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diff --git a/appendixa/utillinux-desc.xml b/appendixa/utillinux-desc.xml deleted file mode 100644 index e3cf97b0c..000000000 --- a/appendixa/utillinux-desc.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,167 +0,0 @@ -<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<para><command>agetty</command> opens a tty port, prompts for a login name, -and then invokes the login program.</para> - -<para><command>arch</command> reports the machine's architecture.</para> - -<para><command>blockdev</command> allows you to call block device ioctls -from the command line.</para> - -<para><command>cal</command> displays a simple calender.</para> - -<para><command>cfdisk</command> is used to manipulate the partition table -of the given device.</para> - -<para><command>chkdupexe</command> finds duplicate executables.</para> - -<para><command>col</command> filters out reverse line feeds.</para> - -<para><command>colcrt</command> is used to filter nroff output for terminals -that lack some capabilities such as overstriking and half-lines.</para> - -<para><command>colrm</command> filters out the given columns.</para> - -<para><command>column</command> formats a given file into multiple -columns.</para> - -<para><command>ctrlaltdel</command> sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del - key combination, to a hard or a soft reset.</para> - -<para><command>cytune</command> was used to tune the parameters of the -serial line drivers for Cyclades cards.</para> - -<para><command>ddate</command> gives the Discordian date, or converts the -given Gregorian date to a Discordian one.</para> - -<para><command>dmesg</command> dumps the kernel boot messages.</para> - -<para><command>elvtune</command> can be used to tune the performance -and interactiveness of a block device.</para> - -<para><command>fdformat</command> low-level formats a floppy disk.</para> - -<para><command>fdisk</command> could be used to manipulate the partition -table of the given device.</para> - -<para><command>fsck.cramfs</command> performs a consistency check on the -Cramfs file system on the given device.</para> - -<para><command>fsck.minix</command> performs a consistency check on the -Minix file system on the given device.</para> - -<para><command>getopt</command> parses options in the given command line.</para> - -<para><command>hexdump</command> dumps the given file in hexadecimal, or -in another given format.</para> - -<para><command>hwclock</command> is used to read or set the system's -hardware clock (also called the RTC or BIOS clock).</para> - -<para><command>ipcrm</command> removes the given IPC resource.</para> - -<para><command>ipcs</command> provides IPC status information.</para> - -<para><command>isosize</command> reports the size of an iso9660 -file system.</para> - -<para><command>line</command> copies a single line.</para> - -<para><command>logger</command> enters the given message into the system -log.</para> - -<para><command>look</command> displays lines that begin with the given -string.</para> - -<para><command>losetup</command> is used to set up and control loop devices.</para> - -<para><command>mcookie</command> generates magic cookies, 128-bit random -hexadecimal numbers, for xauth.</para> - -<para><command>mkfs</command> is used to build a file system on a device -(usually a harddisk partition).</para> - -<para><command>mkfs.bfs</command> creates an SCO bfs file system.</para> - -<para><command>mkfs.cramfs</command> creates a cramfs file system.</para> - -<para><command>mkfs.minix</command> creates a Minix file system.</para> - -<para><command>mkswap</command> initializes the given device or file to be -used as a swap area.</para> - -<para><command>more</command> is a filter for paging through text one -screenful at a time. But less is much better.</para> - -<para><command>mount</command> attaches the file system on the given device -to the given directory in the system's file tree.</para> - -<para><command>namei</command> shows the symbolic links in the given -pathnames.</para> - -<para><command>pg</command> displays a text file one screenful at a -time.</para> - -<para><command>pivot_root</command> makes the given file system the new -root file system of the current process.</para> - -<para><command>ramsize</command> could be used to set the size of the -RAM disk in a bootable image.</para> - -<para><command>rdev</command> could be used to query and set the root -device and other things in a bootable image.</para> - -<para><command>readprofile</command> reads kernel profiling information.</para> - -<para><command>rename</command> renames the given files, replacing a given -string with another.</para> - -<para><command>renice</command> is used to alter the priority of running -processes.</para> - -<para><command>rev</command> reverses the lines of a given file.</para> - -<para><command>rootflags</command> could be used to set the rootflags -in a bootable image.</para> - -<para><command>script</command> makes a typescript of a terminal -session, of everything printed to the terminal.</para> - -<para><command>setfdprm</command> sets user-provided floppy disk -parameters.</para> - -<para><command>setsid</command> runs the given program in a new session.</para> - -<para><command>setterm</command> is used to set terminal attributes.</para> - -<para><command>sfdisk</command> is a disk partition table manipulator.</para> - -<para><command>swapdev</command> could be used to set the swap device -in a bootable image.</para> - -<para><command>swapoff</command> disables devices and files for paging -and swapping.</para> - -<para><command>swapon</command> enables devices and files for paging -and swapping.</para> - -<para><command>tunelp</command> is used to tune the parameters of the -line printer.</para> - -<para><command>ul</command> is a filter for translating underscores into -escape sequences indicating underlining for the terminal in use.</para> - -<para><command>umount</command> disconnects a file system from the -system's file tree.</para> - -<para><command>vidmode</command> could be used to set the video mode -in a bootable image.</para> - -<para><command>whereis</command> reports the location of binary, the -source, and the manual page for the given command.</para> - -<para><command>write</command> sends a message to the given user. That is, -if that user has not disabled such messages.</para> - -</sect2> - |