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1. Commands

1C. Communications Commands

1G. Graphics Commands

1M. Maintenance Commands

1P. POSIX Commands

2. System Calls

2P. POSIX System Calls

3. Subroutines and Libraries

3C. C Library

3M. Math Library

3N. Network Support Library

3P. POSIX Compatible Routines

3S. Standard I/O Library

3X. Miscellaneous Libraries

4. File Formats

5. Miscellaneous Facilities

5P. POSIX Facilities

7. Special Files

8. Maintenance Commands

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1. Commands (intro)

300handle special functions of DASI 300 and 300s terminals[ 300, 300s ]
4014paginator for the TEKTRONIX 4014 terminal
450handle special functions of the DASI 450 terminal
acctcomsearch and print process accounting file(s)
addusercreate a login for a new user
admincreate and administer SCCS files
ararchive and library maintainer for portable archives
ascommon assembler
atexecute commands at a later time[ at, batch ]
awkpattern scanning and processing language
bannermake posters
basenamedeliver portions of path names[ basename, dirname ]
bcarbitrary-precision arithmetic language
bdiffbig diff
bfsbig file scanner
calprint calendar
calendarreminder service
catconcatenate and print files
cbC program beautifier
ccC compiler
ccoffconvert a COFF file
cdchange working directory
cdcchange the delta commentary of an SCCS delta
cflowgenerate C flowgraph
chkshlibcompare shared libraries tool
chmodchange mode
chownchange owner or group[ chown, chgrp ]
clearclear terminal screen
cmpcompare two files
colfilter reverse line-feeds
combcombine SCCS deltas
commselect or reject lines common to two sorted files
convcommon object file converter
convertconvert archive files to common formats
copycopy groups of files
cpcopy, link, or move files[ cp, ln, mv ]
cpiocopy file archives in and out
cppthe C language preprocessor
cprscompress a common object file
crontabuser crontab file
cscopeinteractively examine a C program
cshinvoke a shell command interpreter that uses C-like syntax
csplitcontext split
ctagscreate a tags file
ctraceC program debugger
cutcut out selected fields of each line of a file
cxrefgenerate C program cross-reference
dateprint and set the date
dcdesk calculator
deltamake a delta (change) to an SCCS file
deluserremove a login from the system
deroffremove nroff/troff, tbl, and eqn constructs
diffdifferential file comparator
diff33-way differential file comparison
dircmpdirectory comparison
disobject code disassembler
displaypkgdisplay installed packages
dossetteDOS file and media utility
dumpdump selected parts of an object file
echoecho arguments
edtext editor[ ed, red ]
edittext editor (variant of ex for casual users)
egrepsearch a file for a pattern using full regular expressions
enableenable/disable LP printers[ enable, disable ]
envset environment for command execution
extext editor
exprevaluate arguments as an expression
factorobtain the prime factors of a number
fgrepsearch a file for a character string
filedetermine file type
findfind files
ftapeinterface to floppy tape drives
gencccreate a front-end to the cc command
getget a version of an SCCS file
getoptparse command options
getoptsparse command options[ getopts, getoptcvt ]
greekselect terminal filter
grepsearch a file for a pattern
hddisplay files in hexadecimal format
hdrdisplay selected parts of a XENIX object file
hphandle special functions of Hewlett-Packard terminals
i286emulemulate 80286
insdriverinstall kernel driver files
inskerninstall a kernel
installpkginstall package
introintroduction to commands and application programs
ipcrmremove a message queue, semaphore set, or shared memory id
ipcsreport inter-process communication facilities status
ismpxreturn windowing terminal state
joinrelational data base operator
jtermreset layer of windowing terminal
jwinprint size of layer
kconfigconfigure, build, and install a kernel
killterminate a process
layerslayer multiplexer for windowing terminals
ldlink editor for common object files
lefDOS-to-UNIX and UNIX-to-DOS line ending filters[ lef, dtou, utod ]
lexgenerate programs for simple lexical tasks
lineread one line
linta C program checker
listproduce C source listing from a common object file
lmouseuse a LOGITECH 2 button serial mouse as input dev- ice
loadfontlist or change font information in the RAM of the video card
loginsign on
lognameget login name
lorderfind ordering relation for an object library
lpsend/cancel requests to an LP print service[ lp, cancel ]
lprofdisplay line-by-line execution count profile data
lpstatprint information about status of LP print service
lslist contents of directory[ ls, lc ]
m4macroprocessor
machidget processor type truth value[ machid: i386 ]
mailsend mail to users or read mail[ mail, rmail ]
mailx
makemaintain, update, and regenerate groups of programs
manprint entries in this manual
mcsmanipulate the object file comment section
mesgpermit or deny messages
mkdirmake directories
mkshlibcreate a shared library
moreview a file one full screen at a time
nawkpattern scanning and processing language
newaliasesrebuild the database for the mail aliases file
newformchange the format of a text file
newsprint news items
nicerun a command at low priority
nlline-numbering filter
nmprint name list of common object file
nohuprun a command immune to hangups and quits
odoctal dump
packcompress and expand files[ pack, pcat, unpack ]
passwdchange login password and password attributes
pastemerge same lines of several files or subsequent lines of one file
pgfile perusal filter for CRTs
prprint files
profdisplay profile data
prsprint an SCCS file
psreport process status
pwdworking directory name
randomgenerate a random number
regcmpregular expression compile
removepkgremove installed package
rmremove files or directories[ rm, rmdir ]
rmailhandle remote mail received via uucp
rmdelremove a delta from an SCCS file
sactprint current SCCS file editing activity
sarsystem activity reporter
sccsdiffcompare two versions of an SCCS file
sdbsymbolic debugger
sdiffside-by-side difference program
sedstream editor
setcolorset screen color
settimechange a files access and modification dates
shshell, the standard/restricted command programming language[ sh, rsh ]
shlshell layer manager
sizeprint section sizes in bytes of common object files
sleepsuspend execution for an interval
sortsort and/or merge files
spellfind spelling errors[ spell, hashmake, spellin, hashcheck ]
splitsplit a file into pieces
stringsfind the printable strings in an object file
stripstrip symbol and line number information from a com- mon object file
sttyset the options for a terminal
sumprint checksum and block count of a file
tabsset tabs on a terminal
taildisplay the last part of a file
tarfile archiver
teepipe fitting
testcondition evaluation command
timetime a command
timextime a command; report process data and system activity
touchupdate access and modification times of a file
tputinitialize a terminal or query terminfo data base
trtranslate characters
trueprovide truth values[ true, false ]
tsetprovide information to set terminal modes
tsorttopological sort
ttyget the name of the terminal
ttymapset terminal mapping and scancode translation
umaskset file-creation mode mask
unameprint name of current UNIX system
ungetundo a previous get of an SCCS file
uniqreport repeated lines in a file
unitsconversion program
valvalidate SCCS file
vcversion control
viscreen-oriented (visual) display editor based on ex[ vi, view, vedit ]
waitawait completion of process
wallwrite to all users
wcword count
whatidentify SCCS files
whowho is on the system
writewrite to another user
x286emulemulate XENIX 80286
xargsconstruct argument list(s) and execute command
yaccyet another compiler-compiler
yesrepeatedly print string

1C. Communications Commands

ctspawn getty to a remote terminal
cucall another UNIX system
uucpUNIX-to-UNIX system copy[ uucp, uulog, uuname ]
uustatuucp status inquiry and job control
uutopublic UNIX system to UNIX system file copy[ uuto, uupick ]
uuxUNIX system to UNIX system command execution

1G. Graphics Commands

graphdraw a graph
sagsystem activity graph
splineinterpolate smooth curve
tplotgraphics filters

1M. Maintenance Commands

Uutrytry to contact remote system with debugging on
acceptallow or prevent LP requests[ accept, reject ]
acctoverview of accounting and miscellaneous accounting commands[ acct: acctdisk, acctdusg, accton, acctwtmp ]
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, nul- ladm, prctmp, prdaily, prtacct, runacct, shutacct, startup, turnacct ]
backupperforms backup functions
bootUNIX System boot program
brcsystem initialization procedures[ brc, bcheckrc ]
captoinfoconvert a termcap description into a terminfo description
chrootchange root directory for a command
chrtblgenerate character classification and conversion tables
clriclear inode
crashexamine system images
cronclock daemon
custominstall specific portions of a XENIX package
dcopycopy file systems for optimal access time
ddconvert and copy a file
devnmdevice name
dfreport number of free disk blocks and inodes
diskusggenerate disk accounting data by user ID
dscanscan a disk for bad blocks[ diskscan ]
dskconfget or set disk driver parameters[ diskconf ]
dusummarize disk usage
fdiskcreate or modify fixed disk partition table
fflist file names and statistics for a file system
fixpermcorrect or initialize XENIX file permissions and ownership
formatformat floppy disk tracks
fsckcheck and repair file systems[ fsck, dfsck ]
fsdbfile system debugger
fsstatreport file system status
fstypdetermine file system identifier
fuseridentify processes using a file or file structure
fwtmpmanipulate connect accounting records[ fwtmp, wtmpfix ]
gettyset terminal type, modes, speed, and line discipline
idprint user and group IDs and names
idbuildbuild new UNIX System kernel
idcheckreturns selected information
idconfigproduce a new kernel configuration
idinstalladd, delete, update, or get device driver confi- guration data
idmkinitread files containing specifications
idmknodremoves nodes and reads specifications of nodes
idmkunixbuild new UNIX system kernel
idspaceinvestigates free space
idtuneattempts to set value of a tunable parameter
infocmpcompare or print out terminfo descriptions
initprocess control initialization[ init, telinit ]
installinstall commands
killallkill all active processes
labelitprovide labels for file systems
linklink and unlink files and directories[ link, unlink ]
lpadminconfigure the LP print service
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 ]
lpusersset printing queue priorities
mkfsconstruct a file system
mknodbuild special file
mkpartdisk maintenance utility
mountmount and unmount file systems and remote resources[ mount, umount ]
mountallmount, unmount multiple file systems[ mountall, umountall ]
mvdirmove a directory
ncheckgenerate path names from i-numbers
newgrplog in to a new group
nlsadminnetwork listener service administration
passmgmtpassword files management
passwdchange login password and password attributes
profilerUNIX sys- tem profiler[ profiler: prfld, prfstat, prfdc, prfsnap, prfpr ]
pwckpassword/group file checkers[ pwck, grpck ]
pwconvinstall and update /etc/shadow with information from /etc/passwd
rc0run commands performed to stop the operating system
rc2run commands performed for multiuser environment
reloginrename login entry to show current layer
restorerestore file to original directory
runacctrun daily accounting
sarsystem activity report package[ sar: sa1, sa2, sadc ]
setmntestablish mount table
shutdownshut down system, change system state
straceprint STREAMS trace messages
strcleanSTREAMS error logger cleanup program
strerrSTREAMS error logger daemon
subecome super-user or another user
suloginaccess single-user mode
swap
syncupdate the super block
sysdefoutput values of tunable parameters
ticterminfo compiler
uadminadministrative control
uucheckcheck the uucp directories and permissions file
uucicofile transport program for the uucp system
uucleanupuucp spool directory clean-up
uugettyset terminal type, modes, speed, and line discip- line
uuschedthe scheduler for the uucp file transport program
uuxqtexecute remote command requests
volcopymake literal copy of file system
whodowho is doing what
wtinitobject downloader for the 5620 DMD terminal
xfsckcheck and repair XENIX filesystems
xinstallXENIX installation shell script
xrestoreinvoke XENIX incremental filesystem res- torer[ xrestore, xrestor ]
xtdextract and print xt driver link structure
xtsextract and print xt driver statistics
xttextract and print xt driver packet traces

1P. POSIX Commands

paxportable archive exchange

2. System Calls (intro)

accessdetermine accessibility of a file
acctenable or disable process accounting
alarmset a process alarm clock
brkchange data segment space allocation[ brk, sbrk ]
chdirchange working directory
chmodchange mode of file
chownchange owner and group of a file
chrootchange root directory
closeclose a file descriptor
creatcreate a new file or rewrite an existing one
dupduplicate an open file descriptor
execexecute a file[ exec: execl, execv, execle, execve, execlp, execvp ]
exitterminate process[ exit, _exit ]
fcntlfile control
forkcreate a new process
getdentsread directory entries and put in a file-system- independent format
getmsgget next message off a stream
getpidget process, process group, and parent process IDs[ getpid, getpgrp, getppid ]
getuidget real user, effective user, real group, and effective group IDs[ getuid, geteuid, getgid, getegid ]
introintroduction to system calls and error numbers
ioctlcontrol device
killsend a signal to a process or a group of processes
linklink to a file
lseekmove read/write file pointer
mkdirmake a directory
mknodmake a directory or a special or ordinary file or a FIFO
mountmount a file system
msgctlmessage control operations
msggetget message queue
msgopmessage operations[ msgop: msgsnd, msgrcv ]
nicechange priority of a process
openopen for reading or writing
pausesuspend process until signal
pipecreate an interprocess channel
plocklock process, text, or data in memory
pollSTREAMS input/output multiplexing
profilexecution time profile
ptraceprocess trace
putmsgsend a message on a stream
readread from file
rmdirremove a directory
semctlsemaphore control operations
semgetget set of semaphores
semopsemaphore operations
setpgrpset process group ID
setuidset user and group IDs[ setuid, setgid ]
shmctlshared memory control operations
shmgetget shared memory segment identifier
shmopshared memory operations[ shmop: shmat, shmdt ]
signalspecify what to do upon receipt of a signal
sigsetsignal management[ sigset, sighold, sigrelse, sigignore, sigpause ]
statget file status[ stat, fstat ]
statfsget file system information[ statfs, fstatfs ]
stimeset time
syncupdate super block
sysfsget file system type information
sysi86machine-specific functions
timeget time
timesget process and child process times
uadminadministrative control
ulimitget and set user limits
umaskset and get file creation mask
umountunmount a file system
unameget name of current UNIX system
unlinkremove directory entry
ustatget file system statistics
utimeset file access and modification times
waitwait for child process to stop or terminate
writewrite on a file

2P. POSIX System Calls

_setostypeset operating system semantics for a process
chmodchange mode of file
chownchange owner and group of a file
exitterminate process[ exit, _exit ]
fpathconfget configurable path name variables[ fpathconf, pathconf ]
getgroupsget supplementary group IDs
killsend a signal to a process or a group of processes
mkdirmake a directory
mkfifocreate a new FIFO
openopen for reading or writing
readread from file
renamechange the name of a file
setgroupsset group access list
sigactionexamine and change signal action
sigpendingexamine pending signals
sigprocmaskexamine and change blocked signals
sysconfget system configuration information
umaskset and get file creation mask
writewrite on a file

3. Subroutines and Libraries (intro)

introintroduction to functions and libraries

3C. C Library

a64lconvert between long integer and base-64 ASCII string[ a64l, l64a ]
abortgenerate an abort fault
absreturn integer absolute value
bsearchbinary search a sorted table
clockreport CPU time used
cryptgenerate hashing encryption[ crypt, setkey, encrypt ]
ctimeconvert date and time to string[ ctime, localtime, gmtime, asctime, cftime, ascftime, tzset ]
ctypecharacter handling[ ctype: isdigit, isxdigit, islower, isupper, isalpha, isal- num, isspace, iscntrl, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, isascii, tolower, toupper, toascci, _tolower, _toupper, setchrclass ]
dialestablish an outgoing terminal line connection
directorydirectory operations[ directory: opendir, readdir, telldir, seekdir, rewinddir, closedir ]
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 ]
fpgetroundIEEE floating point environment control[ fpgetround, fpsetround, fpgetmask, fpsetmask, fpgetsticky, fpsetsticky ]
frexpmanipulate parts of floating-point numbers[ frexp, ldexp, modf ]
ftwwalk a file tree
getcwdget path name of current working directory
getenvreturn value for environment name
getgrentget group file entry[ getgrent, getgrgid, getgrnam, setgrent, endgrent, fgetgrent ]
gethzreturn the frequency of the system clock in ticks per second
getloginget login name
getoptget option letter from argument vector
getpassread a password
getpwget name from UID
getpwentget password file entry[ getpwent, getpwuid, getpwnam, setpwent, endpwent, fgetpwent ]
getutaccess utmp file entry[ getut: getutent, getutid, getutline, pututline, setutent, endutent, utmpname ]
hsearchmanage hash search tables[ hsearch, hcreate, hdestroy ]
isnantest for floating point NaN (Not-A- Number)[ isnan: isnand, isnanf ]
l3tolconvert between 3-byte integers and long integers[ l3tol, ltol3 ]
lockfrecord locking on files
lsearchlinear search and update[ lsearch, lfind ]
mallocmain memory allocator[ malloc, free, realloc, calloc ]
memorymemory operations[ memory: memccpy, memchr, memcmp, memcpy, memset ]
mktempmake a unique file name
monitorprepare execution profile
nlistget entries from name list
perrorsystem error messages[ perror, errno, sys_errlist, sys_nerr ]
putenvchange or add value to environment
putpwentwrite password file entry
qsortquicker sort
randsimple random-number generator[ rand, srand ]
setjmpnon-local goto[ setjmp, longjmp ]
sleepsuspend execution for interval
ssignalsoftware signals[ ssignal, gsignal ]
stdipcstandard interprocess communication package[ stdipc: ftok ]
stringstring operations[ string: strcat, strdup, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok ]
strtodconvert string to double-precision number[ strtod, atof ]
strtolconvert string to integer[ strtol, atol, atoi ]
swabswap bytes
tamTAM transition libraries
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

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, log, log10, pow, sqrt ]
floorfloor, ceiling, remainder, abso- lute value functions[ floor, ceil, fmod, fabs ]
gammalog gamma function
hypotEuclidean distance function
matherrerror-handling function
sinhhyperbolic functions[ sinh, cosh, tanh ]
trigtrigonometric functions[ trig: sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, atan2 ]

3N. Network Support Library

nlsgetcallget client's data passed via the listener
nlsproviderget name of transport provider.
nlsrequestformat and send listener service request mes- sage
t_acceptaccept a connect request
t_allocallocate a library structure
t_bindbind an address to a transport endpoint
t_closeclose a transport endpoint
t_connectestablish a connection with another transport user
t_errorproduce error message
t_freefree a library structure
t_getinfoget protocol-specific service information
t_getstateget the current state
t_listenlisten for a connect request
t_looklook at the current event on a transport endpoint
t_openestablish a transport endpoint
t_optmgmtmanage options for a transport endpoint
t_rcvreceive data or expedited data sent over a connec- tion
t_rcvconnectreceive the confirmation from a connect request
t_rcvdisretrieve information from disconnect
t_rcvrelacknowledge receipt of an orderly release indica- tion
t_rcvudatareceive a data unit
t_rcvuderrreceive a unit data error indication
t_sndsend data or expedited data over a connection
t_snddissend user-initiated disconnect request
t_sndrelinitiate an orderly release
t_sndudatasend a data unit
t_syncsynchronize transport library
t_unbinddisable a transport endpoint

3P. POSIX Compatible Routines

ctimeconvert date and time to string[ ctime, localtime, gmtime, asctime, strftime; tzset ]
difftimecomputes the difference between two calendar times
getgrentget group file entry[ getgrent, getgrgid, getgrnam, setgrent, endgrent, fgetgrent ]
getpwentget password file entry[ getpwent, getpwuid, getpwnam, setpwent, endpwent, fgetpwent ]
initgroupsinitialize group access list
localeconvnumeric formatting convention inquiry
mallocmemory allocator[ malloc, free, realloc, calloc ]
mktimeconverts broken-down time into a calendar time value
setjmpnon-local goto[ setjmp, longjmp ]
setlocalelocale control
sigsetopsmanipulate signal sets[ sigsetops, sigaddset, sigdelset, sigemptyset, sigfillset, sigismember ]
sigsuspendwait for a signal
stringstring operations[ string: strcat, strdup, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strstr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok ]
sysconfget system configuration information
tcgetattrget and set terminal state[ tcgetattr, tcsetattr ]
tcgetpgrpget foreground process group ID
tcsendbreak..zline control func- tions[ tcsendbreak, tcdrain, tcflush, tcflow ]
tcsetpgrpset foreground process group ID
termiosbaud rate functions[ termios: cfgetispeed, cfgetospeed, cfsetispeed, cfsetospeed ]

3S. Standard I/O Library

ctermidgenerate file name for terminal
cuseridget character login name of the user
fcloseclose or flush a stream[ fclose, fflush ]
ferrorstream status inquiries[ ferror, feof, clearerr, fileno ]
fopenopen a stream[ fopen, freopen, fdopen ]
freadbinary input/output[ fread, fwrite ]
fseekreposition a file pointer in a stream[ fseek, rewind, ftell ]
getcget character or word from a stream[ getc, getchar, fgetc, getw ]
getsget a string from a stream[ gets, fgets ]
popeninitiate pipe to/from a process[ popen, pclose ]
printfprint formatted output[ printf, fprintf, sprintf ]
putcput character or word on a stream[ putc, putchar, fputc, putw ]
putsput a string on a stream[ puts, fputs ]
scanfconvert formatted input[ scanf, fscanf, sscanf ]
setbufassign buffering to a stream[ setbuf, setvbuf ]
stdiostandard buffered input/output package
systemissue a shell command
tmpfilecreate a temporary file
tmpnamcreate a name for a temporary file[ tmpnam, tempnam ]
ungetcpush character back into input stream
vprintfprint formatted output of a varargs argument list[ vprintf, vfprintf, vsprintf ]

3X. Miscellaneous Libraries

assertverify program assertion
cryptpassword and file encryption functions
cursesterminal screen handling and optimization package
fieldFIELD library routines
fieldtypeFIELDTYPE library routines
formFORM library routines
itemCRT item routines
ldahreadread the archive header of a member of an archive file
ldcloseclose a common object file[ ldclose, ldaclose ]
ldfhreadread the file header of a common object file
ldgetnameretrieve symbol name for common object file sym- bol table entry
ldlreadmanipulate line number entries of a common object file function[ ldlread, ldlinit, ldlitem ]
ldlseekseek to line number entries of a section of a common object file[ ldlseek, ldnlseek ]
ldohseekseek to the optional file header of a common object file
ldopenopen a common object file for reading[ ldopen, ldaopen ]
ldrseekseek to relocation entries of a section of a common object file[ ldrseek, ldnrseek ]
ldshreadread an indexed/named section header of a common object file[ ldshread, ldnshread ]
ldsseekseek to an indexed/named section of a common object file[ ldsseek, ldnsseek ]
ldtbindexcompute the index of a symbol table entry of a common object file
ldtbreadread an indexed symbol table entry of a common object file
ldtbseekseek to the symbol table of a common object file
libwindowswindowing terminal function library
lognamereturn login name of user
mallocfast main memory allocator[ malloc, free, realloc, calloc, mallopt, mallinfo ]
menuCRT menu routines
panelPANEL library routines
plotgraphics interface subroutines
regcmpcompile and execute regular expression[ regcmp, regex ]
sputlaccess long integer data in a machine- independent fashion[ sputl, sgetl ]

4. File Formats (intro)

a.outcommon assembler and link editor output
acctper-process accounting file format
arcommon archive file format
cftimelanguage specific strings
checklistlist of file systems processed by fsck and ncheck
coreformat of core image file
cpioformat of cpio archive
dirformat of directories
direntfile-system-independent directory entry
filehdrfile header for common object files
fsformat of system volume[ fs: file system ]
fspecformat specification in text files
fstabfile-system-table
gettydefsspeed and terminal settings used by getty
groupgroup file
inittabscript for the init process
inodeformat of an inode
introintroduction to file formats
issueissue identification file
ldfcncommon object file access routines
limitsfile header for implementation-specific constants
linenumline number entries in a common object file
loginloglog of failed login attempts[ /usr/adm/loginlog ]
mdevicefile format
mfsysfile format
mnttabmounted file system table
mtunefile format
passwdpassword file
plotgraphics interface
pnchfile format for card images
profilesetting up an environment at login time
relocrelocation information for a common object file
rfmasterRemote File Sharing name server master file
sccsfileformat of SCCS file
scnhdrsection header for a common object file
scr_dumpformat of curses screen image file
sdevicefile format
sfsysfile format
stunefile format
symscommon object file symbol table format
termformat of compiled term file
terminfoterminal capability data base
timezoneset default system time zone
unistdfile header for symbolic constants
utmputmp and wtmp entry formats[ utmp, wtmp ]

5. Miscellaneous Facilities (intro)

aliasesaliases file for sendmail
asciimap of ASCII character set
environuser environment
fcntlfile control options
introintroduction to miscellany
jagenthost control of windowing terminal
layersprotocol used between host and windowing terminal under layers(1)
loadfontformat of a loadfont input file
mathmath functions and constants
pathssmail routing database
profprofile within a function
regexpregular expression compile and match routines
statdata returned by stat system call
termconventional names for terminals
typesprimitive system data types
valuesmachine-dependent values
varargshandle variable argument list
xtprotomultiplexed channels protocol used by xt(7) driver

5P. POSIX Facilities

environuser environment
fcntlfile control options
localedefine and set international environment
statdata returned by stat system call
typesprimitive system data types

7. Special Files (intro)

aha1540low-level controller module
asyasynchronous serial port
athdlow-level controller module
cloneopen any minor device on a STREAMS driver
consoleconsole interface
cpyrtOEM copyright driver
cramCMOS RAM interface
diskrandom access bulk storage
displaysystem console display
fdfloppy disk (diskette) driver
ftfloppy tape driver
hpddHigh Performance Disk Driver
hubBell Technologies Hub6 serial card
iccIntelligent Channel Controller (ICC) Multi-Port Serial Card
introintroduction to special files
iolpUnTerminal parallel printer interface
ionaUnTerminal I/O network adapter serial driver
kdmousebuilt-in mouse device interface
keyboardsystem console keyboard
loginterface to STREAMS error logging and event tracing
lpparallel printer interface
mcesdilow-level controller module
mcstlow-level controller module
memcore memory[ mem, kmem ]
mousemouse device interface
nullthe null file
prfoperating system profiler
rtcreal time clock interface
sasySunRiver asynchronous serial port
skdSunRiver keyboard display driver
slpSunRiver parallel printer interface
streamioSTREAMS ioctl commands
sxtpseudo-device driver
tapecartridge tape storage
termiogeneral terminal interface
timodTransport Interface cooperating STREAMS module
tirdwrTransport Interface read/write interface STREAMS module
tmc8x0low-level controller module
ttycontrolling terminal interface
vnaUnTerminal video network adapter
vtvirtual terminal management
wtcartridge tape device
xtmultiplexed tty driver for AT&T windowing terminals

8. Maintenance Commands

debuggersymbolic kernel debugger
lcasepconvert first field to lowercase
mkdosfsconstruct a DOS file system in a UNIX System environment
mkfnamescreate full name database
nptxfull name permutations
pathprocpathalias post-processor for smail routing data- base
sendmailsend mail over the internet
smailUUCP mailer with routing[ smail, rmail ]

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