NAME

intro − file formats used or read by various programs

DESCRIPTION

This section describes formats of files used by various programs. 

LIST OF FILE FORMATS

NameAppears on Page Description
a.outa.out(5) assembler and link editor output format
acctacct(5) execution accounting file
addressesaliases(5) addresses and aliases for sendmail(8)
aliasesaliases(5) addresses and aliases for sendmail(8)
arar(5) archive (library) file format
audit.logaudit.log(5) the security audit trail file
audit_controlaudit_control(5) control information for system audit daemon
audit_dataaudit_data(5) current information on audit daemon
auto.homeauto.home(5)automount map for home directories
auto.volauto.vol(5)automount map for volumes
barbar(5) tape archive file format
bootparamsbootparams(5) boot parameter data base
COFFcoff(5) common assembler and link editor output
corecore(5) format of memory image file
cpiocpio(5) format of cpio archive
crontabcrontab(5) table of times to run periodic jobs
defaultsdefaults(5) default specifications for SunView
dirdir(5) format of directories
dumpdump(5) incremental dump format
dumpdatesdump(5) incremental dump format
environenviron(5V) user environment
ethersethers(5) Ethernet address to hostname database or YP domain
exportsexports(5) directories to export to NFS clients
fcntlfcntl(5) file control options
forwardaliases(5) addresses and aliases for sendmail(8)
fsfs(5) format of a 4.2 (ufs) file system volume
fspecfspec(5) format specification in text files
fstabfstab(5) static filesystem mounting table, mounted filesystems table
ftpusersftpusers(5) list of users prohibited by ftp
gettytabgettytab(5) terminal configuration data base
group.adjunctgroup(5) group security data file
groupgroup(5) group file
helphelp(5) help file format
help_viewerhelp_viewer(5) help viewer file format
hosts.equivhosts(5) list of trusted hosts
hostshosts(5) host name data base
inetd.confinetd.conf(5) Internet servers database
inodefs(5) format of a 4.2 (ufs) file system volume
internatinternat(5) key mapping table for internationalization
ipalloc.netrangeipalloc.netrange(5) range of addresses to allocate
lastlogutmp(5) login records
magicmagic(5) file command’s magic number file
mtabfstab(5) static filesystem mounting table, mounted filesystems table
mtabmtab(5) mounted file system table
netgroupnetgroup(5) list of network groups
netmasksnetmasks(5) network mask data base
netrcnetrc(5) file for ftp(1) remote login data
networksnetworks(5) network name data base
passwd.adjunctpasswd(5) user security data file
passwdpasswd(5) password file
phonesphones(5) remote host phone number data base
plotplot(5) graphics interface
policiespolicies(5) network administration policies
printcapprintcap(5) printer capability data base
protocolsprotocols(5) protocol name data base
publickeypublickey(5) publickey database
queuedefsqueuedefs(5) at/batch/cron queue description file
rasterfilerasterfile(5) Sun’s file format for raster images
remoteremote(5) remote host description file
rgbrgb(5) available colors (by name) for coloredit
rootmenurootmenu(5) root menu specification for SunView
rpcrpc(5) rpc program number data base
sccsfilesccsfile(5) format of SCCS file
servicesservices(5) Internet services and aliases
sm.baksm(5) in.statd directory and file structures
sm.bakstatmon(5) statd directories and file structures
sm.statesm(5) in.statd directory and file structures
smsm(5) in.statd directory and file structures
smstatmon(5) statd directories and file structures
statestatmon(5) statd directories and file structures
sunviewsunview(5) initialization file for SunView
syslog.confsyslog.conf(5) configuration file for syslogd system log daemon
tartar(5) tape archive file format
termterm(5) terminal driving tables for nroff
termterm(5V) format of compiled term file
termcaptermcap(5) terminal capability data base
terminfoterminfo(5V) terminal capability data base
textswrctextswrc(5) initialization file for SunView text windows
toctoc(5) table of contents of optional clusters
translatetranslate(5) input and output files for system message translation
ttysttys(5) terminal initialization data
ttytabttytab(5) terminal initialization data
ttytypettytype(5) data base of terminal types by port
typestypes(5) primitive system data types
tzfiletzfile(5) time zone information
updatersupdaters(5) configuration file for YP updating
utmputmp(5) login records
uuencodeuuencode(5) format of an encoded uuencode file
vfontvfont(5) font formats
vgrindefsvgrindefs(5) vgrind’s language definition data base
wtmputmp(5) login records
xtabexports(5) directories to export to NFS clients
ypfilesypfiles(5) the Yellow Pages database and directory structure

Sun Release 4.0  —  Last change: 19 October 1987