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1. Commands

1a. Maintenance Commands

1c. Communications Commands

1f. FMLI Commands

1m. Maintenance Commands

2. System Calls

3. C Library

3X11. X11 Library

3Xt. X Toolkit

3c. Compatibility Routines

Section 3g

3m. Math Library

3n. Network Support Library

3s. Standard I/O Library

3x. Miscellaneous Libraries

4. File Formats

5. File Formats

7. Special Files

8. Maintenance Procedures

Section S

Manual — NEWS-os 5.0.1

1835 entries

1. Commands (intro)

Xa portable, network-transparent window system
XConsortium[ MIT X Consortium ]
XStandards[ X Standards ]
XauX authority database routines[ XauFileName, XauReadAuth, XauLockAuth, XauUnlockAuth, XauWriteAuth, XauGetAuthByAddr ]
XserverX Window System server[ X ]
acctcomsearch and print process accounting file(s)[ acctcom ]
addbibcreate or extend a bibliographic database[ addbib ]
admincreate and administer SCCS files[ admin ]
appreslist application resource database
aproposlocate commands by keyword lookup[ apropos ]
armaintain portable archive or library[ ar ]
archdisplay the architecture of the current host[ arch ]
asMIPS assembler
atexecute commands at a later time[ at, batch ]
atqdisplay the jobs queued to run at specified times[ atq ]
atrmremove jobs spooled by at or batch[ atrm ]
awkpattern scanning and processing language[ awk, oawk ]
bannermake posters[ banner ]
basenamedeliver portions of path names[ basename, dirname ]
bcarbitrary-precision arithmetic language[ bc ]
bdftosnfBDF to SNF font compiler for X11
bdiffbig diff[ bdiff ]
bfsbig file scanner[ bfs ]
biffgive notice of incoming mail messages[ biff ]
bitmapbitmap editor and converter utilities for X  [ bitmap, bmtoa, atobm ]
calprint calendar[ cal ]
calendarreminder service[ calendar ]
catconcatenate and print files[ cat ]
cbC program beautifier[ cb ]
ccMIPS C compiler
cdchange working directory[ cd ]
cdcchange the delta comment of an SCCS delta[ cdc ]
cflowgenerate C flowgraph[ cflow ]
checknrcheck nroff and troff input files; report possible errors[ checknr ]
chgrpchange the group ownership of a file[ chgrp ]
chkbmapchange the keyboard mapping
chkeychange user encryption key[ chkey ]
chmodchange file mode[ chmod ]
chownchange file owner[ chown ]
ckdateprompts for and vali- dates 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 ]
ckitembuild a menu; prompt for and return a menu item[ ckitem ]
ckkeywdprompts for and validates a keyword[ ckkeywd ]
ckpathdisplay a prompt; verify and return a pathname[ ckpath ]
ckrangeprompts for and validates an integer[ ckrange ]
ckstrdisplay a prompt; verify and return a string answer[ ckstr ]
cktimedisplay a prompt; verify and return a time of day[ cktime ]
ckuidprompts for and validates a user ID[ ckuid ]
ckyornprompts for and validates yes/no[ ckyorn ]
clearclear the terminal screen[ clear ]
cmpcompare two files[ cmp ]
colfilter reverse line-feeds[ col ]
combcombine SCCS deltas[ comb ]
commselect or reject lines common to two sorted files[ comm ]
compresscompress, expand or display expanded files[ compress, uncompress, zcat ]
cpcopy files[ cp ]
cpiocopy file archives in and out[ cpio ]
cppthe C language preprocessor
crontabuser crontab file[ crontab ]
cscanColor scanner program[ cscan ]
cscopeinteractively examine a C program[ cscope ]
cshshell command interpreter with a C-like syntax[ csh ]
csplitcontext split[ csplit ]
ctagscreate a tags file for use with vi[ ctags ]
ctraceC program debugger[ ctrace ]
cutcut out selected fields of each line of a file[ cut ]
cxrefgenerate C program cross-reference[ cxref ]
dateprint and set the date[ date ]
dbxsource-level debugger
dcdesk calculator[ dc ]
deltamake a delta (change) to an SCCS file[ delta ]
deroffremove nroff/troff, tbl, and eqn constructs[ deroff ]
dfreport free disk space on file systems[ df ]
diffdifferential file comparator[ diff ]
diff33-way differential file comparison[ diff3 ]
diffmkmark differences between versions of a troff input file[ diffmk ]
dircmpdirectory comparison[ dircmp ]
disdisassemble an object file
dispgiddisplays a list of all valid group names
dispuiddisplays a list of all valid user names
dsconfigdisplay data storage device configuration[ dsconfig ]
echoecho arguments[ echo ]
edtext editor[ ed, red ]
edittext editor (variant of ex for casual users)[ edit ]
editresa dynamic resource editor for X Toolkit applications
egrepsearch a file for a pattern using full regular expressions[ egrep ]
ejectunload floppy from the floppy drive[ eject ]
enableenable/disable LP printers[ enable, disable ]
envset environment for command execution[ env ]
eqntypeset mathematics[ eqn, neqn, checkeq ]
extext editor[ ex ]
expandexpand tabs to spaces, and vice versa[ expand, unexpand ]
exprevaluate arguments as an expression[ expr ]
exstrextract strings from source files[ exstr ]
f77MIPS Fortran 77 compiler
faceexecutable for the Framed Access Command Environment Interface[ face ]
factorobtain the prime factors of a number[ factor ]
fgrepsearch a file for a character string[ fgrep ]
filedetermine file type[ file ]
findfind files[ find ]
fingerdisplay information about local and remote users[ finger ]
finger_tcpdisplay information about users[ finger ]
fmliinvoke FMLI[ fmli ]
fmtsimple text formatters[ fmt ]
fmtmsgdisplay a message on stderr or system console[ fmtmsg ]
foldfold long lines[ fold ]
fsirandinstall random inode generation numbers[ fsirand ]
fsplitsplit a multi-routine Fortran file into individual files
ftpfile transfer program[ ftp ]
gcoreget core images of running processes[ gcore ]
gencatgenerate a formatted message catalogue[ gencat ]
getget a version of an SCCS file[ get ]
getoptparse command options[ getopt ]
getoptsparse command options[ getopts, getoptcvt ]
gettxtretrieve a text string from a message data base[ gettxt ]
grepsearch a file for a pattern[ grep ]
groupsprint group membership of user[ groups ]
headdisplay first few lines of files[ head ]
helpask for help with message numbers or SCCS commands[ help ]
hostidprint the numeric identifier of the current host[ hostid ]
hostnameset or print name of current host system[ hostname ]
icoanimate an icosahedron or other polyhedron
iconvcode set conversion utility[ iconv ]
imakeC preprocessor interface to the make utility
indxbibcreate an inverted index to a bibliographic data- base[ indxbib ]
installinstall files[ install ]
introintroduction to commands and application programs[ intro ]
intro_ccsintroduction to programming commands[ intro ]
iopipefilter for buffering data
ipcrmremove a message queue, semaphore set, or shared memory ID[ ipcrm ]
ipcsreport inter-process communication facilities status[ ipcs ]
joinrelational database operator[ join ]
keylogindecrypt and store secret key[ keylogin ]
killterminate a process by default[ kill ]
kshKornShell, a standard/restricted command and programming language[ ksh, rksh ]
lastindicate last user or terminal logins[ last ]
lastcommshow the last commands executed, in reverse order[ lastcomm ]
ldMIPS link editor/ucode link editor[ ld, uld ]
lexgenerate programs for simple lexical tasks[ lex ]
lineread one line[ line ]
linta C program checker
listreslist resources in widgets
listuserslist user login information[ listusers ]
lnlink files[ ln ]
loggeradd entries to the system log[ logger ]
loginsign on[ login ]
lognameget login name[ logname ]
lookfind words in the system dictionary or lines in a sorted list[ look ]
lookbibfind references in a bibliographic database[ lookbib ]
lorderfind ordering relation for an object library[ lorder ]
lpsend/cancel requests to an LP print service[ lp, cancel ]
lpqdisplay the queue of printer jobs[ lpq ]
lprsend a job to the printer[ lpr ]
lprmremove jobs from the printer queue[ lprm ]
lpstatprint information about the status of the LP print service[ lpstat ]
lptestgenerate lineprinter ripple pattern[ lptest ]
lslist contents of directory[ ls ]
m4macro processor[ m4 ]
machdisplay the processor type of the current host[ mach ]
machidget pro- cessor type truth value[ machid: pdp11, u3b, u3b2, u3b5, u3b15, vax, u370 ]
mailread mail or send mail to users[ mail, rmail ]
mailaliastranslate mail alias names[ mailalias ]
mailxinteractive message processing system[ mailx ]
makemaintain, update, and regenerate groups of programs[ make ]
makedependcreate dependencies in makefiles
mandisplay reference manual pages; find reference pages by keyword[ man ]
mazean automated maze program... [ demo ][ X11 ]
mesgpermit or deny messages[ mesg ]
mkdirmake directories[ mkdir ]
mkfontdircreate fonts.dir file from directory of font files. 
mkmsgscreate message files for use by gettxt[ mkmsgs ]
mkshlibcreate a shared library
morebrowse or page through a text file[ more, page ]
mtmagnetic tape control[ mt ]
muncherdraw interesting patterns in an X window
mvmove files[ mv ]
mwmThe Motif Window Manager. 
nawkpattern scanning and processing language[ nawk ]
newformchange the format of a text file[ newform ]
newsprint news items[ news ]
nicerun a command at low priority[ nice ]
nlline numbering filter[ nl ]
nmname list dump of MIPS object files
nohuprun a command immune to hangups and quits[ nohup ]
notifynotify user of the arrival of new mail[ notify ]
nroffformat documents for display or line-printer[ nroff ]
oclockdisplay time of day
odoctal dump[ od ]
odumpdumps selected parts of an object file
packcompress and expand files[ pack, pcat, unpack ]
pagesizedisplay the size of a page of memory[ pagesize ]
passwdchange login password and password attributes[ passwd ]
pastemerge same lines of several files or subsequent lines of one file[ paste ]
pcMIPS Pascal compiler
pgfile perusal filter for CRTs[ pg ]
pixieadd profiling code to a program
pixstatsanalyze program execution
pkginfodisplay software package information[ pkginfo ]
pkgmkproduce an installable package[ pkgmk ]
pkgparamdisplays package parameter values[ pkgparam ]
pkgprotogenerate a prototype file[ pkgproto ]
pkgtranstranslate package format[ pkgtrans ]
plaidpaint some plaid-like patterns in an X window
plotgraphics filters for various plotters[ plot, aedplot, bgplot, crtplot, dumbplot, gigiplot, hpplot, implot, t300, t300s, t4013, t450, tek ]
prprint files[ pr ]
printenvdisplay environment variables currently set[ printenv ]
printfprint formatted output[ printf ]
priocntlprocess scheduler control[ priocntl ]
profanalyze profile data
prsprint an SCCS file[ prs ]
prtdisplay the delta and commentary history of an SCCS file[ prt ]
psreport process status[ ps ]
puzzle15-puzzle game for X
pwdworking directory name[ pwd ]
qvquick video viewer for VEX
rcpremote file copy[ rcp ]
referexpand and insert references from a bibliographic database[ refer ]
regcmpregular expression compile[ regcmp ]
resizeutility to set TERMCAP and terminal settings to current window size
rloginremote login[ rlogin ]
rmremove files or directories[ rm, rmdir ]
rmdelremove a delta from an SCCS file[ rmdel ]
roffbibformat and print a bibliographic database[ roffbib ]
rpcgenan RPC protocol compiler[ rpcgen ]
rshremote shell[ rsh ]
ruptimeshow host status of local machines[ ruptime ]
ruserswho's logged in on local machines[ rusers ]
rwhowho's logged in on local machines[ rwho ]
sactprint current SCCS file editing activity[ sact ]
sagsystem activity graph[ sag ]
sarsystem activity reporter[ sar ]
sbchkdisplays sound file header information
sbconvconvert sound file format
sbplayplay recorded sounds
sbrecrecord sounds
sbsetset audio interface parameters
sccsfront end for the Source Code Control System (SCCS)[ sccs ]
sccsdiffcompare two versions of an SCCS file[ sccsdiff ]
scriptmake typescript of a terminal session[ script ]
sdiffprint file differences side-by-side[ sdiff ]
sedstream editor[ sed ]
shshell, the standard, job control, and res- tricted command interpreter[ sh, jsh, rsh ]
showsnfprint contents of an SNF file
sizeprints the section size of an object file
sleepsuspend execution for an interval[ sleep ]
soelimresolve and eliminate .so requests from nroff or troff input[ soelim ]
sortsort and/or merge files[ sort ]
sortbibsort a bibliographic database[ sortbib ]
spellfind spelling errors[ spell, hashmake, spellin, hashcheck ]
splineinterpolate smooth curve
splitsplit a file into pieces[ split ]
srchtxtdisplay contents of, or search for a text string in, message data bases[ srchtxt ]
stdumpdump portions of a file containing symbolic infor- mation
strchgchange or query stream configuration[ strchg, strconf ]
stringsfind printable strings in an object file or binary[ strings ]
stripremove symbols and relocation bits
sttyset the options for a terminal[ stty ]
sumprint checksum and block count of a file[ sum ]
tabsset tabs on a terminal[ tabs ]
taildeliver the last part of a file[ tail ]
talktalk to another user[ talk ]
tartape file archiver[ tar ]
tblformat tables for nroff or troff[ tbl ]
tcopycopy a magnetic tape[ tcopy ]
teepipe fitting[ tee ]
telnetuser interface to a remote system using the TELNET protocol[ telnet ]
testcondition evaluation command[ test ]
tftptrivial file transfer program[ tftp ]
timetime a command[ time ]
timextime a command; report process data and system activity[ timex ]
touchupdate access and modification times of a file[ touch ]
tputinitialize a terminal or query terminfo database[ tput ]
trtranslate characters[ tr ]
trofftypeset or format documents[ troff ]
trueprovide truth values[ true, false ]
trusstrace system calls and signals[ truss ]
tsetestablish or restore terminal characteristics[ tset, reset ]
tsorttopological sort[ tsort ]
ttyget the name of the terminal[ tty ]
twmTab Window Manager for the X Window System
uilThe user interface language compiler for X window system. 
ulunderline[ ul ]
umaskset file-creation mode mask[ umask ]
unameprint name of current UNIX system[ uname ]
ungetundo a previous get of an SCCS file[ unget ]
unifdefresolve and remove ifdef'ed lines from C program source[ unifdef ]
uniqreport repeated lines in a file[ uniq ]
unitsconversion program[ units ]
uptimeshow how long the system has been up[ uptime ]
usersdisplay a compact list of users logged in[ users ]
vacationautomatically respond to incoming mail messages.[ vacation ]
valvalidate an SCCS file[ val ]
vcversion control[ vc ]
viscreen-oriented (visual) display editor based on ex[ vi, view, vedit ]
viewresgraphical class browser for Xt
wwho is logged in, and what are they doing[ w ]
waitawait completion of process[ wait ]
wcword count[ wc ]
whatprint identification strings[ what ]
whatisdisplay a one-line summary about a keyword[ whatis ]
whichlocate a command; display its pathname or alias[ which ]
whowho is on the system[ who ]
whoamidisplay the effective current username[ whoami ]
whoisInternet user name directory service[ whois ]
writewrite to another user[ write ]
xargsconstruct argument list(s) and execute command[ xargs ]
xauthX authority file utility
xbiffmailbox flag for X
xcalcscientific calculator for X
xclipboardX clipboard client
xclockanalog / digital clock for X
xcutselinterchange between cut buffer and selection
xditviewdisplay ditroff DVI files
xdmX Display Manager
xdprdump an X window directly to a printer
xdpyinfodisplay information utility for X
xeditsimple text editor for X
xevprint contents of X events
xeyeswatch over your shoulder
xfdfont displayer for X
xfontselpoint & click interface for selecting X11 font names
xgcX graphics demo
xhostserver access control program for X
xinitX Window System initializer
xkillkill a client by its X resource
xloadload average display for X
xlogoX Window System logo
xlsatomslist interned atoms defined on server
xlsclientslist client applications running on a display
xlsfontsserver font list displayer for X
xlswinsserver window list displayer for X
xmagmagnify parts of the screen
xmanManual page display program for the X Window System. 
xmhX interface to the MH message handling system
xmodmaputility for modifying keymaps in X
xprprint an X window dump
xpropproperty displayer for X
xrdbX server resource database utility
xrefreshrefresh all or part of an X screen
xsetuser preference utility for X
xsetrootroot window parameter setting utility for X
xstdcmapX standard colormap utility
xstrextract strings from C programs to implement shared strings[ xstr ]
xtermterminal emulator for X
xwddump an image of an X window
xwininfowindow information utility for X
xwudimage displayer for X
yaccyet another compiler-compiler[ yacc ]

1a. Maintenance Commands (intro)

Uutrytry to contact remote system with debugging on[ Uutry ]
acceptallow or prevent LP requests[ accept, reject ]
acctoverview of account- ing and miscellaneous accounting commands[ acctdisk, acctdusg, accton, acctwtmp ]
acctcmscommand summary from per-process accounting records[ acctcms ]
acctconconnect-time accounting[ acctcon, acctcon1, acctcon2 ]
acctdiskoverview of account- ing and miscellaneous accounting commands[ acctdisk, acctdusg, accton, acctwtmp ]
acctmergmerge or add total accounting files[ acctmerg ]
acctprcprocess accounting[ acctprc, acctprc1, acctprc2 ]
acctshshell procedures for accounting[ chargefee, ckpacct, dodisk, lastlogin, monacct, nulladm, prctmp, prdaily, prtacct, runacct, shutacct, startup, tur- nacct ]
arpaddress resolution display and control[ arp ]
automountautomatically mount NFS file systems[ automount ]
autopushconfigures lists of automatically pushed STREAMS modules.[ autopush ]
backupinitiate or control a system backup session[ backup ]
biodNFS daemon[ biod ]
bkexceptchange or display an exception list for incremen- tal backups[ bkexcept ]
bkhistoryreport on completed backup operations[ bkhistory ]
bkoperinteract with backup operations to service media insertion prompts[ bkoper ]
bkregchange or display the contents of a backup register[ bkreg ]
bkstatusdisplay the status of backup operations[ bkstatus ]
bootparamdboot parameter server[ bootparamd ]
bootpdInternet Boot Protocol server[ bootpd ]
brcsystem initialization procedures[ brc, bcheckrc ]
buildsysoperating system configuration script[ buildsys ]
captoinfoconvert a termcap description into a terminfo description
checkfsyscheck a file system[ checkfsys ]
chrootchange root directory for a command[ chroot ]
chrtblgenerate character classification and conversion tables[ chrtbl ]
ckbinarsysdetermine whether remote system can accept binary messages[ ckbinarsys ]
ckbupscdcheck file system backup schedule[ ckbupscd ]
cmpressre-link file system to remove fragmentation[ cmpress ]
colltblcreate collation database[ colltbl ]
comsatbiff server[ comsat, in.comsat ]
crashexamine system images[ crash ]
cronclock daemon[ cron ]
dcopycopy file systems for optimal access time[ dcopy (generic) ]
dcopy_s5copy s5 file systems for optimal access time[ dcopy (s5) ]
ddconvert and copy a file[ dd ]
delsysadmsysadm interface menu or task removal tool[ delsysadm ]
devattrlists device attributes[ devattr ]
devfreereleases devices from exclusive use[ devfree ]
devreservreserves devices for exclusive use[ devreserv ]
dfreport number of free disk blocks and files[ df (generic) ]
df_s5report number of free disk blocks and i-nodes for s5 file systems[ df (s5) ]
df_ufsreport free disk space on ufs file systems[ df (ufs) ]
dfmountsdisplay mounted resource information[ dfmounts ]
dfmounts_nfsdisplay mounted NFS resource information[ dfmounts (NFS) ]
dfshareslist available resources from remote or local systems[ dfshares ]
dfshares_nfslist available NFS resources from remote systems[ dfshares (NFS) ]
disksadds /dev/entries for hard disks in the Equipped Device Table[ disks ]
dispadminprocess scheduler administration[ dispadmin ]
dnameprint Remote File Sharing domain and network names[ dname ]
domainnameget/set name of current secure RPC domain[ domainname ]
dusummarize disk usage[ du ]
edquotaedit user quotas[ edquota ]
edsysadmsysadm interface editing tool[ edsysadm ]
fdetachdetach a name from a STREAMS-based file descriptor[ fdetach ]
fdiskcreate (recover) a complete disk archive[ fdisk ]
fdpcreate, or restore from, a full file system archive[ fdp ]
fflist file names and statistics for a file system[ ff (generic) ]
ff_s5display i-list information[ ff (s5) ]
ff_ufslist file names and statistics for a ufs file system[ ff (ufs) ]
ffilecreate, or restore from, a full file system archive[ ffile ]
fimagecreate, restore an image archive of a filesystem[ fimage ]
fincfast incremental backup[ finc ]
fingerdremote user information server[ fingerd, in.fingerd ]
fmthardpopulate disk partition table on hard disks[ fmthard ]
formatformat utility for floppy disk/hard disk/optical disk
frecrecover files from a backup tape[ frec ]
fromsmtpreceive RFC822 mail from SMTP[ fromsmtp ]
fsbafile system block analyzer[ fsba ]
fsckcheck and repair file systems[ fsck (generic) ]
fsck_bfscheck and repair bfs file systems[ fsck (bfs) ]
fsck_s5check and repair s5 file systems[ fsck (s5) ]
fsck_ufsfile system consistency check and interactive repair[ fsck (ufs) ]
fsdb[ fsdb (generic)- file system debugger ]
fsdb_s5s5 file system debugger[ fsdb (s5) ]
fsdb_ufs[ fsdb (ufs)- ufs file system debugger ]
fstypdetermine file system type[ fstyp (generic) ]
ftpdfile transfer protocol server[ ftpd ]
fuseridentify processes using a file or file structure[ fuser ]
fwtmpmanipulate connect accounting records[ fwtmp, wtmpfix ]
gencccreate a front-end to the cc command[ gencc ]
getdevlists devices based on criteria[ getdev ]
getdgrplists device groups which contain devices that match criteria[ getdgrp ]
gettableget DoD Internet format host table from a host[ gettable ]
gettyset terminal type, modes, speed, and line discipline[ getty ]
getvolverifies device accessibility[ getvol ]
groupaddadd (create) a new group definition on the system[ groupadd ]
groupdeldelete a group definition from the system[ groupdel ]
groupmodmodify a group definition on the system[ groupmod ]
htableconvert DoD Internet format host table[ htable ]
idprint the user name and ID, and group name and ID[ id ]
ifconfigconfigure network interface parameters[ ifconfig ]
incfilecreate, restore an incremental filesystem archive[ incfile ]
inetdInternet services daemon[ inetd ]
infocmpcompare or print out terminfo descriptions[ infocmp ]
initprocess control initialization[ init, telinit ]
installinstall commands[ install ]
installfadd a file to the software installation database[ installf ]
introintroduction to maintenance commands and application programs[ intro ]
keyservserver for storing public and private keys[ keyserv ]
killallkill all active processes[ killall ]
labelitprovide labels for file systems[ labelit (generic) ]
labelit_s5provide labels for s5 file systems[ labelit (s5) ]
labelit_ufsprovide labels for ufs file systems[ labelit (ufs) ]
ldsysdumpload system dump from floppy diskettes[ ldsysdump ]
linklink and unlink files and directories[ link, unlink ]
listdgrplists members of a device group[ listdgrp ]
listennetwork listener daemon
loginslist user and system login information[ logins ]
lpadminconfigure the LP print service[ lpadmin ]
lpfilteradminister filters used with the LP print service[ lpfilter ]
lpformsadminister forms used with the LP print service
lpsched
lpsystemregister remote systems with the print service[ lpsystem ]
lpusersset printing queue priorities[ lpusers ]
mail_pipeinvoke recipient command for incoming mail[ mail_pipe ]
makefsyscreate a file system[ makefsys ]
mbootconfigure bootable kernel[ mboot ]
migrationmove an archive from one set of volumes to another[ migration ]
mkfifomake FIFO special file[ mkfifo ]
mkfsconstruct a file system[ mkfs (generic) ]
mkfs_bfsconstruct a boot file system[ mkfs (bfs) ]
mkfs_s5construct an s5 file system[ mkfs (s5) ]
mkfs_ufsconstruct a ufs file system[ mkfs (ufs) ]
mknodmake a special file[ mknod ]
montblcreate monetary database[ montbl ]
mountmount or unmount file systems and remote resources[ mount, umount (generic) ]
mount_bfsmount bfs file systems[ mount (bfs) ]
mount_cdfsmount CD-ROM file systems[ mount (cdfs) ]
mount_msdosmount an msdos file system[ mount (msdos) ]
mount_nfsmount remote NFS resources[ mount (nfs) ]
mount_s5mount an s5 file system[ mount (s5) ]
mount_ufsmount ufs file systems[ mount (ufs) ]
mountallmount, unmount multiple file systems[ mountall, umountall ]
mountdNFS mount request server[ mountd ]
mountfsysmount, unmount a file system[ mountfsys, umountfsys ]
mvdirmove a directory[ mvdir ]
namedInternet domain name server[ named, in.named ]
ncheckgenerate a list of path names vs i- numbers[ ncheck (generic) ]
ncheck_s5generate path names versus i-numbers for s5 file systems[ ncheck (s5) ]
ncheck_ufsgenerate pathnames versus i-numbers for ufs file systems[ ncheck (ufs) ]
netstatshow network status[ netstat ]
netwatchWatch network traffic[ netwatch ]
newbootload boot programs onto the boot area[ newboot ]
newgrplog in to a new group[ newgrp ]
newkeycreate a new key in the publickey database[ newkey ]
nfsdNFS daemon[ nfsd ]
nlsadminnetwork listener service administration[ nlsadmin ]
nslookupquery name servers interactively[ nslookup ]
nsqueryRemote File Sharing name server query[ nsquery ]
passmgmtpassword files management[ passmgmt ]
pingsend ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts[ ping ]
pkgaddtransfer software package to the system[ pkgadd ]
pkgaskstores answers to a request script[ pkgask ]
pkgchkcheck accuracy of installation[ pkgchk ]
pkgrmremoves a package from the system[ pkgrm ]
pmadmport monitor administration[ pmadm ]
powerdownstop all processes and turn off the power[ powerdown ]
profilerUNIX sys- tem profiler[ profiler: prfld, prfstat, prfdc, prfsnap, prfpr ]
prtconfprint system configuration[ prtconf ]
prtvtocprint the disk partition table of a hard disk[ prtvtoc ]
putdevedits device table[ putdev ]
putdgrpedits device group table[ putdgrp ]
pwckpassword/group file checkers[ pwck, grpck ]
pwconvInstalls and updates /etc/shadow with information from /etc/passwd[ pwconv ]
pwunconvConverts from a two- to a one-password file scheme.[ pwunconv ]
quotsummarize file system ownership[ quot ]
quotadisplay a user's disk quota and usage[ quota ]
quotacheckfile system quota consistency checker[ quotacheck ]
quotaonturn file system quotas on and off[ quotaon, quotaoff ]
rarpdDARPA Reverse Address Resolution Protocol server[ rarpd ]
rc0run commands performed to stop the operating system[ rc0 ]
rc2run commands performed for multi-user environment[ rc2 ]
rc6run commands performed to stop and reboot the operat- ing system[ rc6 ]
rdateset system date from a remote host[ rdate ]
rddremote disk daemon
removefremove a file from software database[ removef ]
repquotasummarize quotas for a file system[ repquota ]
restoreinitiate restores of filesystems, data partitions, or disks[ restore ]
rexecdremote execution server[ rexecd ]
rlogindremote login server[ rlogind ]
routemanually manipulate the routing tables[ route ]
routednetwork routing daemon[ routed ]
rpcbinduniversal addresses to RPC program number mapper[ rpcbind ]
rpcinforeport RPC information[ rpcinfo ]
rshdremote shell server[ rshd ]
rsnotifydisplay or modify the information identifying the individual in charge of restore requests[ rsnotify ]
rsoperservice pending restore requests and service media insertion prompts[ rsoper ]
rsstatusreport the status of posted restore requests[ rsstatus ]
runacctrun daily accounting[ runacct ]
rusersdnetwork username server[ rpc.rusersd ]
rwallwrite to all users over a network[ rwall ]
rwalldnetwork rwall server[ rpc.rwalld ]
rwhodsystem status server[ rwhod, in.rwhod ]
sacservice access controller[ sac ]
sacadmservice access controller administration[ sacadm ]
sadpdisk access profiler[ sadp ]
sarsystem activity report package[ sar: sa1, sa2, sadc ]
savecoresave system images after a crash
setclkset system time from hardware clock[ setclk ]
setkbmapset the keyboard mapping table
setmntestablish mount table[ setmnt ]
setunamechanges machine information[ setuname ]
setupinitialize system for first user
sharemake local resource available for mounting by remote systems[ share ]
share_nfsmake local NFS resources available[ share (NFS) ]
shareallshare, unshare multiple resources[ shareall, unshareall ]
showmountshow all remote mounts
shutdownshut down system, change system state[ shutdown ]
slinkstreams linker[ slink ]
smtpsend SMTP mail to a remote host using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol[ smtp ]
smtpdreceive incoming SMTP messages[ smtpd ]
smtpqerqueue mail for delivery by SMTP[ smtpqer ]
smtpschedprocess messages queued in the SMTP mail queue[ smtpsched ]
sprayspray packets[ spray ]
spraydspray server[ rpc.sprayd ]
straceprint STREAMS trace messages[ strace ]
strcleanSTREAMS error logger cleanup program[ strclean ]
strerrSTREAMS error logger daemon[ strerr ]
sttydefsmaintain line settings and hunt sequences for TTY ports
subecome super-user or another user[ su ]
suloginaccesses single-user mode.[ sulogin ]
swapswap administrative interface[ swap ]
syncupdate the super block[ sync ]
sysadmvisual interface to perform system administration[ sysadm ]
talkdserver for talk program[ talkd, in.talkd ]
telnetdDARPA TELNET protocol server[ telnetd ]
tftpdDARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server[ tftpd ]
ticterminfo compiler[ tic ]
tnamedDARPA trivial name server[ tnamed, in.tnamed ]
tosmtpsend mail to SMTP[ tosmtp ]
trpttransliterate protocol trace[ trpt ]
ttyadmformat and output port monitor-specific information
ttymonport monitor for terminal ports
tunefstune up an existing file system[ tunefs ]
uadminadministrative control[ uadmin ]
ufsdumpincremental file system dump[ ufsdump ]
ufsrestoreincremental file system restore[ ufsrestore ]
unsharemake local resource unavailable for mounting by remote systems[ unshare ]
unshare_nfsmake local NFS resource unavailable for mounting by remote systems[ unshare (NFS) ]
urestorerequest restore of files and directories[ urestore ]
ursstatusreport the status of posted user file and directory restore requests[ ursstatus ]
useraddadminister a new user login on the system[ useradd ]
userdeldelete a user's login from the system[ userdel ]
usermodmodify a user's login information on the system[ usermod ]
uucheckcheck the uucp directories and permissions file[ uucheck ]
uucicofile transport program for the uucp system[ uucico ]
uucleanupuucp spool directory clean-up[ uucleanup ]
uuschedthe scheduler for the uucp file transport program[ uusched ]
uuxqtexecute remote command requests[ uuxqt ]
volcopymake literal copy of file system[ volcopy (generic) ]
volcopy_s5make a literal copy of an s5 file system[ volcopy (s5) ]
volcopy_ufsmake a literal copy of a ufs file system[ volcopy (ufs) ]
wallwrite to all users[ wall ]
whodowho is doing what[ whodo ]
zdumptime zone dumper[ zdump ]
zictime zone compiler[ zic ]

1c. Communications Commands

ctspawn login to a remote terminal[ ct ]
cucall another UNIX system[ cu ]
uucpUNIX-to-UNIX system copy[ uucp, uulog, uuname ]
uuencodeencode a binary file, or decode its ASCII representation[ uuencode, uudecode ]
uuglistprint the list of service grades that are avail- able on this UNIX system[ uuglist ]
uustatuucp status inquiry and job control[ uustat ]
uutopublic UNIX-to-UNIX system file copy[ uuto, uupick ]
uuxUNIX-to-UNIX system command execution[ uux ]

1f. FMLI Commands

coproccommuni- cate with a process[ cocreate, cosend, cocheck, coreceive, codestroy ]
echoput string on virtual output[ echo ]
fmlcutcut out selected fields of each line of a file[ fmlcut ]
fmlexprevaluate arguments as an expression[ fmlexpr ]
fmlgrepsearch a file for a pattern[ fmlgrep ]
getfrmreturns the current frameID number[ getfrm ]
getitemsreturns a list of currently marked menu items.[ getitems ]
indicatordisplay application specific alarms and/or the "working" indicator[ indicator ]
messageputs its arguments on FMLI message line[ message ]
pathconvsearch FMLI criteria for filename[ pathconv ]
readfilereads file, gets longest line[ readfile, longline ]
regexmatch patterns against a string[ regex ]
reinitruns an initialization file[ reinit ]
resetreset the current form field to its default values[ reset ]
runrun an executable[ run ]
setset and unset local or global environment vari- ables[ set, unset ]
setcolorredefine or create a color[ setcolor ]
shellrun a command using shell[ shell ]
testcondition evaluation command[ test ]
vsigsynchronize a co-process with the controlling FMLI application[ vsig ]

1m. Maintenance Commands

catmancreate the cat files for the manual[ catman ]
dudisplay the number of disk blocks used per directory or file[ du ]
fastbootreboot/halt the system without checking the disks[ fastboot, fasthalt ]
grpckcheck group database entries[ grpck ]
haltstop the processor[ halt ]
lpcline printer control program[ lpc ]
mailstatsprint statistics collected by sendmail[ mailstats ]
newaliasesrebuild the data base for the mail aliases file[ newaliases ]
newfsconstruct a new file system[ newfs ]
pwckcheck password database entries[ pwck ]
rebootrestart the operating system[ reboot ]
renicealter priority of running processes[ renice ]
sendmailsend mail over the internet[ sendmail ]
shutdownclose down the system at a given time[ shutdown ]
syslogdlog system messages[ syslogd ]

2. System Calls (intro)

accessdetermine accessibility of a file[ access ]
acctenable or disable process accounting[ acct ]
adjtimecorrect the time to allow synchronization of the system clock[ adjtime ]
alarmset a process alarm clock[ alarm ]
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[ chroot ]
closeclose a file descriptor[ close ]
creatcreate a new file or rewrite an existing one[ creat ]
dupduplicate an open file descriptor[ dup ]
execexecute a file[ exec: execl, execv, execle, execve, execlp, execvp ]
exitterminate process[ exit, _exit ]
fcntlfile control[ fcntl ]
forkcreate a new process[ fork ]
fpathconfget configurable pathname variables[ fpathconf, pathconf ]
fsyncsynchronize a file's in-memory state with that on the physical medium[ fsync ]
getcontextget and set current user context[ getcontext, setcontext ]
getdentsread directory entries and put in a file system independent format[ getdents ]
getgroupsget or set supplementary group access list IDs[ getgroups, setgroups ]
getmsgget next message off a stream[ getmsg ]
getpidget process, process group, and parent process IDs[ getpid, getpgrp, getppid, getpgid ]
getrlimitcontrol maximum system resource con- sumption[ getrlimit, setrlimit ]
getsidget session ID[ getsid ]
getuidget real user, effective user, real group, and effective group IDs[ getuid, geteuid, getgid, getegid ]
introintroduction to system calls and error numbers[ intro ]
ioctlcontrol device[ ioctl ]
killsend a signal to a process or a group of processes[ kill ]
linklink to a file[ link ]
lseekmove read/write file pointer[ lseek ]
memcntlmemory management control[ memcntl ]
mincoredetermine residency of memory pages[ mincore ]
mkdirmake a directory[ mkdir ]
mknodmake a directory, or a special or ordinary file[ mknod ]
mmapmap pages of memory[ mmap ]
mountmount a file system[ mount ]
mprotectset protection of memory mapping[ mprotect ]
msgctlmessage control operations[ msgctl ]
msggetget message queue[ msgget ]
msgopmessage operations[ msgop: msgsnd, msgrcv ]
munmapunmap pages of memory.[ munmap ]
nicechange priority of a time-sharing process[ nice ]
openopen for reading or writing[ open ]
pausesuspend process until signal[ pause ]
pipecreate an interprocess channel[ pipe ]
plocklock into memory or unlock process, text, or data[ plock ]
pollinput/output multiplexing[ poll ]
priocntlprocess scheduler control[ priocntl ]
priocntlsetgeneralized process scheduler control[ priocntlset ]
profilexecution time profile[ profil ]
ptraceprocess trace[ ptrace ]
putmsgsend a message on a stream[ putmsg ]
quotactlmanipulate disk quotas
readread from file[ read ]
readlinkread the value of a symbolic link[ readlink ]
renamechange the name of a file[ rename ]
rmdirremove a directory[ rmdir ]
semctlsemaphore control operations[ semctl ]
semgetget set of semaphores[ semget ]
semopsemaphore operations[ semop ]
setpgidset process group ID[ setpgid ]
setpgrpset process group ID[ setpgrp ]
setsidset session ID[ setsid ]
setuidset user and group IDs[ setuid, setgid ]
shmctlshared memory control operations[ shmctl ]
shmgetget shared memory segment identifier[ shmget ]
shmopshared memory operations[ shmop: shmat, shmdt ]
sigactiondetailed signal management[ sigaction ]
sigaltstackset or get signal alternate stack context[ sigaltstack ]
signalsimplified signal management[ signal, sigset, sighold, sigrelse, sigignore, sigpause ]
sigpendingexamine signals that are blocked and pending[ sigpending ]
sigprocmaskchange or examine signal mask[ sigprocmask ]
sigsendsend a signal to a process or a group of processes[ sigsend, sigsendset ]
sigsuspendinstall a signal mask and suspend process until signal[ sigsuspend ]
statget file status[ stat, lstat, fstat ]
statvfsget file system information[ statvfs, fstatvfs ]
stimeset time[ stime ]
swapctlmanage swap space[ swapctl ]
symlinkmake a symbolic link to a file[ symlink ]
syncupdate super block[ sync ]
sysfsget file system type information[ sysfs ]
sysinfoget and set system information strings[ sysinfo ]
termiosgeneral termi- nal interface[ termios: tcgetattr, tcsetattr, tcsendbreak, tcdrain, tcflush, tcflow, cfgetospeed, cfgetispeed, cfsetispeed, cfsetospeed, tcgetpgrp, tcsetpgrp, tcgetsid ]
timeget time[ time ]
timesget process and child process times[ times ]
uadminadministrative control[ uadmin ]
ulimitget and set user limits[ ulimit ]
umaskset and get file creation mask[ umask ]
umountunmount a file system[ umount ]
unameget name of current UNIX system[ uname ]
unlinkremove directory entry[ unlink ]
ustatget file system statistics[ ustat ]
utimeset file access and modification times[ utime ]
vforkspawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way[ vfork ]
waitwait for child process to stop or terminate[ wait ]
waitidwait for child process to change state[ waitid ]
waitpidwait for child process to change state[ waitpid ]
writewrite on a file[ write, writev ]

3. C Library (intro)

ApplicationShellthe ApplicationShell widget class.
Compositethe Composite widget class.
Constraintthe Constraint widget class.
CoreThe Core widget class.
MrmCloseHierarchyCloses a UID hierarchy. 
MrmFetchColorLiteralFetches a named color literal from a UID file. 
MrmFetchIconLiteralFetches an icon literal from a hierarchy. 
MrmFetchLiteralFetches a literal from a UID file. 
MrmFetchSetValuesFetches the values to be set from literals stored in UID files. 
MrmFetchWidgetFetches and creates any indexed (UIL named) application widgets and its children. 
MrmFetchWidgetOverrideFetches any indexed (UIL named) application widget.  It overrides the arguments specified for this application widget in UIL. 
MrmInitializePrepares an application to use MRM widget-fetching facilities. 
MrmOpenHierarchyAllocates a hierarchy ID and opens all the UID files in the hierarchy. 
MrmRegisterClassSaves the information needed for MRM to access the widget creation function for user-defined widgets. 
MrmRegisterNamesRegisters the values associated with the names referenced in UIL (for example, UIL callback function names or UIL identifier names). 
MrmRegisterNamesInHierarchyRegisters the values associated with the names referenced in UIL within a single hierarchy (for example, UIL callback function names or UIL identifier names). 
Object[ Object -- The Object widget class. ]
OverrideShellThe OverrideShell widget class.
RectObjThe RectObj widget class.
ShellThe Shell widget class.
TopLevelShellThe TopLevelShell widget class.
TransientShellThe TransientShell widget class.
UilInvokes the UIL compiler from within an application. 
UilDumpSymbolTableDumps the contents of a named UIL symbol table to standard output. 
VendorShellThe VendorShell widget class.
VirtualBindingsBindings for virtual mouse and key events.
WMShellThe WMShell widget class.
XmActivateProtocolA VendorShell function that activates a protocol.
XmActivateWMProtocolA VendorShell convenience interface that activates a protocol.
XmAddProtocolCallbackA VendorShell function that adds client callbacks for a protocol.
XmAddProtocolsA VendorShell function that adds the protocols to the protocol manager and allocates the internal tables.
XmAddTabGroupA function that adds a manager or a primitive widget to the list of tab groups.
XmAddWMProtocolCallbackA VendorShell convenience interface that adds client callbacks for a protocol.
XmAddWMProtocolsA VendorShell convenience interface that adds the protocols to the protocol manager and allocates the internal tables.
XmArrowButtonThe ArrowButton widget class.
XmArrowButtonGadgetThe ArrowButtonGadget widget class.
XmBulletinBoardThe BulletinBoard widget class.
XmCascadeButtonThe CascadeButton widget class.
XmCascadeButtonGadgetThe CascadeButtonGadget widget class.
XmCascadeButtonGadgetHighlightA CascadeButtonGadget function that sets the highlight state.
XmCascadeButtonHighlightA CascadeButton and CascadeButtonGadget function that sets the highlight state.
XmClipboardCancelCopyA clipboard function that cancels a copy to the clipboard.
XmClipboardCopyA clipboard function that copies a data item to temporary storage for later copying to clipboard.
XmClipboardCopyByNameA clipboard function that copies a data item passed by name.
XmClipboardEndCopyA clipboard function that ends a copy to the clipboard.
XmClipboardEndRetrieveA clipboard function that ends a copy from the clipboard.
XmClipboardInquireCountA clipboard function that returns the number of data item formats.
XmClipboardInquireFormata clipboard function that returns a specified format name.
XmClipboardInquireLengthA clipboard function that returns the length of the stored data.
XmClipboardInquirePendingItemsA clipboard function that returns a list of data_id/private_id pairs.
XmClipboardLockA clipboard function that locks the clipboard.
XmClipboardRegisterFormatA clipboard function that registers a new format.
XmClipboardRetrieveA clipboard function that retrieves a data item from the clipboard.
XmClipboardStartCopyA clipboard function that sets up a storage and data structure.
XmClipboardStartRetrieveA function that starts a copy from the clipboard.
XmClipboardUndoCopyA clipboard function that deletes the last item placed on the clipboard.
XmClipboardUnlockA clipboard function that unlocks the clipboard.
XmClipboardWithdrawFormatA clipboard function that indicates that the application no longer wants to supply a data item.
XmCommandThe Command widget class.
XmCommandAppendValuea Command function that appends the passed XmString to the end of the string displayed in the command area of the widget.
XmCommandErrora Command function that displays an error message.
XmCommandGetChilda Command function that is used to access a component.
XmCommandSetValuea Command function that replaces a displayed string.
XmConvertUnitsa function that converts a value in one unit type to another unit type.
XmCreateArrowButtonthe ArrowButton widget creation function.
XmCreateArrowButtonGadgetthe ArrowButtonGadget creation function.
XmCreateBulletinBoardthe BulletinBoard widget creation function.
XmCreateBulletinBoardDialogthe BulletinBoard BulletinBoardDialog convenience creation function.
XmCreateCascadeButtonthe CascadeButton widget creation function.
XmCreateCascadeButtonGadgetthe CascadeButtonGadget creation function.
XmCreateCommandthe Command widget creation function.
XmCreateDialogShellthe DialogShell widget creation function.
XmCreateDrawingAreathe DrawingArea widget creation function.
XmCreateDrawnButtonthe DrawnButton widget creation function.
XmCreateErrorDialogthe MessageBox ErrorDialog convenience creation function.
XmCreateFileSelectionBoxthe FileSelectionBox widget creation function.
XmCreateFileSelectionDialogthe FileSelectionBox FileSelectionDialog convenience creation function.
XmCreateFormthe Form widget creation function.
XmCreateFormDialoga Form FormDialog convenience creation function.
XmCreateFramethe Frame widget creation function.
XmCreateInformationDialogthe MessageBox InformationDialog convenience creation function.
XmCreateLabelthe Label widget creation function.
XmCreateLabelGadgetthe LabelGadget creation function.
XmCreateListthe List widget creation function.
XmCreateMainWindowthe MainWindow widget creation function.
XmCreateMenuBara RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
XmCreateMenuShellthe MenuShell widget creation function.
XmCreateMessageBoxthe MessageBox widget creation function.
XmCreateMessageDialogthe MessageBox MessageDialog convenience creation function.
XmCreateOptionMenua RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
XmCreatePanedWindowthe PanedWindow widget creation function.
XmCreatePopupMenua RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
XmCreatePromptDialogthe SelectionBox PromptDialog convenience creation function.
XmCreatePulldownMenua RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
XmCreatePushButtonthe PushButton widget creation function.
XmCreatePushButtonGadgetthe PushButtonGadget creation function.
XmCreateQuestionDialogthe MessageBox QuestionDialog convenience creation function.
XmCreateRadioBoxa RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
XmCreateRowColumnthe RowColumn widget creation function.
XmCreateScalethe Scale widget creation function.
XmCreateScrollBarthe ScrollBar widget creation function.
XmCreateScrolledListthe List ScrolledList convenience creation function.
XmCreateScrolledTextthe Text ScrolledText convenience creation function.
XmCreateScrolledWindowthe ScrolledWindow widget creation function.
XmCreateSelectionBoxthe SelectionBox widget creation function.
XmCreateSelectionDialogthe SelectionBox SelectionDialog convenience creation function.
XmCreateSeparatorthe Separator widget creation function.
XmCreateSeparatorGadgetthe SeparatorGadget creation function.
XmCreateSimpleCheckBoxa RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
XmCreateSimpleMenuBara RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
XmCreateSimpleOptionMenua RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
XmCreateSimplePopupMenua RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
XmCreateSimplePulldownMenua RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
XmCreateSimpleRadioBoxa RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
XmCreateTextthe Text widget creation function.
XmCreateTextFieldthe TextField widget creation function.
XmCreateToggleButtonthe ToggleButton widget creation function.
XmCreateToggleButtonGadgetthe ToggleButtonGadget creation function.
XmCreateWarningDialoga MessageBox WarningDialog convenience creation function.
XmCreateWorkAreaa function that creates a RowColumn work area.
XmCreateWorkingDialogthe MessageBox WorkingDialog convenience creation function.
XmCvtCTToXmStringa compound string function that converts compound text to a compound string.
XmCvtStringToUnitTypea function that converts a string to a unit-type value.
XmCvtXmStringToCTa compound string function that converts a compound string to compound text.
XmDeactivateProtocola VendorShell function that deactivates a protocol without removing it.
XmDeactivateWMProtocola VendorShell convenience interface that deactivates a protocol without removing it.
XmDestroyPixmapa pixmap caching function that removes a pixmap from the pixmap cache.
XmDialogShellthe DialogShell widget class.
XmDrawingAreathe DrawingArea widget class.
XmDrawnButtonthe DrawnButton widget class.
XmFileSelectionBoxthe FileSelectionBox widget class.
XmFileSelectionBoxGetChilda FileSelectionBox function that is used to access a component.
XmFileSelectionDoSearcha FileSelectionBox function that initiates a directory search.
XmFontListAdda compound string function that creates a new font list.
XmFontListCopya compound string function that copies a font list.
XmFontListCreatea compound string function that creates a font list.
XmFontListFreea compound string function that recovers memory used by a font list.
XmFontListFreeFontContexta compound string function that instructs the toolkit that the font list context is no longer needed.
XmFontListGetNextFonta compound string function that allows applications to access the fonts and character sets in a font list.
XmFontListInitFontContexta compound string function that allows applications to access the fonts and character sets in a font list.
XmFormthe Form widget class.
XmFramethe Frame widget class.
XmGadgetthe Gadget widget class.
XmGetAtomNamea function that returns the string representation for an atom.
XmGetColorCalculationA function to get the procedure used for default color calculation
XmGetColorsa function that generates foreground, select, and shadow colors.
XmGetDestinationA function that returns the widget ID of the widget to be used as the current destination for quick paste and certain clipboard operations.
XmGetMenuCursora RowColumn function that returns the cursor ID for the current menu cursor.
XmGetPixmapa pixmap caching function that generates a pixmap, stores it in a pixmap cache, and returns the pixmap.
XmGetPostedFromWidgeta RowColumn function that returns the widget from which a menu was posted.
XmInstallImagea pixmap caching function that adds an image to the pixmap cache.
XmInternAtoma function that returns an atom for a given name.
XmIsMotifWMRunninga function that specifies if the window manager is running.
XmLabelthe Label widget class.
XmLabelGadgetthe LabelGadget widget class.
XmListthe List widget class.
XmListAddItema List function that adds an item to the list.
XmListAddItemUnselecteda List function that adds an item to the list.
XmListAddItemsa List function that adds items to the list.
XmListDeleteAllItemsa List function that deletes all items from the list.
XmListDeleteItema List function that deletes an item from the list.
XmListDeleteItemsa List function that deletes items from the list.
XmListDeleteItemsPosa List function that deletes items from the list starting at the given position.
XmListDeletePosa List function that deletes an item from a list at a specified position.
XmListDeselectAllItemsa List function that unhighlights and removes all items from the selected list.
XmListDeselectItema List function that deselects the specified item from the selected list.
XmListDeselectPosa List function that deselects an item at a specified position in the list.
XmListGetMatchPosa List function that returns all instances of an item in the list.
XmListGetSelectedPosa List function that returns the position of every selected item in the list.
XmListItemExistsa List function that checks if a specified item is in the list.
XmListItemPosa List function that returns the position of an item in the list.
XmListReplaceItemsa List function that replaces the specified elements in the list.
XmListReplaceItemsPosa List function that replaces the specified elements in the list.
XmListSelectItema List function that selects an item in the list.
XmListSelectPosa List function that selects an item at a specified position in the list.
XmListSetAddModea List function that sets add mode in the list.
XmListSetBottomItema List function that makes an existing item the last visible item in the list.
XmListSetBottomPosa List function that makes a specified item the last visible item in the list.
XmListSetHorizPosa List function that scrolls to the specified position in the list.
XmListSetItema List function that makes an existing item the first visible item in the list.
XmListSetPosa List function that makes the item at the given position the first visible position in the list.
XmMainWindowthe MainWindow widget class.
XmMainWindowSep1a MainWindow function that returns the widget ID of the first Separator widget.
XmMainWindowSep2a MainWindow function that returns the widget ID of the second Separator widget.
XmMainWindowSep3a MainWindow function that returns the widget ID of the third Separator widget.
XmMainWindowSetAreasa MainWindow function that identifies manageable children for each area.
XmManagerthe Manager widget class.
XmMenuPositiona RowColumn function that positions a Popup MenuPane.
XmMenuShellthe MenuShell widget class.
XmMessageBoxthe MessageBox widget class.
XmMessageBoxGetChilda MessageBox function that is used to access a component.
XmOptionButtonGadgeta RowColumn function that obtains the widget ID for the CascadeButtonGadget in an OptionMenu.
XmOptionLabelGadgeta RowColumn function that obtains the widget ID for the LabelGadget in an OptionMenu.
XmPanedWindowthe PanedWindow widget class.
XmPrimitivethe Primitive widget class.
XmProcessTraversala function that determines which component receives keyboard events when a widget has the focus.
XmPushButtonthe PushButton widget class.
XmPushButtonGadgetthe PushButtonGadget widget class.
XmRemoveProtocolCallbacka VendorShell function that removes a callback from the internal list.
XmRemoveProtocolsa VendorShell function that removes the protocols from the protocol manager and deallocates the internal tables.
XmRemoveTabGroupa function that removes a tab group.
XmRemoveWMProtocolCallbacka VendorShell convenience interface that removes a callback from the internal list.
XmRemoveWMProtocolsa VendorShell convenience interface that removes the protocols from the protocol manager and deallocates the internal tables.
XmResolveAllPartOffsetsa function that allows writing of upward-compatible applications and widgets.
XmResolvePartOffsetsa function that allows writing of upward-compatible applications and widgets.
XmRowColumnthe RowColumn widget class.
XmScalethe Scale widget class.
XmScaleGetValuea Scale function that returns the current slider position.
XmScaleSetValuea Scale function that sets a slider value.
XmScrollBarthe ScrollBar widget class.
XmScrollBarGetValuesa ScrollBar function that returns the ScrollBar’s increment values.
XmScrollBarSetValuesa ScrollBar function that changes ScrollBar’s increment values and the slider’s size and position.
XmScrolledWindowthe ScrolledWindow widget class.
XmScrolledWindowSetAreasa ScrolledWindow function that adds or changes a window work region and a horizontal or vertical ScrollBar widget to the ScrolledWindow widget.
XmSelectionBoxthe SelectionBox widget class.
XmSelectionBoxGetChilda SelectionBox function that is used to access a component.
XmSeparatorthe Separator widget class.
XmSeparatorGadgetthe SeparatorGadget widget class.
XmSetColorCalculationA function to set the procedure used for default color calculation
XmSetFontUnita function that sets the font unit value for a display.
XmSetFontUnitsa function that sets the font unit value for a display.
XmSetMenuCursora RowColumn function that modifies the menu cursor for a client.
XmSetProtocolHooksa VendorShell function that allows pre and post actions to be executed when a protocol message is received from MWM.
XmSetWMProtocolHooksa VendorShell convenience interface that allows pre and post actions to be executed when a protocol message is received from the window manager.
XmStringBaselinea compound string function that returns the number of pixels between the top of the character box and the baseline of the first line of text.
XmStringByteComparea compound string function that indicates the results of a byte-by-byte comparison.
XmStringComparea compound string function that compares two strings.
XmStringConcata compound string function that appends one string to another.
XmStringCopya compound string function that makes a copy of a string.
XmStringCreatea compound string function that creates a compound string.
XmStringCreateLtoRa compound string function that creates a compound string.
XmStringCreateSimplea compound string function that creates a compound string in the language environment of a widget.
XmStringDirectionCreatea compound string function that creates a compound string.
XmStringDrawa compound string function that draws a compound string in an X window.
XmStringDrawImagea compound string function that draws a compound string in an X Window and creates an image.
XmStringDrawUnderlinea compound string function that underlines a string drawn in an X Window.
XmStringEmptya compound string function that provides information on the existence of non-zero length text components.
XmStringExtenta compound string function that determines the size of the smallest rectangle that will enclose the compound string.
XmStringFreea compound string function that recovers memory.
XmStringFreeContexta compound string function that instructs the toolkit that the context is no longer needed.
XmStringGetLtoRa compound string function that searches for a text segment in the input compound string.
XmStringGetNextComponenta compound string function that returns the type and value of the next component in a compound string.
XmStringGetNextSegmenta compound string function that fetches the octets in the next segment of a compound string.
XmStringHasSubstringa compound string function that indicates whether one compound string is contained within another.
XmStringHeighta compound string function that returns the line height of the given compound string.
XmStringInitContexta compound string function that allows applications to read out the content segment by segment.
XmStringLengtha compound string function that obtains the length of a compound string.
XmStringLineCounta compound string function that returns the number of separators plus one in the provided compound string.
XmStringNConcata compound string function that appends a specified number of bytes to a compound string.
XmStringNCopya compound string function that creates a copy of a compound string.
XmStringPeekNextComponenta compound string function that returns the component type of the next component fetched.
XmStringSegmentCreatea compound string function that creates a compound string.
XmStringSeparatorCreatea compound string function that creates a compound string.
XmStringWidtha compound string function that returns the width of the longest sequence of text components in a compound string.
XmTextthe Text widget class.
XmTextClearSelectiona Text function that clears the primary selection.
XmTextCopya Text function that copies the primary selection to the clipboard
XmTextCuta Text function that copies the primary selection to the clipboard and deletes the selected text
XmTextFieldthe TextField class.
XmTextFieldClearSelectiona TextField function that clears the primary selection.
XmTextFieldCopya TextField function that copies the primary selection to the clipboard
XmTextFieldCuta TextField function that copies the primary selection to the clipboard and deletes the selected text
XmTextFieldGetBaselinea TextField function that accesses the x position of the first baseline
XmTextFieldGetEditablea TextField function that accesses the edit permission state.
XmTextFieldGetInsertionPositiona TextField function that accesses the position of the insertion cursor
XmTextFieldGetLastPositiona TextField function that accesses the position of the last text character
XmTextFieldGetMaxLengtha TextField function that accesses the value of the current maximum allowable length of a text string entered from the keyboard.
XmTextFieldGetSelectiona TextField function that retrieves the value of the primary selection.
XmTextFieldGetSelectionPositiona TextField function that accesses the position of the primary selection
XmTextFieldGetStringa TextField function that accesses the string value.
XmTextFieldInserta TextField function that inserts a character string into a text string.
XmTextFieldPastea TextField function that inserts the clipboard selection
XmTextFieldPosToXYa TextField function that accesses the x and y position of a character position
XmTextFieldRemovea TextField function that deletes the primary selection
XmTextFieldReplacea TextField function that replaces part of a text string.
XmTextFieldSetAddModea TextField function that sets the state of Add Mode
XmTextFieldSetEditablea TextField function that sets the edit permission.
XmTextFieldSetHighlighta TextField function that highlights text
XmTextFieldSetInsertionPositiona TextField function that sets the position of the insertion cursor
XmTextFieldSetMaxLengtha TextField function that sets the value of the current maximum allowable length of a text string entered from the keyboard.
XmTextFieldSetSelectiona TextField function that sets the primary selection of the text.
XmTextFieldSetStringa TextField function that sets the string value.
XmTextFieldShowPositiona TextField function that forces text at a given position to be displayed
XmTextFieldXYToPosa TextField function that accesses the character position nearest an x and y position
XmTextGetBaselinea Text function that accesses the x position of the first baseline
XmTextGetEditablea Text function that accesses the edit permission state.
XmTextGetInsertionPositiona Text function that accesses the position of the insert cursor
XmTextGetLastPositiona Text function that accesses the position of the last text character
XmTextGetMaxLengtha Text function that accesses the value of the current maximum allowable length of a text string entered from the keyboard.
XmTextGetSelectiona Text function that retrieves the value of the primary selection.
XmTextGetSelectionPositiona Text function that accesses the position of the primary selection
XmTextGetSourcea Text function that accesses the source of the widget
XmTextGetStringa Text function that accesses the string value.
XmTextGetTopCharactera Text function that accesses the position of the first character displayed
XmTextInserta Text function that inserts a character string into a text string.
XmTextPastea Text function that inserts the clipboard selection
XmTextPosToXYa Text function that accesses the x and y position of a character position
XmTextPositionData type for a character position within a text string. 
XmTextRemovea Text function that deletes the primary selection
XmTextReplacea Text function that replaces part of a text string.
XmTextScrolla Text function that scrolls text
XmTextSetAddModea Text function that sets the state of Add Mode
XmTextSetEditablea Text function that sets the edit permission.
XmTextSetHighlighta Text function that highlights text
XmTextSetInsertionPositiona Text function that sets the position of the insert cursor
XmTextSetMaxLengtha Text function that sets the value of the current maximum allowable length of a text string entered from the keyboard.
XmTextSetSelectiona Text function that sets the primary selection of the text.
XmTextSetSourcea Text function that sets the source of the widget
XmTextSetStringa Text function that sets the string value.
XmTextSetTopCharactera Text function that sets the position of the first character displayed
XmTextShowPositiona Text function that forces text at a given position to be displayed
XmTextXYToPosa Text function that accesses the character position nearest an x and y position
XmToggleButtonthe ToggleButton widget class.
XmToggleButtonGadgetthe ToggleButtonGadget widget class.
XmToggleButtonGadgetGetStatea ToggleButtonGadget function that obtains the state of a ToggleButtonGadget.
XmToggleButtonGadgetSetStatea ToggleButtonGadget function that sets or changes the current state.
XmToggleButtonGetStatea ToggleButton function that obtains the state of a ToggleButton.
XmToggleButtonSetStatea ToggleButton function that sets or changes the current state.
XmTrackingLocatea Toolkit function that provides a modal interaction.
XmUninstallImagea pixmap caching function that removes an image from the image cache.
XmUpdateDisplaya function that processes all pending exposure events immediately.
XmVaCreateSimpleCheckBoxa RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
XmVaCreateSimpleMenuBara RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
XmVaCreateSimpleOptionMenua RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
XmVaCreateSimplePopupMenua RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
XmVaCreateSimplePulldownMenua RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
XmVaCreateSimpleRadioBoxa RowColumn widget convenience creation function.
allocamemory allocator[ alloca ]
bstringbit and byte string operations[ bstring: bcopy, bcmp, bzero, ffs ]
dbmdata base subroutines[ dbm: dbminit, dbmclose, fetch, store, delete, firstkey, nextkey ]
econvertoutput conversion[ econvert, fconvert, gconvert, seconvert, sfconvert, sgcon- vert ]
endlast locations in program eprol, _ftext, _fdata, _fbss - first locations in program _procedure_table, _procedure_table_size, _procedure_string_table - runtime procedure table[ end, etext, edata ]
floatingpntIEEE floating point definitions[ floatingpoint ]
fopenopen a stream[ fopen, freopen, fdopen ]
fp_classclasses of IEEE floating-point values
ftimeget date and time[ ftime ]
getdtblszget descriptor table size[ getdtablesize ]
gethostidget unique identifier of current host[ gethostid ]
gethostnameget/set name of current host[ gethostname, sethostname ]
getpagesizeget system page size[ getpagesize ]
getpriorityget/set program scheduling prior- ity[ getpriority, setpriority ]
getrusageget information about resource utilization[ getrusage ]
gettimeofdayget or set the date and time[ gettimeofday, settimeofday ]
getusrshlget legal user shells[ getusershell, setusershell, endusershell ]
getwdget current working directory pathname[ getwd ]
ieee_funcsmiscel- laneous functions for IEEE arithmetic[ ieee_functions, fp_class, isnan, copysign, scalbn ]
ieee_handlerIEEE exception trap handler function[ ieee_handler ]
indexstring operations[ index, rindex ]
introintroduction to functions and libraries[ intro ]
killpgsend signal to a process group[ killpg ]
mctlmemory management control[ mctl ]
mkstempmake a unique file name[ mkstemp ]
mpmultiple preci- sion integer arithmetic[ mp: madd, msub, mult, mdiv, mcmp, min, mout, pow, gcd, rpow, msqrt, sdiv, itom, xtom, mtox, mfree ]
ndbmdata base subroutines[ ndbm: dbm_clearerr, dbm_close, dbm_delete, dbm_error, dbm_fetch, dbm_firstkey, dbm_nextkey, dbm_open, dbm_store ]
nicechange priority of a process[ nice ]
printffor- matted output conversion[ printf, fprintf, sprintf, vprintf, vfprintf, vsprintf ]
psignalsystem signal messages[ psignal, sys_siglist ]
randsimple random number generator[ rand, srand ]
randombetter random number generator; routines for changing generators[ random, srandom, initstate, setstate ]
rebootreboot system or halt processor[ reboot ]
regexregular expression handler[ regex, re_comp, re_exec ]
scandirscan a directory[ scandir, alphasort ]
setbufassign buffering to a stream[ setbuf, setbuffer, setlinebuf, setvbuf ]
setbufferassign buffering to a stream[ setbuffer, setlinebuf ]
setjmpnon-local goto[ setjmp, longjmp, _setjmp, _longjmp, sigsetjmp, siglongjmp ]
setregidset real and effective group IDs[ setregid ]
setreuidset real and effective user IDs[ setreuid ]
sexget the byte sex of the host machine swap_*() - swap the sex of the specified structure[ gethostsex ]
sigblockblock signals[ sigblock, sigmask ]
sigfpesignal handling for specific SIGFPE codes
sigintrpallow signals to interrupt system calls[ siginterrupt ]
signalsimplified software signal facilities[ signal ]
sigpauseautomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt[ sigpause ]
sigsetmaskset current signal mask[ sigsetmask ]
sigstackset and/or get signal stack context[ sigstack ]
sigvecsoftware signal facilities[ sigvec ]
sleepsuspend execution for interval[ sleep ]
stringstring operations[ string: strcasecmp, strncasecmp ]
syscallindirect system call[ syscall ]
syslogcontrol system log[ syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask ]
timesget process times[ times ]
timezoneget time zone name given offset from GMT[ timezone ]
ualarmschedule signal after interval in microseconds[ ualarm ]
usleepsuspend execution for interval in microseconds[ usleep ]
utimesset file times[ utimes ]
waitwait for process to terminate or stop[ wait, wait3, WIFSTOPPED, WIFSIGNALED, WIFEXITED ]

3X11. X11 Library

AllPlanesDisplay macros[ AllPlanes, BlackPixel, WhitePixel, ConnectionNumber, DefaultColormap, DefaultDepth, XListDepths, DefaultGC, DefaultRootWindow, DefaultScreenOfDisplay, DefaultScreen, DefaultVisual, DisplayCells, DisplayPlanes, DisplayString, LastKnownRequestProcessed, NextRequest, ProtocolVersion, ProtocolRevision, QLength, RootWindow, ScreenCount, ScreenOfDisplay, ServerVendor, VendorRelease ]
BlackPixelOfScreenscreen information functions and macros[ BlackPixelOfScreen, WhitePixelOfScreen, CellsOfScreen, DefaultColormapOfScreen, DefaultDepthOfScreen, DefaultGCOfScreen, DefaultVisualOfScreen, DoesBackingStore, DoesSaveUnders, DisplayOfScreen, XScreenNumberOfScreen, EventMaskOfScreen, HeightOfScreen, HeightMMOfScreen, MaxCmapsOfScreen, MinCmapsOfScreen, PlanesOfScreen, RootWindowOfScreen, WidthOfScreen, WidthMMOfScreen ]
ImageByteOrderimage format functions and macros[ ImageByteOrder, BitmapBitOrder, BitmapPad, BitmapUnit, DisplayHeight, DisplayHeightMM, DisplayWidth, DisplayWidthMM, XListPixmapFormats, XPixmapFormatValues ]
IsCursorKeykeysym classification macros[ IsCursorKey, IsFunctionKey, IsKeypadKey, IsMiscFunctionKey, IsModiferKey, IsPFKey ]
XAddHostcontrol host access and host control structure[ XAddHost, XAddHosts, XListHosts, XRemoveHost, XRemoveHosts, XSetAccessControl, XEnableAccessControl, XDisableAccessControl, XHostAddress ]
XAllocClassHintallocate class hints structure and set or read a window’s WM_CLASS property[ XAllocClassHint, XSetClassHint, XGetClassHint, XClassHint ]
XAllocColorallocate and free colors[ XAllocColor, XAllocNamedColor, XAllocColorCells, XAllocColorPlanes, XFreeColors ]
XAllocIconSizeallocate icon size structure and set or read a window’s WM_ICON_SIZES property[ XAllocIconSize, XSetIconSizes, XGetIconSizes, XIconSize ]
XAllocSizeHintsallocate size hints structure and set or read a window’s WM_NORMAL_HINTS property[ XAllocSizeHints, XSetWMNormalHints, XGetWMNormalHints, XSetWMSizeHints, XGetWMSizeHints, XSizeHints ]
XAllocStandardColormapallocate, set, or read a standard colormap structure[ XAllocStandardColormap, XSetRGBColormaps, XGetRGBColormaps, XStandardColormap ]
XAllocWMHintsallocate window manager hints structure and set or read a window’s WM_HINTS property[ XAllocWMHints, XSetWMHints, XGetWMHints, XWMHints ]
XAllowEventsrelease queued events
XAnyEventgeneric X event structures[ XAnyEvent, XEvent ]
XButtonEventKeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress, ButtonRelease, and MotionNotify event structures[ XButtonEvent, XKeyEvent, XMotionEvent ]
XChangeKeyboardControlmanipulate keyboard settings and keyboard control structure[ XChangeKeyboardControl, XGetKeyboardControl, XAutoRepeatOn, XAutoRepeatOff, XBell, XQueryKeymap, XKeyboardControl ]
XChangeKeyboardMappingmanipulate keyboard encoding and keyboard encoding structure[ XChangeKeyboardMapping, XGetKeyboardMapping, XDisplayKeycodes, XSetModifierMapping, XGetModifierMapping, XNewModifiermap, XInsertModifiermapEntry, XDeleteModifiermapEntry, XFreeModifierMap XModifierKeymap ]
XChangePointerControlcontrol pointer[ XChangePointerControl, XGetPointerControl ]
XChangeSaveSetchange a client’s save set[ XChangeSaveSet, XAddToSaveSet, XRemoveFromSaveSet ]
XChangeWindowAttributeschange window attributes[ XChangeWindowAttributes, XSetWindowBackground, XSetWindowBackgroundPixmap, XSetWindowBorder, XSetWindowBorderPixmap ]
XCirculateEventCirculateNotify event structure
XCirculateRequestEventCirculateRequest event structure
XClearAreaclear area or window[ XClearArea, XClearWindow ]
XClientMessageEventColormapNotify event structure
XColormapEventColormapNotify event structure
XConfigureEventConfigureNotify event structure
XConfigureRequestEventConfigureRequest event structure
XConfigureWindowconfigure windows and window changes structure[ XConfigureWindow, XMoveWindow, XResizeWindow, XMoveResizeWindow, XSetWindowBorderWidth, XWindowChanges ]
XCopyAreacopy areas[ XCopyArea, XCopyPlane ]
XCreateColormapcreate, copy, or destroy colormaps and color structure[ XCreateColormap, XCopyColormapAndFree, XFreeColormap, XSetWindowColormap, XColor ]
XCreateFontCursorcreate cursors[ XCreateFontCursor, XCreatePixmapCursor, XCreateGlyphCursor ]
XCreateGCcreate or free graphics contexts and graphics context structure[ XCreateGC, XCopyGC, XChangeGC, XGetGCValues, XFreeGC, XGContextFromGC, XGCValues ]
XCreateImageimage utilities[ XCreateImage, XGetPixel, XPutPixel, XSubImage, XAddPixel, XDestroyImage ]
XCreatePixmapcreate or destroy pixmaps[ XCreatePixmap, XFreePixmap ]
XCreateRegioncreate or destroy regions[ XCreateRegion, XSetRegion, XDestroyRegion ]
XCreateWindowcreate windows and window attributes structure[ XCreateWindow, XCreateSimpleWindow, XSetWindowAttributes ]
XCreateWindowEventCreateNotify event structure
XCrossingEventEnterNotify and LeaveNotify event structure
XDefineCursordefine cursors[ XDefineCursor, XUndefineCursor ]
XDestroyWindowdestroy windows[ XDestroyWindow, XDestroySubwindows ]
XDestroyWindowEventDestroyNotify event structure
XDrawArcdraw arcs and arc structure[ XDrawArc, XDrawArcs, XArc ]
XDrawImageStringdraw image text[ XDrawImageString, XDrawImageString16 ]
XDrawLinedraw lines, polygons, and line structure[ XDrawLine, XDrawLines, XDrawSegments, XSegment ]
XDrawPointdraw points and points structure[ XDrawPoint, XDrawPoints, XPoint ]
XDrawRectangledraw rectangles and rectangles structure[ XDrawRectangle, XDrawRectangles, XRectangle ]
XDrawStringdraw text characters[ XDrawString, XDrawString16 ]
XDrawTextdraw polytext text and text drawing structures[ XDrawText, XDrawText16, XTextItem, XTextItem16 ]
XEmptyRegiondetermine if regions are empty or equal[ XEmptyRegion, XEqualRegion, XPointInRegion, XRectInRegion ]
XErrorEventX error event structure
XExposeEventExpose event structure
XFillRectanglefill rectangles, polygons, or arcs[ XFillRectangle, XFillRectangles, XFillPolygon, XFillArc, XFillArcs ]
XFlushhandle output buffer or event queue[ XFlush, XSync, XEventsQueued, XPending ]
XFocusChangeEventFocusIn and FocusOut event structure
XFreefree client data[ XFree, XNoOp ]
XGetDefaultget X program defaults[ XGetDefault, XResourceManagerString ]
XGetVisualInfoobtain visual information and visual structure[ XGetVisualInfo, XMatchVisualInfo, XVisualIDFromVisual, XVisualInfo ]
XGetWindowAttributesget current window attribute or geometry and current window attributes structure[ XGetWindowAttributes, XGetGeometry, XWindowAttributes ]
XGetWindowPropertyobtain and change window properties[ XGetWindowProperty, XListProperties, XChangeProperty, XRotateWindowProperties, XDeleteProperty ]
XGrabButtongrab pointer buttons[ XGrabButton, XUngrabButton ]
XGrabKeygrab keyboard keys[ XGrabKey, XUngrabKey ]
XGrabKeyboardgrab the keyboard[ XGrabKeyboard, XUngrabKeyboard ]
XGrabPointergrab the pointer[ XGrabPointer, XUngrabPointer, XChangeActivePointerGrab ]
XGrabServergrab the server[ XGrabServer, XUngrabServer ]
XGraphicsExposeEventGraphicsExpose and NoExpose event structures[ XGraphicsExposeEvent, XNoExposeEvent ]
XGravityEventGravityNotify event structure
XIconifyWindowmanipulate top-level windows[ XIconifyWindow, XWithdrawWindow, XReconfigureWMWindow ]
XIfEventcheck the event queue with a predicate procedure[ XIfEvent, XCheckIfEvent, XPeekIfEvent ]
XInstallColormapcontrol colormaps[ XInstallColormap, XUninstallColormap, XListInstalledColormaps ]
XInternAtomcreate or return atom names[ XInternAtom, XGetAtomName ]
XIntersectRegionregion arthmetic[ XIntersectRegion, XUnionRegion, XUnionRectWithRegion, XSubtractRegion, XXorRegion, XOffsetRegion, XShrinkRegion ]
XKeymapEventKeymapNotify event structure
XListFontsobtain or free font names and information[ XListFonts, XFreeFontNames, XListFontsWithInfo, XFreeFontInfo ]
XLoadFontload or unload fonts and font metric structures[ XLoadFont, XQueryFont, XLoadQueryFont, XFreeFont, XGetFontProperty, XUnloadFont, XCharStruct, XFontProp, XChar2b, XFontStruct ]
XLookupKeysymhandle keyboard input events[ XLookupKeysym, XRefreshKeyboardMapping, XLookupString, XRebindKeySym ]
XMapEventMapNotify and MappingNotify event structures[ XMapEvent, XMappingEvent ]
XMapRequestEventMapRequest event structure
XMapWindowmap windows[ XMapWindow, XMapRaised, XMapSubwindows ]
XNextEventselect events by type[ XNextEvent, XPeekEvent, XWindowEvent, XCheckWindowEvent, XMaskEvent, XCheckMaskEvent, XCheckTypedEvent, XCheckTypedWindowEvent ]
XOpenDisplayconnect or disconnect to X server[ XOpenDisplay, XCloseDisplay ]
XParseGeometryparse window geometry and color[ XParseGeometry, XParseColor ]
XPolygonRegiongenerate regions[ XPolygonRegion, XClipBox ]
XPropertyEventPropertyNotify event structure
XPutBackEventput events back on the queue
XPutImagetransfer images[ XPutImage, XGetImage, XGetSubImage ]
XQueryBestSizedetermine efficient sizes[ XQueryBestSize, XQueryBestTile, XQueryBestStipple ]
XQueryColorobtain color values[ XQueryColor, XQueryColors, XLookupColor ]
XQueryPointerget pointer coordinates
XQueryTreequery window tree information
XRaiseWindowchange window stacking order[ XRaiseWindow, XLowerWindow, XCirculateSubwindows, XCirculateSubwindowsUp, XCirculateSubwindowsDown, XRestackWindows ]
XReadBitmapFilemanipulate bitmaps[ XReadBitmapFile, XWriteBitmapFile, XCreatePixmapFromBitmapData, XCreateBitmapFromData ]
XRecolorCursormanipulate cursors[ XRecolorCursor, XFreeCursor, XQueryBestCursor ]
XReparentEventReparentNotify event structure
XReparentWindowreparent windows
XResizeRequestEventResizeRequest event structure
XSaveContextassociative look-up routines[ XSaveContext, XFindContext, XDeleteContext, XUniqueContext ]
XSelectInputselect input events
XSelectionClearEventSelectionClear event structure
XSelectionEventSelectionNotify event structure
XSelectionRequestEventSelectionRequest event structure
XSendEventsend events and pointer motion history structure[ XSendEvent, XDisplayMotionBufferSize, XGetMotionEvents, XTimeCoord ]
XSetArcModeGC convenience routines[ XSetArcMode, XSetSubwindowMode, XSetGraphicsExposure ]
XSetClipOriginGC convenience routines[ XSetClipOrigin, XSetClipMask, XSetClipRectangles ]
XSetCloseDownModecontrol clients[ XSetCloseDownMode, XKillClient ]
XSetCommandset or read a window’s WM_COMMAND property[ XSetCommand, XGetCommand ]
XSetErrorHandlerdefault error handlers[ XSetErrorHandler, XGetErrorText, XDisplayName, XSetIOErrorHandler, XGetErrorDatabaseText ]
XSetFillStyleGC convenience routines[ XSetFillStyle, XSetFillRule ]
XSetFontGC convenience routines
XSetFontPathset, get, or free the font search path[ XSetFontPath, XGetFontPath, XFreeFontPath ]
XSetInputFocuscontrol input focus[ XSetInputFocus, XGetInputFocus ]
XSetLineAttributeGC convenience routines[ XSetLineAttribute, XSetDashes ]
XSetPointerMappingmanipulate pointer settings[ XSetPointerMapping, XGetPointerMapping ]
XSetScreenSavermanipulate the screen saver[ XSetScreenSaver, XForceScreenSaver, XActivateScreenSaver, XResetScreenSaver, XGetScreenSaver ]
XSetSelectionOwnermanipulate window selection[ XSetSelectionOwner, XGetSelectionOwner, XConvertSelection ]
XSetStateGC convenience routines[ XSetState, XSetFunction, XSetPlanemask, XSetForeground, XSetBackground ]
XSetTextPropertyset and read text properties[ XSetTextProperty, XGetTextProperty ]
XSetTileGC convenience routines[ XSetTile, XSetStipple, XSetTSOrigin ]
XSetTransientForHintset or read a window’s WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property[ XSetTransientForHint, XGetTransientForHint ]
XSetWMClientMachineset or read a window’s WM_CLIENT_MACHINE property[ XSetWMClientMachine, XGetWMClientMachine ]
XSetWMColormapWindowsset or read a window’s WM_COLORMAP_WINDOWS property[ XSetWMColormapWindows, XGetWMColormapWindows ]
XSetWMIconNameset or read a window’s WM_ICON_NAME property[ XSetWMIconName, XGetWMIconName, XSetIconName, XGetIconName ]
XSetWMNameset or read a window’s WM_NAME property[ XSetWMName, XGetWMName, XStoreName, XFetchName ]
XSetWMPropertieswindow manager convenience functions[ XSetWMProperties, XWMGeometry ]
XSetWMProtocolsset or read a window’s WM_PROTOCOLS property[ XSetWMProtocols, XGetWMProtocols ]
XStoreBytesmanipulate cut and paste buffers[ XStoreBytes, XStoreBuffer, XFetchBytes, XFetchBuffer, XRotateBuffers ]
XStoreColorsset colors[ XStoreColors, XStoreColor, XStoreNamedColor ]
XStringListToTextPropertyconvert string lists and text property structure[ XStringListToTextProperty, XTextPropertyToStringList, XFreeStringList, XTextProperty ]
XStringToKeysymconvert keysyms[ XStringToKeysym, XKeysymToString, XKeycodeToKeysym, XKeysymToKeycode ]
XSynchronizeenable or disable synchronization[ XSynchronize, XSetAfterFunction ]
XTextExtentscompute or query text extents[ XTextExtents, XTextExtents16, XQueryTextExtents, XQueryTextExtents16 ]
XTextWidthcompute text width[ XTextWidth, XTextWidth16 ]
XTranslateCoordinatestranslate window coordinates
XUnmapEventUnmapNotify event structure
XUnmapWindowunmap windows[ XUnmapWindow, XUnmapSubwindows ]
XVisibilityEventVisibilityNotify event structure[ XVisibilityNotifyEvent ]
XWarpPointermove pointer
XrmGetResourceretrieve database resources and search lists[ XrmGetResource, XrmQGetResource, XrmQGetSearchList, XrmQGetSearchResource ]
XrmInitializeinitialize the Resource Manager, Resource Manager structures, and parse the command line[ XrmInitialize, XrmParseCommand, XrmValue, XrmOptionKind, XrmOptionDescRec ]
XrmMergeDatabasesmanipulate resource databases[ XrmMergeDatabases, XrmGetFileDatabase, XrmPutFileDatabase, XrmGetStringDatabase, XrmDestroyDatabase ]
XrmPutResourcestore database resources[ XrmPutResource, XrmQPutResource, XrmPutStringResource, XrmQPutStringResource, XrmPutLineResource ]
XrmUniqueQuarkmanipulate resource quarks[ XrmUniqueQuark, XrmStringToQuark, XrmQuarkToString, XrmStringToQuarkList, XrmStringToBindingQuarkList ]

3Xt. X Toolkit

XtAddCallbackadd and remove callback procedures[ XtAddCallback, XtAddCallbacks, XtRemoveCallback, XtRemoveCallbacks, XtRemoveAllCallbacks ]
XtAddEventHandleradd and remove event handlers[ XtAddEventHandler, XtAddRawEventHandler, XtRemoveEventHandler XtRemoveRawEventHandler ]
XtAddExposureToRegionmerge exposure events into a region
XtAddGrabredirect user input to a modal widget[ XtAddGrab, XtRemoveGrab ]
XtAppAddActionsregister an action table
XtAppAddConverterregister resource converter
XtAppAddInputregister and remove an input source[ XtAppAddInput, XtRemoveInput ]
XtAppAddTimeOutregister and remove timeouts[ XtAppAddTimeOut, XtRemoveTimeOut ]
XtAppAddWorkProcAdd and remove background processing procedures[ XtAppAddWorkProc, XtRemoveWorkProc ]
XtAppCreateShellcreate top-level widget instance
XtAppErrorlow-level error handlers[ XtAppError, XtAppSetErrorHandler, XtAppSetWarningHandler, XtAppWarning ]
XtAppErrorMsghigh-level error handlers[ XtAppErrorMsg, XtAppSetErrorMsgHandler, XtAppSetWarningMsgHandler, XtAppWarningMsg ]
XtAppGetErrorDatabaseobtain error database[ XtAppGetErrorDatabase, XtAppGetErrorDatabaseText ]
XtAppGetSelectionTimeoutset and obtain selection timeout values[ XtAppGetSelectionTimeout, XtAppSetSelectionTimeout ]
XtAppNextEventquery and process events and input[ XtAppNextEvent, XtAppPending, XtAppPeekEvent, XtAppProcessEvent, XtDispatchEvent, XtAppMainLoop ]
XtBuildEventMaskretrieve a widget’s event mask
XtCallAcceptFocuscalla widget’s accept_focus procedure
XtCallCallbacksprocess callbacks[ XtCallCallbacks, XtHasCallbacks ]
XtClassobtain and verify a widget’s class[ XtClass, XtSuperClass, XtIsSubclass, XtCheckSubclass, XtIsComposite, XtIsManaged ]
XtConfigureWidgetmove and resize widgets[ XtConfigureWidget, XtMoveWidget, XtResizeWidget ]
XtConvertinvoke resource converters[ XtConvert, XtDirectConvert ]
XtCreateApplicationContextcreate, destroy, and obtain an application context[ XtCreateApplicationContext, XtDestroyApplicationContext, XtWidgetToApplicationContext, XtToolkitInitialize ]
XtCreatePopupShell
XtCreateWidgetcreate and destroy widgets[ XtCreateWidget, XtCreateManagedWidget, XtDestroyWidget ]
XtCreateWindowwindow creation convenience function
XtDisplayobtain window information about a widget[ XtDisplay, XtParent, XtScreen, XtWindow ]
XtDisplayInitializeinitialize, open, or close a display[ XtDisplayInitialize, XtOpenDisplay, XtDatabase, XtCloseDisplay ]
XtGetGCobtain and destroy a sharable GC[ XtGetGC, XtReleaseGC ]
XtGetResourceListobtain resource list
XtGetSelectionValueobtain selection values[ XtGetSelectionValue, XtGetSelectionValues ]
XtGetSubresourcesobtain subresources or application resources[ XtGetSubresources, XtGetApplicationResources ]
XtMakeGeometryRequestmake geometry manager request[ XtMakeGeometryRequest, XtMakeResizeRequest ]
XtMallocmemory management functions[ XtMalloc, XtCalloc, XtRealloc, XtFree, XtNew, XtNewString ]
XtManageChildrenmanage and unmanage children[ XtManageChildren, XtManageChild, XtUnmanageChildren, XtUnmanageChild ]
XtMapWidgetmap and unmap widgets[ XtMapWidget, XtSetMappedWhenManaged, XtUnmapWidget ]
XtNameToWidgettranslating strings to widgets or widgets to windows[ XtNameToWidget, XtWidgetToWindow ]
XtOffsetdetermine the byte offset or number of array elements[ XtOffset, XtNumber ]
XtOwnSelectionset selection owner[ XtOwnSelection, XtDisownSelection ]
XtParseAcceleratorTablemanaging accelerator tables[ XtParseAcceleratorTable, XtInstallAccelerators, XtInstallAllAccelerators ]
XtParseTranslationTablemanage translation tables[ XtParseTranslationTable, XtAugmentTranslations, XtOverrideTranslations, XtUninstallTranslations ]
XtPopdownunmap a pop-up[ XtPopdown, XtCallbackPopdown, MenuPopdown ]
XtPopupmap a pop-up[ XtPopup, XtCallbackNone, XtCallbackNonexclusive, XtCallbackExclusive, MenuPopup ]
XtQueryGeometryquery the preferred geometry of a child widget
XtRealizeWidgetrealize and unrealize widgets[ XtRealizeWidget, XtIsRealized, XtUnrealizeWidget ]
XtSetArgset and merge ArgLists[ XtSetArg, XtMergeArgLists ]
XtSetKeyTranslatorconvert KeySym to KeyCodes[ XtSetKeyTranslator, XtTranslateKeycode, XtRegisterCaseConverter, XtConvertCase ]
XtSetKeyboardFocusfocus events on a child widget
XtSetSensitiveset and check a widget’s sensitivity state[ XtSetSensitive, XtIsSensitive ]
XtSetValuesobtain and set widget resources[ XtSetValues, XtSetSubvalues, XtGetValues, XtGetSubvalues ]
XtStringConversionWarningissue a conversion warning message
XtTranslateCoordinatestranslate widget coordinates

3c. Compatibility Routines

a64lconvert between long integer and base-64 ASCII string[ a64l, l64a ]
abortgenerate an abnormal termination signal[ abort ]
absreturn integer absolute value[ abs, labs ]
addseveritybuild a list of severity levels for an appli- cation for use with fmtmsg[ addseverity ]
atexitadd program termination routine[ atexit ]
bsearchbinary search a sorted table[ bsearch ]
catgetsread a program message[ catgets ]
catopenopen/close a message catalogue[ catopen, catclose ]
clockreport CPU time used[ clock ]
convtranslate characters[ conv: toupper, tolower, _toupper, _tolower, toascii ]
cryptgenerate encryption[ crypt, setkey, encrypt ]
ctimeconvert date and time to string[ ctime, localtime, gmtime, asctime, tzset ]
ctypecharacter handling[ ctype: isdigit, isxdigit, islower, isupper, isalpha, isal- num, isspace, iscntrl, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, isascii ]
decconvconvert between binary and decimal values[ decconv: _s2dec, _d2dec, _dec2s, _dec2d ]
difftimecomputes the difference between two calendar times[ difftime ]
directorydirectory operations[ directory: opendir, readdir, telldir, seekdir, rewinddir, closedir ]
divcompute the quotient and remainder[ div, ldiv ]
drand48generate uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers[ drand48, erand48, lrand48, nrand48, mrand48, jrand48, srand48, seed48, lcong48 ]
dup2duplicate an open file descriptor[ dup2 ]
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[ fattach ]
fdetachdetach a name from a STREAMS-based file descriptor[ fdetach ]
ffsfind first set bit[ ffs ]
fmtmsgdisplay a message on stderr or system console[ fmtmsg ]
fpgetroundIEEE floating point environment control[ fpgetround, fpsetround, fpgetmask, fpsetmask, fpgetsticky, fpsetsticky ]
frexpmanipu- late parts of floating-point numbers[ frexp, ldexp, logb, modf, modff, nextafter, scalb ]
fsetposreposition a file pointer in a stream[ fsetpos, fgetpos ]
ftwwalk a file tree[ ftw, nftw ]
getcwdget path-name of current working directory[ getcwd ]
getdateconvert user format date and time[ getdate ]
getenvreturn value for environment name[ getenv ]
getgrentget group file entry[ getgrent, getgrgid, getgrnam, setgrent, endgrent, fgetgrent ]
getitimerget/set value of interval timer[ getitimer, setitimer ]
getloginget login name[ getlogin ]
getmntentget mnttab file entry[ getmntent, getmntany ]
getoptget option letter from argument vector[ getopt ]
getpassread a password[ getpass ]
getpwget name from UID[ getpw ]
getpwentmanipulate password file entry[ getpwent, getpwuid, getpwnam, setpwent, endpwent, fgetpwent ]
getspentmanipulate shadow password file entry[ getspent, getspnam, setspent, endspent, fgetspent, lckpwdf, ulckpwdf ]
getsuboptparse suboptions from a string[ getsubopt ]
gettimeofdayget or set the date and time[ gettimeofday, settimeofday ]
gettxtretrieve a text string[ gettxt ]
getutaccess utmp file entry[ getut: getutent, getutid, getutline, pututline, setutent, endutent, utmpname ]
getutxaccess utmpx file entry[ getutx: getutxent, getutxid, getutxline, pututxline, setutx- ent, endutxent, utmpxname, getutmp, getutmpx, updwtmp, updwtmpx ]
getvfsentget vfstab file entry[ getvfsent, getvfsfile, getvfsspec, getvfsany ]
grantptgrant access to the slave pseudo-terminal device[ grantpt ]
hsearchmanage hash search tables[ hsearch, hcreate, hdestroy ]
initgroupsinitialize the supplementary group access list[ initgroups ]
insqueinsert/remove element from a queue[ insque, remque ]
isastreamtest a file descriptor[ isastream ]
isnandeter- mine type of floating point number[ isnan, isnand, isnanf, finite, fpclass, unordered ]
l3tolconvert between 3-byte integers and long integers[ l3tol, ltol3 ]
localeconvget numeric formatting information[ localeconv ]
lockfrecord locking on files[ lockf ]
lsearchlinear search and update[ lsearch, lfind ]
makecontextmanipulate user contexts[ makecontext, swapcontext ]
makedevmanage a device number[ makedev, major, minor ]
mallocmemory allocator[ malloc, free, realloc, calloc, memalign, valloc ]
mbcharmultibyte character handling[ mbchar: mbtowc, mblen, wctomb ]
mbstringmultibyte string functions[ mbstring: mbstowcs, wcstombs ]
memorymemory operations[ memory: memccpy, memchr, memcmp, memcpy, memmove, memset ]
mkfifocreate a new FIFO[ mkfifo ]
mktempmake a unique file name[ mktemp ]
mktimeconverts a tm structure to a calendar time[ mktime ]
mlocklock (or unlock) pages in memory[ mlock, munlock ]
mlockalllock or unlock address space[ mlockall, munlockall ]
monitorprepare execution profile[ monitor ]
msyncsynchronize memory with physical storage[ msync ]
nl_langinfolanguage information[ nl_langinfo ]
offsetofoffset of structure member[ offsetof ]
perrorprint system error messages[ perror ]
psignalsystem signal messages[ psignal, psiginfo ]
ptsnameget name of the slave pseudo-terminal device[ ptsname ]
putenvchange or add value to environment[ putenv ]
putpwentwrite password file entry[ putpwent ]
putspentwrite shadow password file entry[ putspent ]
qsortquicker sort[ qsort ]
raisesend signal to program[ raise ]
randsimple random-number generator[ rand, srand ]
realpathreturns the real file name[ realpath ]
removeremove file[ remove ]
setjmpnon-local goto[ setjmp, longjmp ]
setlocalemodify and query a program's locale[ setlocale ]
sigsetjmpa non-local goto with signal state[ sigsetjmp, siglongjmp ]
sigsetopsmanipulate sets of signals.[ sigsetops: sigemptyset, sigfillset, sigaddset, sigdelset, sigismember ]
sleepsuspend execution for interval[ sleep ]
ssignalsoftware signals[ ssignal, gsignal ]
stdipcstandard interprocess communication package[ stdipc: ftok ]
strcollstring collation[ strcoll ]
strerrorget error message string[ strerror ]
strftimeconvert date and time to string[ strftime, cftime, ascftime ]
stringstring operations[ string: strcat, strdup, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strstr ]
strtodconvert string to double-precision number[ strtod, atof ]
strtolconvert string to integer[ strtol, strtoul, atol, atoi ]
strxfrmstring transformation[ strxfrm ]
swabswap bytes[ swab ]
sysconfget configurable system variables[ sysconf ]
tcsetpgrpset terminal foreground process group ID[ tcsetpgrp ]
truncateset a file to a specified length[ truncate, ftruncate ]
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[ ttyslot ]
unlockptunlock a pseudo-terminal master/slave pair[ unlockpt ]

Section 3g

basenamereturn the last element of a path name[ basename ]
bgetsread stream up to next delimiter[ bgets ]
bufsplitsplit buffer into fields[ bufsplit ]
copylistcopy a file into memory[ copylist ]
dirnamereport the parent directory name of a file path name[ dirname ]
gmatchshell global pattern matching[ gmatch ]
isencryptdetermine whether a character buffer is encrypted[ isencrypt ]
mkdirpcreate, remove directories in a path[ mkdirp, rmdirp ]
p2openopen, close pipes to and from a command[ p2open, p2close ]
pathfindsearch for named file in named directories[ pathfind ]
regcmpcompile and execute regular expression[ regcmp, regex ]
regexprregular expression compile and match routines[ regexpr, compile, step, advance ]
strstring manipulations[ str: strfind, strrspn, strtrns ]
strccpycopy strings, compress- ing or expanding escape codes[ strccpy: streadd, strcadd, strecpy ]

3m. Math Library (intro)

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, cbrt, log, logf, log10, log10f, pow, powf, sqrt, sqrtf ]
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[ hypot ]
introintroduction to math libraries[ intro ]
matherrerror-handling function[ matherr ]
sinhhyperbolic 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 out-going terminal line connection[ dial ]
doconfigexecute a configuration script[ doconfig ]
ethersEthernet address mapping operations[ ethers ]
gethostentget network host entry[ gethostent, gethostbyaddr, gethostbyname, sethostent, endhostent ]
getnetconfigget network configuration database entry[ getnetconfig ]
getnetentget network entry[ getnetent, getnetbyaddr, getnetbyname, setnetent, endnetent ]
getnetpathget /etc/netconfig entry corresponding to NET- PATH component[ getnetpath ]
getpeernameget name of connected peer
getprotoentget protocol entry[ getprotoent, getprotobynumber, getprotobyname, setprotoent, endprotoent ]
getserventget service entry[ getservent, getservbyport, getservbyname, setservent, endservent ]
getsocknameget socket name
getsockoptget and set options on sockets[ getsockopt, setsockopt ]
inetInternet address manipulation[ inet inet_addr, inet_network, inet_makeaddr, inet_lnaof, inet_netof, inet_ntoa ]
listenlisten for connections on a socket
lockdnetwork lock daemon[ lockd ]
netdirgeneric transport name-to-address translation[ netdir_getbyname, netdir_getbyaddr, netdir_free, netdir_mergeaddr, taddr2uaddr, uaddr2taddr ]
nlsgetcallget client's data passed via the listener.[ nlsgetcall ]
nlsproviderget name of transport provider.[ nlsprovider ]
nlsrequestformat and send listener service request mes- sage[ nlsrequest ]
publickeyretrieve public or secret key[ publickey: getpublickey, getsecretkey ]
recvreceive a message from a socket[ recv, recvfrom, recvmsg ]
resolverresolver routines[ resolver, res_mkquery, res_send, res_init, dn_comp, dn_expand ]
rexecreturn stream to a remote command[ rexec ]
rpclibrary routines for remote procedure calls[ rpc ]
rpc_clnt_aulibrary routines for client side remote procedure call authentication[ rpc_clnt_auth: auth_destroy, authnone_create, authsys_create, authsys_create_default ]
rpc_clnt_cllibrary routines for client side calls[ rpc_clnt_calls: clnt_call, clnt_freeres, clnt_geterr, clnt_perrno, clnt_perror, clnt_sperrno, clnt_sperror, rpc_broadcast, rpc_call ]
rpc_clnt_crlibrary routines for dealing with creation and manipulation of CLIENT handles[ rpc_clnt_create: clnt_control, clnt_create, clnt_destroy, clnt_dg_create, clnt_pcreateerror, clnt_raw_create, clnt_spcreateerror, clnt_tli_create, clnt_tp_create, clnt_vc_create ]
rpc_svc_clslibrary routines for registering servers[ rpc_svc_calls: rpc_reg, svc_reg, svc_unreg, xprt_register, xprt_unregister ]
rpc_svc_crlibrary routines for dealing with the creation of server handles[ rpc_svc_create: svc_create, svc_destroy, svc_dg_create, svc_fd_create, svc_raw_create, svc_tli_create, svc_tp_create, svc_vc_create ]
rpc_svc_errlibrary routines for server side remote procedure call errors[ rpc_svc_err: svcerr_auth, svcerr_decode, svcerr_noproc, svcerr_noprog, svcerr_progvers, svcerr_systemerr, svcerr_weakauth ]
rpc_svc_reglibrary routines for RPC servers[ rpc_svc_reg: svc_freeargs, svc_getargs, svc_getreqset, svc_getrpccaller, svc_run, svc_sendreply ]
rpc_xdrXDR library routines for remote procedure calls[ rpc_xdr: xdr_accepted_reply, xdr_authsys_parms, xdr_callhdr, xdr_callmsg, xdr_opaque_auth, xdr_rejected_reply, xdr_replymsg ]
rpcbindlibrary routines for RPC bind service.[ rpcbind: rpcb_getmaps, rpcb_getaddr, rpcb_gettime, rpcb_rmtcall, rpcb_set, rpcb_unset ]
rusersreturn information about users on remote machines[ rusers ]
rwallwrite to specified remote machines[ rwall ]
secure_rpclibrary routines for secure remote procedure calls[ secure_rpc: authdes_seccreate, authdes_getucred, getnet- name, host2netname, key_decryptsession, key_encryptsession, key_gendes, key_setsecret, netname2host, netname2user, user2netname ]
selectsynchronous I/O multiplexing
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[ spray ]
statdnetwork status monitor[ statd ]
t_acceptaccept a connect request[ t_accept ]
t_allocallocate a library structure[ t_alloc ]
t_bindbind an address to a transport endpoint[ t_bind ]
t_closeclose a transport endpoint[ t_close ]
t_connectestablish a connection with another transport user[ t_connect ]
t_errorproduce error message[ t_error ]
t_freefree a library structure[ t_free ]
t_getinfoget protocol-specific service information[ t_getinfo ]
t_getstateget the current state[ t_getstate ]
t_listenlisten for a connect request[ t_listen ]
t_looklook at the current event on a transport endpoint[ t_look ]
t_openestablish a transport endpoint[ t_open ]
t_optmgmtmanage options for a transport endpoint[ t_optmgmt ]
t_rcvreceive data or expedited data sent over a connec- tion[ t_rcv ]
t_rcvconnectreceive the confirmation from a connect request[ t_rcvconnect ]
t_rcvdisretrieve information from disconnect[ t_rcvdis ]
t_rcvrelacknowledge receipt of an orderly release indica- tion[ t_rcvrel ]
t_rcvudatareceive a data unit[ t_rcvudata ]
t_rcvuderrreceive a unit data error indication[ t_rcvuderr ]
t_sndsend data or expedited data over a connection[ t_snd ]
t_snddissend user-initiated disconnect request[ t_snddis ]
t_sndrelinitiate an orderly release[ t_sndrel ]
t_sndudatasend a data unit[ t_sndudata ]
t_syncsynchronize transport library[ t_sync ]
t_unbinddisable a transport endpoint[ t_unbind ]
xdrlibrary routines for external data representation
xdr_adminlibrary routines for external data representation[ xdr_admin: xdr_getpos, xdr_inline, xdrrec_eof, xdr_setpos ]
xdr_complexlibrary routines for external data representation[ xdr_complex: xdr_array, xdr_bytes, xdr_opaque, xdr_pointer, xdr_reference, xdr_string, xdr_union, xdr_vector, xdr_wrapstring ]
xdr_createlibrary routines for external data representation stream creation[ xdr_create: xdr_destroy, xdrmem_create, xdrrec_create, xdrstdio_create ]
xdr_simplelibrary rou- tines for external data representation[ xdr_simple: xdr_bool, xdr_char, xdr_double, xdr_enum, xdr_float, xdr_free, xdr_int, xdr_long, xdr_short, xdr_u_char, xdr_u_long, xdr_u_short, xdr_void ]

3s. Standard I/O Library

ctermidgenerate file name for terminal[ ctermid ]
cuseridget character login name of the user[ cuserid ]
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[ stdio ]
systemissue a shell command[ system ]
tmpfilecreate a temporary file[ tmpfile ]
tmpnamcreate a name for a temporary file[ tmpnam, tempnam ]
ungetcpush character back onto input stream[ ungetc ]
vprintfprint formatted output of a variable argument list[ vprintf, vfprintf, vsprintf ]

3x. Miscellaneous Libraries

CheckSbparamTo handle sound data formats.[ CheckSbparam, GetTransFormatLength, DoTransFormat, Init- TransFormat, GetBaseLength ]
CreateSoundFileTo handle sound files.[ CreateSoundFile, OpenSoundFile, ReadSoundFile, WriteSound- File, SeekSoundFile, CloseSoundFile ]
assertverify program assertion[ assert ]
cryptpassword and file encryption functions[ crypt ]
curs_addchadd a character (with attributes) to a curses window and advance cursor[ curs_addch: addch, waddch, mvaddch, mvwaddch, echochar, wechochar ]
curs_addchstadd string of characters (and attributes) to a curses window[ curs_addchstr: addchstr, addchnstr, waddchstr, waddchnstr, mvaddchstr, mvaddchnstr, mvwaddchstr, mvwaddchnstr ]
curs_addstradd a string of charac- ters to a curses window and advance cursor[ curs_addstr: addstr, addnstr, waddstr, waddnstr, mvaddstr, mvaddnstr, mvwaddstr, mvwaddnstr ]
curs_attrcurses character and window attribute control routines[ curs_attr: attroff, wattroff, attron, wattron, attrset, wattrset, standend, wstandend, standout, wstandout ]
curs_beepcurses bell and screen flash rou- tines[ curs_beep: beep, flash ]
curs_bkgdcurses window background manipulation routines[ curs_bkgd: bkgdset, wbkgdset, bkgd, wbkgd ]
curs_bordercreate curses borders, horizontal and vertical lines[ curs_border: border, wborder, box, whline, wvline ]
curs_clearclear all or part of a curses window[ curs_clear: erase, werase, clear, wclear, clrtobot, wclrto- bot, clrtoeol, wclrtoeol ]
curs_colorcurses color manipulation routines[ curs_color: start_color, init_pair, init_color, has_colors, can_change_color, color_content, pair_content ]
curs_delchdelete char- acter under cursor in a curses window.[ curs_delch: delch, wdelch, mvdelch, mvwdelch ]
curs_dellndelete and insert lines in a curses window[ curs_deleteln: deleteln, wdeleteln, insdelln, winsdelln, insertln, winsertln ]
curs_getchget (or push back) characters from curses terminal keyboard[ curs_getch: getch, wgetch, mvgetch, mvwgetch, ungetch ]
curs_getstrget character strings from curses terminal keyboard[ curs_getstr: getstr, wgetstr, mvgetstr, mvwgetstr, wgetnstr ]
curs_getyxget curses cursor and window coordinates[ curs_getyx: getyx, getparyx, getbegyx, getmaxyx ]
curs_inchget a character and its attributes from a curses window[ curs_inch: inch, winch, mvinch, mvwinch ]
curs_inchstrget a string of characters (and attributes) from a curses window[ curs_inchstr: inchstr, inchnstr, winchstr, winchnstr, mvinchstr, mvinchnstr, mvwinchstr, mvwinchnstr ]
curs_initscrcurses screen initialization and manipulation routines[ curs_initscr: initscr, newterm, endwin, isendwin, set_term, delscreen ]
curs_inoptscurses terminal input option control routines[ curs_inopts: cbreak, nocbreak, echo, noecho, halfdelay, intrflush, keypad, meta, nodelay, notimeout, raw, noraw, noqiflush, qiflush, timeout, wtimeout, typeahead ]
curs_inschinsert a character before the character under the cursor in a curses window[ curs_insch: insch, winsch, mvinsch, mvwinsch ]
curs_insstrinsert string before character under the cursor in a curses window[ curs_instr: insstr, insnstr, winsstr, winsnstr, mvinsstr, mvinsnstr, mvwinsstr, mvwinsnstr ]
curs_instrget a string of characters from a curses window[ curs_instr: instr, innstr, winstr, winnstr, mvinstr, mvinnstr, mvwinstr, mvwinnstr ]
curs_kernellow-level curses rou- tines[ curs_kernel: def_prog_mode, def_shell_mode, reset_prog_mode, reset_shell_mode, resetty, savetty, getsyx, setsyx, ripoffline, curs_set, napms ]
curs_movemove curses window cursor[ curs_move: move, wmove ]
curs_outoptscurses terminal output option control routines[ curs_outopts: clearok, idlok, idcok immedok, leaveok, setscrreg, wsetscrreg, scrollok, nl, nonl ]
curs_overlayoverlap and manipulate overlapped curses windows[ curs_overlay: overlay, overwrite, copywin ]
curs_padcreate and display curses pads[ curs_pad: newpad, subpad, prefresh, pnoutrefresh, pechochar ]
curs_printwprint formatted output in curses windows[ curs_printw: printw, wprintw, mvprintw, mvwprintw, vwprintw ]
curs_refreshrefresh curses windows and lines[ curs_refresh: refresh, wrefresh, wnoutrefresh, doupdate, redrawwin, wredrawln ]
curs_scanwconvert formatted input from a curses widow[ curs_scanw: scanw, wscanw, mvscanw, mvwscanw, vwscanw ]
curs_scr_dmpread (write) a curses screen from (to) a file[ curs_scr_dump: scr_dump, scr_restore, scr_init, scr_set ]
curs_scrollscroll a curses window[ curs_scroll: scroll, srcl, wscrl ]
curs_slkcurses soft label routines[ curs_slk: slk_init, slk_set, slk_refresh, slk_noutrefresh, slk_label, slk_clear, slk_restore, slk_touch, slk_attron, slk_attrset, slk_attroff ]
curs_termattcurses environment query routines[ curs_termattrs: baudrate, erasechar, has_ic, has_il, killchar, longname, termattrs, termname ]
curs_termcapcurses interfaces (emulated) to the termcap library[ curs_termcap: tgetent, tgetflag, tgetnum, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs ]
curs_termincurses interfaces to terminfo database[ curs_terminfo: setupterm, setterm, set_curterm, del_curterm, restartterm, tparm, tputs, putp, vidputs, vidattr, mvcur, tigetflag, tigetnum, tigetstr ]
curs_touchcurses refresh control rou- tines[ curs_touch: touchwin, touchline, untouchwin, wtouchln, is_linetouched, is_wintouched ]
curs_utilmiscellaneous curses util- ity routines[ curs_util: unctrl, keyname, filter, use_env, putwin, getwin, delay_output, flushinp ]
curs_windowcreate curses windows[ curs_window: newwin, delwin, mvwin, subwin, derwin, mvderwin, dupwin, wsyncup, syncok, wcursyncup, wsyncdown ]
cursesCRT screen handling and optimization package[ curses ]
disassemblerdisassemble a MIPS instruction and print the results
form_cursorposition forms window cursor[ form_cursor: pos_form_cursor ]
form_datatell if forms field has off-screen data ahead or behind[ form_data: data_ahead, data_behind ]
form_drivercommand processor for the forms subsystem[ form_driver ]
form_fconnect fields to forms[ form_field: set_form_fields, form_fields, field_count, move_field ]
form_f_attrfor- mat the general display attributes of forms[ form_field_attributes: set_field_fore, field_fore, set_field_back, field_back, set_field_pad, field_pad ]
form_f_bufset and get forms field attributes[ form_field_buffer: set_field_buffer, field_buffer, set_field_status, field_status, set_max_field ]
form_f_infoget forms field characteristics[ form_field_info: field_info, dynamic_field_info ]
form_f_justformat the general appearance of forms[ form_field_just: set_field_just, field_just ]
form_f_newcreate and destroy forms fields[ form_field_new: new_field, dup_field, link_field, free_field, ]
form_f_optsforms field option routines[ form_field_opts: set_field_opts, field_opts_on, field_opts_off, field_opts ]
form_f_uptrassociate application data with forms[ form_field_userptr: set_field_userptr, field_userptr ]
form_f_validforms field data type validation[ form_field_validation: set_field_type, field_type, field_arg ]
form_fldtypeforms fieldtype routines[ form_fieldtype: new_fieldtype, free_fieldtype, set_fieldtype_arg, set_fieldtype_choice, link_fieldtype ]
form_hookassign application-specific routines for invo- cation by forms[ form_hook: set_form_init, form_init, set_form_term, form_term, set_field_init, field_init, set_field_term, field_term ]
form_newcreate and destroy forms[ form_new: new_form, free_form ]
form_new_pgforms pagination[ form_new_page: set_new_page, new_page ]
form_optsforms option routines[ form_opts: set_form_opts, form_opts_on, form_opts_off, form_opts ]
form_pageset forms current page and field[ form_page: set_form_page, form_page, set_current_field, current_field, field_index ]
form_postwrite or erase forms from associated subwindows[ form_post: post_form, unpost_form ]
form_uptrassociate application data with forms[ form_userptr: set_form_userptr, form_userptr ]
form_winforms window and subwindow association routines[ form_win: set_form_win, form_win, set_form_sub, form_sub, scale_form ]
formscharacter based forms package[ forms ]
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
ldgetauxretrieve an auxiliary entry, given an index
ldgetnameretrieve symbol name for object file symbol table entry
ldgetpdretrieve procedure descriptor given a procedure descriptor index
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 ]
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[ libwindows ]
maillockmanage lockfile for user's mailbox[ maillock ]
mallocmemory allocator[ malloc, free, realloc, calloc, mallopt, mallinfo ]
menu_attribcontrol menus display attributes[ menu_attributes: set_menu_fore, menu_fore, set_menu_back, menu_back, set_menu_grey, menu_grey, set_menu_pad, menu_pad ]
menu_cursorcorrectly position a menus cursor[ menu_cursor: pos_menu_cursor ]
menu_drivercommand processor for the menus subsystem[ menu_driver ]
menu_formatset and get maximum numbers of rows and columns in menus[ menu_format: set_menu_format, menu_format ]
menu_hookassign application-specific routines for automatic invocation by menus[ menu_hook: set_item_init, item_init, set_item_term, item_term, set_menu_init, menu_init, set_menu_term, menu_term ]
menu_i_curset and get current menus items[ menu_item_current: set_current_item, current_item, set_top_row, top_row, item_index ]
menu_i_nameget menus item name and description[ menu_item_name: item_name, item_description ]
menu_i_newcreate and destroy menus items[ menu_item_new: new_item, free_item ]
menu_i_optsmenus item option routines[ menu_item_opts: set_item_opts, item_opts_on, item_opts_off, item_opts ]
menu_i_uptrassoci- ate application data with menus items[ menu_item_userptr: set_item_userptr, item_userptr ]
menu_i_valueset and get menus item values[ menu_item_value: set_item_value, item_value ]
menu_i_vistell if menus item is visible[ menu_item_visible: item_visible ]
menu_itemscon- nect and disconnect items to and from menus[ menu_items: set_menu_items, menu_items, item_count ]
menu_markmenus mark string routines[ menu_mark: set_menu_mark, menu_mark ]
menu_newcreate and destroy menus[ menu_new: new_menu, free_menu ]
menu_optsmenus option routines[ menu_opts: set_menu_opts, menu_opts_on, menu_opts_off, menu_opts ]
menu_patternset and get menus pattern match buffer[ menu_pattern: set_menu_pattern, menu_pattern ]
menu_postwrite or erase menus from associated subwindows[ menu_post: post_menu, unpost_menu ]
menu_userptrassociate application data with menus[ menu_userptr: set_menu_userptr, menu_userptr ]
menu_winmenus window and subwindow association routines[ menu_win: set_menu_win, menu_win, set_menu_sub, menu_sub, scale_menu ]
menuscharacter based menus package[ menus ]
nlistget entries from name list
panel_abovepanels deck traver- sal primitives[ panel_above: panel_above, panel_below ]
panel_movemove a panels window on the vir- tual screen[ panel_move: move_panel ]
panel_newcreate and destroy panels[ panel_new: new_panel, del_panel ]
panel_showpanels deck manipulation routines[ panel_show: show_panel, hide_panel, panel_hidden ]
panel_toppanels deck manipula- tion routines[ panel_top: top_panel, bottom_panel ]
panel_updatepanels virtual screen refresh routine[ panel_update: update_panels ]
panel_usrptrassociate application data with a panels panel[ panel_userptr: set_panel_userptr, panel_userptr ]
panel_windowget or set the current window of a panels panel[ panel_window: panel_window, replace_panel ]
panelscharacter based panels package[ panels ]
ranhashaccess routine for the symbol table definition file in archives[ ranhashinit, ranhash, ranlookup ]
soundliblibrary functions in /usr/lib/libsound.a
sputlaccess long integer data in a machine- independent fashion[ sputl, sgetl ]
tamTAM transition libraries[ tam ]

4. File Formats

a.outassembler and link editor output
acctper-process accounting file format[ acct ]
admininstallation defaults file[ admin ]
aliasesaddresses and aliases for sendmail[ aliases, addresses, forward ]
ararchive file format[ ar ]
archivesdevice header file
binarsysremote system information for the ckbinarsys com- mand[ binarsys ]
compvercompatible versions file[ compver ]
copyrightcopyright information file[ copyright ]
corecore image file[ core ]
dependsoftware dependencies files[ depend ]
dfstabfile containing commands for sharing resources[ dfstab ]
dir_s5format of s5 directories[ dir (s5) ]
dir_ufsformat of ufs directories[ dir (ufs) ]
direntfile system independent directory entry[ dirent ]
edt_swapp
environuser-preference variable files for AT&T FACE[ .environ, .pref, .variables ]
ethersEthernet address to hostname database or domain[ ethers ]
fdfile descriptor files[ /dev/fd ]
filehdrfile header for common object files[ filehdr ]
fs_bfsformat of the bfs file system volume[ fs (bfs) ]
fs_s5format of s5 file system volume[ fs (s5) ]
fs_ufsformat of ufs file system volume[ fs (ufs) ]
fspecformat specification in text files[ fspec ]
fstypesfile that registers distributed file system pack- ages[ fstypes ]
groupgroup file[ group ]
hosts.equivtrusted hosts by system and by user[ hosts.equiv, .rhosts ]
hostshost name data base[ hosts ]
inetd.confInternet servers database[ inetd.conf ]
inittabscript for init[ inittab ]
inode_bfsformat of a bfs i-node[ inode (bfs) ]
inode_s5format of an s5 i-node[ inode (s5) ]
inode_ufsformat of a ufs inode[ inode (ufs) ]
intro_prmintroduction to file formats[ intro ]
intro_sarmintroduction to file formats[ intro ]
issueissue identification file[ issue ]
keyboardNEWS keyboard device interface
ldfcncommon object file access routines
limitsheader file for implementation-specific constants[ limits ]
linenumline number entries in a MIPS object file
loginloglog of failed login attempts[ loginlog ]
mailcnfginitialization information for mail and rmail[ mailcnfg ]
mailsurrsurrogate commands for routing and transport of mail[ mailsurr ]
mastermaster configuration database[ master ]
mnttabmounted file system table[ mnttab ]
netconfignetwork configuration database[ netconfig ]
netmasksnetwork mask data base[ netmasks ]
netrcfile for ftp remote login data[ netrc ]
networksnetwork name data base[ networks ]
ottFACE object architecture information[ .ott ]
passwdpassword file[ passwd ]
pathaliasalias file for FACE[ pathalias ]
pkginfopackage characteristics file[ pkginfo ]
pkgmappackage contents description file[ pkgmap ]
pnchfile format for card images[ pnch ]
procprocess file system[ /proc ]
profilesetting up an environment at login time[ profile ]
protocolsprotocol name data base[ protocols ]
prototypepackage information file[ prototype ]
publickeypublic key database[ publickey ]
relocrelocation information for a MIPS object file
resolv.confconfiguration file for name server routines[ resolv.conf ]
rmtabremotely mounted file system table
routingsystem supporting for packet network routing[ routing ]
rpcrpc program number data base[ rpc ]
rt_dptblreal-time dispatcher parameter table[ rt_dptbl ]
sccsfileformat of SCCS file[ sccsfile ]
scnhdrsection header for a MIPS object file
servicesInternet services and aliases[ services ]
shadowshadow password file[ shadow ]
sharetabshared file system table[ sharetab ]
soundSony sound file format[ sound ]
spacedisk space requirement file[ space ]
strcfSTREAMS Configuration File for STREAMS TCP/IP[ strcf ]
strftimelanguage specific strings[ strftime ]
symsMIPS symbol table
syslog.confconfiguration file for syslogd system log dae- mon[ syslog.conf ]
systemsystem configuration information file[ system ]
termformat of compiled term file[ term ]
terminfoterminal capability data base[ terminfo ]
timezoneset default system time zone[ timezone ]
ts_dptbltime-sharing dispatcher parameter table[ ts_dptbl ]
ttysrchdirectory search list for ttyname
unistdheader file for symbolic constants[ unistd ]
utmputmp and wtmp entry formats[ utmp, wtmp ]
utmpxutmpx and wtmpx entry formats[ utmpx, wtmpx ]
vfstabtable of file system defaults[ vfstab ]

5. File Formats (intro)

asciimap of ASCII character set[ ascii ]
environuser environment[ environ ]
fcntlfile control options[ fcntl ]
iconvcode set conversion tables
introintroduction to miscellany[ intro ]
jagenthost control of windowing terminal[ jagent ]
langinfolanguage information constants[ langinfo ]
mathmath functions and constants[ math ]
nl_typesnative language data types[ nl_types ]
profprofile within a function[ prof ]
regexpregular expression compile and match routines[ regexp: compile, step, advance ]
siginfosignal generation information[ siginfo ]
signalbase signals[ signal ]
statdata returned by stat system call[ stat ]
stdarghandle variable argument list[ stdarg ]
termconventional names for terminals[ term ]
typesprimitive system data types[ types ]
ucontextuser context[ ucontext ]
valuesmachine-dependent values[ values ]
varargshandle variable argument list[ varargs ]
wstatwait status[ wstat ]

7. Special Files (intro)

aioa primitive asynchronous I/O facility for NEWS-OS Release 5.0U
arpAddress Resolution Protocol[ ARP ]
cloneopen any major/minor device pair on a STREAMS driver[ clone ]
connldline discipline for unique stream connections[ connld ]
consoleSTREAMS-based console interface[ console ]
disktabdisk description file
en10 Mb/s Ethernet interface[ /dev/en ]
eqncharspecial character definitions for eqn[ eqnchar ]
fbNEWS frame buffer device interface
fdskNEWS floppy disk interface[ fd ]
filesystemfile system organization[ filesystem ]
icmpInternet Control Message Protocol[ ICMP ]
if_tcpgeneral properties of Internet Protocol network inter- faces[ if ]
inetInternet protocol family[ inet ]
introintroduction to special files[ intro ]
ipInternet Protocol[ IP ]
keyboardNEWS keyboard device interface
ldtermstandard STREAMS terminal line discipline module[ ldterm ]
losoftware loopback network interface[ lo ]
loginterface to STREAMS error logging and event tracing[ log ]
manmacros to format Reference Manual pages[ man ]
memacros for formatting papers[ me ]
memcore memory[ mem, kmem ]
mouseNEWS mouse device interface
mstext formatting macros[ ms ]
mtmagnetic tape interface[ mt ]
nullthe null file[ null ]
pcktSTREAMS Packet Mode module[ pckt ]
ports5 line asynchronous communications interface STREAMS driver[ ports ]
prfoperating system profiler[ prf ]
ptemSTREAMS Pseudo Terminal Emulation module[ ptem ]
sadevices administered by System Administration[ SA ]
sadSTREAMS Administrative Driver
sbNEWS built-in/expansion audio interface[ sb, sbe ]
sdSCSI disk device driver[ sd ]
sockioioctls that operate directly on sockets
stSCSI tape device interface[ st (mt) ]
streamioSTREAMS ioctl commands[ streamio ]
sxtpseudo-device driver[ sxt ]
tcpInternet Transmission Control Protocol[ TCP ]
termiogeneral terminal interface
termioxextended general terminal interface[ termiox ]
ticltsloopback transport providers[ ticlts, ticots, ticotsord ]
timodTransport Interface cooperating STREAMS module[ timod ]
tirdwrTransport Interface read/write interface STREAMS module[ tirdwr ]
ttcompatV7, 4BSD and XENIX STREAMS compatibility module[ ttcompat ]
ttycontrolling terminal interface[ tty ]
udpInternet User Datagram Protocol[ UDP ]
xtSTREAMS-based multiplexed tty driver for AT&T windowing terminals[ xt ]
zerosource of zeroes[ zero ]

8. Maintenance Procedures (intro)

bootbootstrap procedures[ boot ]
introintroduction to system maintenance procedures[ intro ]
mkremake the binary system and commands from source code[ mk ]
portscreate character device files and inittab entries for ports boards[ ports ]

Section S

XnewsSony server for X Version 11

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