, bootpgw, in.bootp, in.bootpgw ]
bootpefBOOTP Extension File compiler
clean8mmpreparations for cleaning an 8mm magnetic tape drive
cleandevchecks whether tape drives need to be cleaned
convert_bootptabconvert an old style bootptab file to new style[ convertbootptab ]
dkindexdisplay/set disk index structures
dkmapprint disk space usage map
dkpartmaintain disk partition tables
dkpsdfinitinitialize disk data structures
dksetupinitialize/update physical disk configuration
dktuneread/write disk tuning information
eipdmonitor system cabinet
errordlog system state and errors
flupload new online firmware for MBII controller/SCSI devices (Online Flash Utility Program)
gdcoperational user interface for gated
gettyset terminal type, modes, speed, and line discipline
hsztermcontrol program for SY12/PXRC disk array controller
ikdb.wx200rinternal kernel debugging facility[ ikdb ]
intro_sarm8introduction to system maintenance procedures[ introsarm8 ]
iosreprobereprobe a SCSI port
iosrestartrestart a SCSI device, port, or controller
iossetupset up and configure SCSI devices
nvramprint and modify nonvolatile memory data
ospf_monitormonitor OSPF gateways[ ospfmonitor ]
pcnfsdPC-NFS authentication and print request server
preloadpreload and lock text into memory
prom.wx200rPROM monitor used to perform power-on tests and to bootstrap the SASH[ prom ]
ptfcommand for checking the voltage and temperature sensors
ptfdmonitor system cabinet
pupsdcontrol UPS using the protocol interface
pwrset machine-specific system attributes
pyr_iosalldevice-independent log entry formatter[ pyriosall ]
rddmondaemon for monitoring status changes in PXRC and PXRE RAID systems
rdistdremote file distribution server program
rdswitchswitch program for RAID controllers and LUNs of type PXRC, PXRE and EMC-SYMMETRIX
rdupestablishing the mount capability of RAID systems (PXRC, PXRE, EMC-SYMMETRIX) when booting
repairprovide error information in the case of repairs
ripqueryquery RIP gateways
sash.wx200rstand-alone shell used to bootstrap Reliant UNIX on an RM400[ sash ]
scan_portdetermine assignment of SCSI bus to peripherals cabinet[ scanport ]
scstatsystem call statistics monitor
setinfoset or display device configuration info
statismanage kernel statistics gathering
tpsetupinitialize/update physical tape configuration
upd_channel_iddisplay/modify the channel IDs saved in the NVRAM[ updchannelid ]
upd_nodecheck/correct device nodes for disks, RAID subsystems and tapes[ updnode ]
updateupdate operating system
updmemcpureading and writing CPU and DIMM information

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