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authorMark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-02-06 23:15:46 +0000
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-<sect2>
-<title>Contents</title>
-
-<para>The Util-linux package contains the agetty, arch,
-blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chkdupexe, col, colcrt, colrm, column,
-ctrlaltdel, cytune, ddate, dmesg, elvtune, fdformat, fdisk,
-fsck.minix, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, ipcrm, ipcs,
-kill, logger, look, losetup,
-mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap, more, mount, namei,
-umount, ramsize, rdev, readprofile, rename, renice, rev, rootflags,
-script, setfdprm, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, swapdev, swapoff, swapon,
-tunelp, ul, vidmode, whereis, and write programs.</para>
-
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2>
-<title>Description</title>
-
-<sect3><title>agetty</title>
+<sect2><title>Contents of util-linux-&util-linux-contversion;</title>
+
+<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
+<para>agetty, arch, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chkdupexe, col, colcrt,
+colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, cytune, ddate, dmesg, elvtune, fdformat, fdisk,
+fsck.minix, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize
+kill, line, logger, look, losetup, mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.minix,
+mkswap, more, mount, namei, pivot_root,
+ramsize (link to rdev), raw, rdev, readprofile, rename, renice, rev,
+rootflags (link to rdev), script, setfdprm, setsid, setterm, sfdisk,
+swapoff (link to swapon), swapon, tunelp, ul, umount, vidmode, whereis
+and write</para></sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
+
+<sect4><title>agetty</title>
<para>agetty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the
-/bin/login command.</para></sect3>
+/bin/login command.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>arch</title>
-<para>arch prints the machine architecture.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>arch</title>
+<para>arch prints the machine architecture.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>blockdev</title>
+<sect4><title>blockdev</title>
<para>blockdev allows to call block device ioctls from the command
-line</para></sect3>
+line</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>cal</title>
-<para>cal displays a simple calender.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>cal</title>
+<para>cal displays a simple calender.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>cfdisk</title>
+<sect4><title>cfdisk</title>
<para>cfdisk is an libncurses based disk partition table
-manipulator.</para></sect3>
+manipulator.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>chkdupexe</title>
-<para>chkdupexe finds duplicate executables.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>chkdupexe</title>
+<para>chkdupexe finds duplicate executables.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>col</title>
-<para>col filters reverse line feeds from input.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>col</title>
+<para>col filters reverse line feeds from input.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>colcrt</title>
-<para>colcrt filters nroff output for CRT previewing.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>colcrt</title>
+<para>colcrt filters nroff output for CRT previewing.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>colrm</title>
-<para>colrm removes columns from a file.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>colrm</title>
+<para>colrm removes columns from a file.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>column</title>
-<para>column columnates lists.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>column</title>
+<para>column columnates lists.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>ctrlaltdel</title>
+<sect4><title>ctrlaltdel</title>
<para>ctrlaltdel sets the function of the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination (hard
-or soft reset).</para></sect3>
+or soft reset).</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>cytune</title>
+<sect4><title>cytune</title>
<para>cytune queries and modifies the interruption threshold for the Cyclades
-driver.</para></sect3>
+driver.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>ddate</title>
-<para>ddate converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>ddate</title>
+<para>ddate converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>dmesg</title>
+<sect4><title>dmesg</title>
<para>dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer (boot
-messages from the kernel).</para></sect3>
+messages from the kernel).</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>elvtune</title>
+<sect4><title>elvtune</title>
<para>elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue
-basis.</para></sect3>
+basis.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>fdformat</title>
-<para>fdformat low-level formats a floppy disk.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>fdformat</title>
+<para>fdformat low-level formats a floppy disk.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>fdisk</title>
-<para>fdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>fdisk</title>
+<para>fdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>fsck.minix</title>
+<sect4><title>fsck.minix</title>
<para>fsck.minix performs a consistency check for the Linux MINIX
-filesystem.</para></sect3>
+filesystem.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>getopt</title>
+<sect4><title>getopt</title>
<para>getops parses command options the same way as the getopt C
-command.</para></sect3>
+command.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>hexdump</title>
+<sect4><title>hexdump</title>
<para>hexdump displays specified files, or standard input, in a user specified
-format (ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal).</para></sect3>
+format (ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal).</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>hwclock</title>
+<sect4><title>hwclock</title>
<para>hwclock queries and sets the hardware clock (Also called the RTC or BIOS
-clock).</para></sect3>
+clock).</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>ipcrm</title>
+<para>ipcrm removes a specified resource.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>ipcrm</title>
-<para>ipcrm removes a specified resource.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>ipcs</title>
+<para>ipcs provides information on IPC facilities.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>ipcs</title>
-<para>ipcs provides information on IPC facilities.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>isosize</title>
+<para>isosize outputs the length of a iso9660 file system.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>kill</title>
-<para>kill sends a specified signal to the specified process.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>kill</title>
+<para>kill sends a specified signal to the specified process.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>logger</title>
-<para>logger makes entries in the system log.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>line</title>
+<para>line copies one line (up to a newline) from standard input and writes it
+to standard output.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>look</title>
-<para>look displays lines beginning with a given string.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>logger</title>
+<para>logger makes entries in the system log.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>losetup</title>
-<para>losetup sets up and controls loop devices.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>look</title>
+<para>look displays lines beginning with a given string.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>mcookie</title>
-<para>mcookie generates magic cookies for xauth.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>losetup</title>
+<para>losetup sets up and controls loop devices.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>mkfs</title>
+<sect4><title>mcookie</title>
+<para>mcookie generates magic cookies for xauth.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>mkfs</title>
<para>mkfs builds a Linux filesystem on a device, usually a harddisk
-partition.</para></sect3>
+partition.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>mkfs.bfs</title>
+<sect4><title>mkfs.bfs</title>
<para>mkfs.bfs creates a SCO bfs file system on a device, usually a harddisk
-partition.</para></sect3>
+partition.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>mkfs.minix</title>
+<sect4><title>mkfs.minix</title>
<para>mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device, usually a
-harddisk partition.</para></sect3>
+harddisk partition.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>mkswap</title>
-<para>mkswap sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>mkswap</title>
+<para>mkswap sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>more</title>
+<sect4><title>more</title>
<para>more is a filter for paging through text one screen full at a
-time.</para></sect3>
+time.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>mount</title>
+<sect4><title>mount</title>
<para>mount mounts a filesystem from a device to a directory (mount
-point).</para></sect3>
+point).</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>namei</title>
+<para>namei follows a pathname until a terminal point is found.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>namei</title>
-<para>namei follows a pathname until a terminal point is found.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>pivot_root</title>
+<para>pivot_root moves the root file system of the current process.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>umount</title>
-<para>umount unmounts a mounted filesystem.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>ramsize</title>
+<para>ramsize queries and sets RAM disk size.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>ramsize</title>
-<para>ramsize queries and sets RAM disk size.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>raw</title>
+<para>raw is used to bind a Linux raw character device to a block device.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>rdev</title>
+<sect4><title>rdev</title>
<para>rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size, or
-video mode.</para></sect3>
+video mode.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>readprofile</title>
-<para>readprofile reads kernel profiling information.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>readprofile</title>
+<para>readprofile reads kernel profiling information.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>rename</title>
-<para>rename renames files.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>rename</title>
+<para>rename renames files.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>renice</title>
-<para>renice alters priority of running processes.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>renice</title>
+<para>renice alters priority of running processes.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>rev</title>
-<para>rev reverses lines of a file.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>rev</title>
+<para>rev reverses lines of a file.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>rootflags</title>
+<sect4><title>rootflags</title>
<para>rootflags queries and sets extra information used when mounting
-root.</para></sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>script</title>
-<para>script makes typescript of terminal session.</para></sect3>
+root.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>setfdprm</title>
-<para>setfdprm sets user-provides floppy disk parameters.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>script</title>
+<para>script makes typescript of terminal session.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>setsid</title>
-<para>setsid runs programs in a new session.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>setfdprm</title>
+<para>setfdprm sets user-provides floppy disk parameters.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>setterm</title>
-<para>setterm sets terminal attributes.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>setsid</title>
+<para>setsid runs programs in a new session.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>sfdisk</title>
-<para>sfdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>setterm</title>
+<para>setterm sets terminal attributes.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>swapdev</title>
-<para>swapdev queries and sets swap device.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>sfdisk</title>
+<para>sfdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>swapoff</title>
-<para>swapoff disables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>swapoff</title>
+<para>swapoff disables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>swapon</title>
-<para>swapon enables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>swapon</title>
+<para>swapon enables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>tunelp</title>
-<para>tunelp sets various parameters for the LP device.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>tunelp</title>
+<para>tunelp sets various parameters for the LP device.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>ul</title>
+<sect4><title>ul</title>
<para>ul reads a file and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
-which indicates underlining for the terminal in use.</para></sect3>
+which indicates underlining for the terminal in use.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>vidmode</title>
-<para>vidmode queries and sets the video mode.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>umount</title>
+<para>umount unmounts a mounted filesystem.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>whereis</title>
+<sect4><title>vidmode</title>
+<para>vidmode queries and sets the video mode.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>whereis</title>
<para>whereis locates a binary, source and manual page for a
-command.</para></sect3>
+command.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>write</title>
+<para>write sends a message to another user.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>write</title>
-<para>write sends a message to another user.</para></sect3>
+</sect3>
</sect2>