Manual — SunOS 2.0

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((exception)) listfiles

1. Commands (intro)

adb	debugger
addbib	create or extend bibliographic database
adjacentscreens	notify the window driver of the physical relationships of screens
admin	create and administer SCCS files
ar	archive and library maintainer
as	mc68000 assembler
at	execute commands at a later time
awk	pattern scanning and processing language
basename	strip filename affixes
bc	arbitrary-precision arithmetic language
biff	mail alarm
binmail	send or receive mail among users	[ /bin/mail ]
cal	display calendar
calendar	reminder service
cat	concatenate and display
cb	C program beautifier
cc	C compiler
ccat	compress and uncompress files, and cat them	[ compact, uncompact, ccat ]
cd	change working directory
cdc	change the delta commentary of an SCCS delta
checkeq	typeset mathematics	[ eqn, neqn, checkeq ]
checknews	check if user has news on the USENET news network
checknr	check nroff/troff files
chgrp	change group
chmod	change mode
chsh	change default login shell
clear	clear screen
clear_colormap	clear the color map
clocktool	display the time in a window
cmp	compare two files
col	filter reverse paper motions
colcrt	filter nroff output for CRT previewing
colrm	remove columns from a file
comb	combine SCCS deltas
comm	select or reject lines common to two sorted files
compact	compress and uncompress files, and cat them	[ compact, uncompact, ccat ]
cp	copy files
cpio	copy file archives in and out
cpp	the C language preprocessor
crypt	encode/decode
csh	a shell (command interpreter) with C-like syntax
ctags	create a tags file
date	display or set the date
dbx	debugger
dbxtool	window- and mouse-based debugging tool
dc	desk calculator
dd	convert and copy a file
delta	make a delta (change) to an SCCS file
deroff	remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs
des	encrypt/decrypt with Data Encryption Standard
df	report free disk space on file systems
diff	differential file and directory comparator
diff3	3-way differential file comparison
domainname	set or display name of current domain system
du	summarize disk usage
echo	echo arguments
ed	text editor
edit	text editor	[ ex, edit ]
egrep	search a file for a pattern	[ grep, egrep, fgrep ]
enroll	secret mail	[ xsend, xget, enroll ]
eqn	typeset mathematics	[ eqn, neqn, checkeq ]
error	analyze and disperse compiler error messages
ex	text editor	[ ex, edit ]
expand	expand tabs to spaces, and vice versa	[ expand, unexpand ]
expr	evaluate arguments as an expression
eyacc	modified yacc allowing much improved error recovery
f77	FORTRAN 77 compiler
false	provide truth values	[ false, true ]
fgrep	search a file for a pattern	[ grep, egrep, fgrep ]
file	determine file type
find	find files
fmt	simple text formatter
fold	fold long lines for finite width output device
fonttool	a vfont screen-font editor
fpr	print Fortran file
from	who is my mail from?
fsplit	split a multi-routine Fortran file into individual files
gcore	get core images of running processes
get	get a version of an SCCS file
gfxtool	Run graphics programs in the SunWindows environment
gprof	display call graph profile data
grep	search a file for a pattern	[ grep, egrep, fgrep ]
groups	show group memberships
head	display first few lines of specified files
help	ask for help
hostid	print identifier of current host system
hostname	set or print name of current host system
icontool	create and edit icons and cursors
indent	indent and format C program source
indxbib	make inverted index to a bibliography
inews	submit news articles
install	install files
intro	introduction to commands
join	relational database operator
kill	send a signal to a process, or terminate a process
last	indicate last logins of users and teletypes
lastcomm	show last commands executed in reverse order
ld	link editor
leave	remind you when you have to leave
lex	generator of lexical analysis programs
lint	a C program verifier
ln	make links
lockscreen	maintain window context until “login”
login	sign on
look	find lines in a sorted list
lookbib	find references in a bibliography
lorder	find ordering relation for an object library
lpq	spool queue examination program
lpr	off line print
lprm	remove jobs from the line printer spooling queue
ls	list contents of directory
m4	macro processor
mail	send and receive mail
make	maintain program groups
man	print out manual pages; find manual information by keywords
mesg	permit or deny messages
mkdir	make a directory
mkstr	create an error message file by massaging C source
more	browse through a text file	[ more, page ]
mt	magnetic tape manipulating program
mv	move or rename files
neqn	typeset mathematics	[ eqn, neqn, checkeq ]
nfsstat	Network File System statistics
nice	run a command at low priority (sh only)	[ nice, nohup ]
nm	print name list
nohup	run a command at low priority (sh only)	[ nice, nohup ]
nroff	text formatting and typesetting
od	octal, decimal, hex, ascii dump
page	browse through a text file	[ more, page ]
pagesize	print system page size
passwd	change login password
pc	Pascal compiler
perfmeter	meter display of system performance values
perfmon	graphical display of general system statistics
pi	Pascal interpreter code translator
pix	Pascal translator and interpreter
pmerge	pascal file merger
postnews	submit news articles
pr	print file(s), possibly in multiple columns
printenv	print out the environment
prmail	print out waiting mail
prof	display profile data
prs	print an SCCS file
ps	process status
pti	phototypesetter interpreter
ptx	permuted index
pwd	print working directory name
px	Pascal interpreter
pxp	Pascal execution profiler
pxref	Pascal cross-reference program
ranlib	convert archives to random libraries
rastrepl	magnify a raster image by 2 times
ratfor	rational Fortran dialect
readnews	read news articles
refer	find and insert literature references in documents
reset
rev	reverse lines of a file
rm	remove (unlink) files or directories	[ rm, rmdir ]
rmdel	remove a delta from an SCCS file
rmdir	remove (unlink) directories or files	[ rmdir, rm ]
roffbib	run off bibliographic database
rwall	write to all users over a network
sact	print current SCCS file editing activity
sccs	front end for the SCCS subsystem
sccsdiff	compare two versions of an SCCS file
screendump	dump frame buffer image
screenload	restore frame buffer image
script	make typescript of terminal session
sed	stream editor
sh	command language	[ sh, for, case, if, while, :, ., break, continue, cd, eval, exec, exit, export, login, newgrp, read, readonly, set, shift, times, trap, umask, wait ]
shelltool	Run a shell (or other program) in the SunWindows environment
size	size of an object file
sleep	suspend execution for an interval
soelim	eliminate .so’s from nroff input
sort	sort or merge files
sortbib	sort bibliographic database
spell	find spelling errors	[ spell, spellin, spellout ]
spellin	find spelling errors	[ spell, spellin, spellout ]
spellout	find spelling errors	[ spell, spellin, spellout ]
split	split a file into pieces
strings	find printable strings in an object, or other binary, file
strip	remove symbols and relocation bits
stty	set terminal options
su	substitute user id temporarily
sum	sum and count blocks in a file
sun	is current machine a Sun Workstation
suntools	Run the SunWindows environment
sync	update the super block
syslog	make system log entry
tail	display the last part of a file
talk	talk to another user
tar	tape archiver
tbl	format tables for nroff or troff
tcov	construct test coverage analysis and statement-by-statement profile
tee	copy standard output to many files
tektool	Tektronix 4014 terminal emulator tool
test	condition command
time	time a command
touch	update date last modified of a file
tr	translate characters
troff	typeset or format documents
true	provide truth values	[ true, false ]
tset	establish terminal characteristics for the environment
tsort	topological sort
tty	get terminal name
ul	do underlining
uncompact	compress and uncompress files, and cat them	[ compact, uncompact, ccat ]
unexpand	expand tabs to spaces, and vice versa	[ expand, unexpand ]
unget	undo a previous get of an SCCS file
uniq	report repeated lines in a file
units	conversion program
uptime	show how long system has been up
users	compact list of users who are on the system
val	validate SCCS file
vax	is current machine a vax
vfontinfo	inspect and print out information about UNIX fonts
vgrind	grind nice listings of programs
vi	screen oriented (visual) display editor based on ex
view	view a file without changing it using the vi visual editor
vlp	Format Lisp programs to be printed with nroff, vtroff, or troff
vplot	plot graphics on the Versatec
vpr	raster printer/plotter spooler	[ vpr, vprm, vpq, vprint ]
vswap	convert a foreign font file
vtroff	troff to a raster plotter
vwidth	make troff width table for a font
w	who is on and what they are doing
wait	await completion of process
wall	write to all users
wc	word count
what	identify the version of files
whatis	describe what a command is
whereis	locate source, binary, and/or manual for program
which	locate a program file including aliases and paths (csh only)
who	who is on the system
whoami	display effective current username
whois	DARPA Internet user name directory service
write	write to another user
xget	secret mail	[ xsend, xget, enroll ]
xsend	secret mail	[ xsend, xget, enroll ]
xstr	extract strings from C programs to implement shared strings
yacc	yet another compiler-compiler
yes	be repetitively affirmative
ypcat	print values in a YP data base
yppasswd	change login password in yellow pages

1C. Communications Commands

cu	connect to a remote system	[ tip, cu ]
ftp	file transfer program
rcp	remote file copy
rlogin	remote login
rsh	remote shell
ruptime	show host status of local machines
rwho	who’s logged in on local machines
telnet	user interface to the TELNET protocol
tip	connect to a remote system	[ tip, cu ]
uucp	unix to unix copy	[ uucp, uulog ]
uudecode	encode/decode a binary file for transmission via mail	[ uuencode, uudecode ]
uuencode	encode/decode a binary file for transmission via mail	[ uuencode, uudecode ]
uulog	unix to unix copy	[ uucp, uulog ]
uuname	unix to unix copy	[ uucp, uulog ]
uusend	send a file to a remote host
uux	unix to unix command execution

1G. Graphics Commands

graph	draw a graph
plot	graphics filters
spline	interpolate smooth curve

2. System Calls (intro)

accept	accept a connection on a socket
access	determine accessibility of file
acct	turn accounting on or off
bind	bind a name to a socket
brk	change data segment size	[ brk, sbrk ]
chdir	change current working directory
chmod	change mode of file	[ chmod, fchmod ]
chown	change owner and group of a file	[ chown, fchown ]
chroot	change root directory
close	delete a descriptor
connect	initiate a connection on a socket
creat	create a new file
dup	duplicate a descriptor	[ dup, dup2 ]
dup2	duplicate a descriptor	[ dup, dup2 ]
execve	execute a file
exit	terminate a process	[ _exit ]
fchmod	change mode of file	[ chmod, fchmod ]
fchown	change owner and group of a file	[ chown, fchown ]
fcntl	file control
flock	apply or remove an advisory lock on an open file
fork	create a new process
fstat	get file status	[ stat, lstat, fstat ]
fsync	synchronize a file’s in-core state with that on disk
ftruncate	truncate a file to a specified length	[ truncate, ftruncate ]
getdirentries	gets directory entries in a filesystem independent format
getdomainname	get/set name of current domain	[ getdomainname, setdomainname ]
getdtablesize	get descriptor table size
getegid	get group identity	[ getgid, getegid ]
geteuid	get user identity	[ getuid, geteuid ]
getgid	get group identity	[ getgid, getegid ]
getgroups	get group access list
gethostid	get unique identifier of current host
gethostname	get/set name of current host	[ gethostname, sethostname ]
getitimer	get/set value of interval timer	[ getitimer, setitimer ]
getpagesize	get system page size
getpeername	get name of connected peer
getpgrp	get process group
getpid	get process identification	[ getpid, getppid ]
getppid	get process identification	[ getpid, getppid ]
getpriority	get/set program scheduling priority	[ getpriority, setpriority ]
getrlimit	control maximum system resource consumption	[ getrlimit, setrlimit ]
getrusage	get information about resource utilization
getsockname	get socket name
getsockopt	get and set options on sockets	[ getsockopt, setsockopt ]
gettimeofday	get/set date and time	[ gettimeofday, settimeofday ]
getuid	get user identity	[ getuid, geteuid ]
intro	introduction to system calls and error numbers
ioctl	control device
kill	send signal to a process
killpg	send signal to a process group
link	make a hard link to a file
listen	listen for connections on a socket
lseek	move read/write pointer	[ lseek, tell ]
lstat	get file status	[ stat, lstat, fstat ]
mkdir	make a directory file
mknod	make a special file
mmap	map pages of memory
mount	mount file system
munmap	unmap pages of memory
nfsmount	mount an NFS file system
nfssvc	NFS daemons	[ nfssvc, async_daemon ]
open	open a file for reading or writing, or create a new file
pipe	create an interprocess communication channel
profil	execution time profile
ptrace	process trace
quota	manipulate disk quotas
read	read input	[ read, readv ]
readlink	read value of a symbolic link
readv	read input	[ read, readv ]
reboot	reboot system or halt processor
recv	receive a message from a socket	[ recv, recvfrom, recvmsg ]
recvfrom	receive a message from a socket	[ recv, recvfrom, recvmsg ]
recvmsg	receive a message from a socket	[ recv, recvfrom, recvmsg ]
rename	change the name of a file
rmdir	remove a directory file
sbrk	change data segment size	[ brk, sbrk ]
select	synchronous I/O multiplexing
send	send a message from a socket	[ send, sendto, sendmsg ]
sendmsg	send a message from a socket	[ send, sendto, sendmsg ]
sendto	send a message from a socket	[ send, sendto, sendmsg ]
setgroups	set group access list
sethostid	get unique identifier of current host	[ gethostid ]
sethostname	get/set name of current host	[ gethostname, sethostname ]
setitimer	get/set value of interval timer	[ getitimer, setitimer ]
setpgrp	set process group
setpriority	get/set program scheduling priority	[ getpriority, setpriority ]
setquota	enable/disable quotas on a file system
setregid	set real and effective group ID
setreuid	set real and effective user ID’s
setrlimit	control maximum system resource consumption	[ getrlimit, setrlimit ]
setsockopt	get and set options on sockets	[ getsockopt, setsockopt ]
settimeofday	get/set date and time	[ gettimeofday, settimeofday ]
shutdown	shut down part of a full-duplex connection
sigblock	block signals
sigpause	atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt
sigsetmask	set current signal mask
sigstack	set and/or get signal stack context
sigvec	software signal facilities
socket	create an endpoint for communication
socketpair	create a pair of connected sockets
stat	get file status	[ stat, lstat, fstat ]
statfs	get file system statistics
swapon	add a swap device for interleaved paging/swapping
symlink	make symbolic link to a file
sync	update super-block
syscall	indirect system call
truncate	truncate a file to a specified length	[ truncate, ftruncate ]
umask	set file creation mode mask
unlink	remove directory entry
unmount	remove a file system
utimes	set file times
vadvise	give advice to paging system
vfork	spawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way
vhangup	virtually “hangup” the current control terminal
wait	wait for process to terminate or stop	[ wait, wait3 ]
wait3	wait for process to terminate or stop	[ wait, wait3 ]
write	write on a file	[ write, writev ]
writev	write on a file	[ write, writev ]

3. C Library (intro)

abort	generate a fault
abs	integer absolute value
assert	program verification
atof	convert ASCII to numbers	[ atof, atoi, atol ]
bstring	bit and byte string operations	[ bcopy, bcmp, bzero, ffs ]
crypt	DES encryption	[ crypt, setkey, encrypt ]
ctime	convert date and time to ASCII	[ ctime, localtime, gmtime, asctime, timezone, dysize ]
ctype	character classification and conversion macros	[ isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, iscntrl, isascii, isgraph, toupper, tolower, toascii ]
directory	directory operations	[ opendir, readdir, telldir, seekdir, rewinddir, closedir ]
ecvt	output conversion	[ ecvt, fcvt, gcvt ]
end	last locations in program	[ end, etext, edata ]
execl	execute a file	[ execl, execv, execle, execlp, execvp, environ ]
exit	terminate a process after performing cleanup
frexp	split into mantissa and exponent	[ frexp, ldexp, modf ]
getenv	value for environment name
getfsent	get file system descriptor file entry	[ getfsent, getfsspec, getfsfile, getfstype, setfsent, endfsent ]
getgrent	get group file entry	[ getgrent, getgrgid, getgrnam, setgrent, endgrent ]
getlogin	get login name
getmntent	get filesystem descriptor file entry	[ setmntent, getmntent, addmntent, endmntent, hasmntopt ]
getpass	read a password
getpw	get name from uid
getpwent	get password file entry	[ getpwent, getpwuid, getpwnam, setpwent, endpwent ]
getwd	get current working directory pathname
initgroups	initialize group access list
insque	insert/remove element from a queue	[ insque, remque ]
intro	introduction to library functions
isinf	test for indeterminate floating point values	[ isinf, isnan ]
malloc	memory allocator	[ malloc, free, realloc, calloc, cfree, memalign, valloc, alloca, malloc_debug, malloc_verify ]
mktemp	make a unique file name
monitor	prepare execution profile	[ monitor, monstartup, moncontrol ]
nlist	get entries from name list
onexit	name termination handler	[ on_exit ]
perror	system error messages	[ perror, sys_errlist, sys_nerr, errno ]
psignal	system signal messages	[ psignal, sys_siglist ]
qsort	quicker sort
random	better random number generator; routines for changing generators	[ random, srandom, initstate, setstate ]
regex	regular expression handler	[ re_comp, re_exec ]
scandir	scan a directory	[ scandir, alphasort ]
setgid	set user and group ID	[ setuid, seteuid, setruid, setgid, setegid, setrgid ]
setjmp	non-local goto	[ setjmp, longjmp ]
setuid	set user and group ID	[ setuid, seteuid, setruid, setgid, setegid, setrgid ]
signal	simplified software signal facilities
sleep	suspend execution for interval
string	string operations	[ strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, index, rindex ]
swab	swap bytes
syslog	control system log	[ syslog, openlog, closelog ]
system	issue a shell command
ttyname	find name of a terminal	[ ttyname, isatty, ttyslot ]
varargs	variable argument list

3C. Compatibility Routines (intro)

alarm	schedule signal after specified time
ftime	get date and time	[ time, ftime ]
getopt	get option letter from argv	[ getopt, optarg, optind ]
gtty	set and get terminal state	[ stty, gtty ]
intro	introduction to compatibility library functions
nice	set program priority
pause	stop until signal
rand	random number generator	[ rand, srand ]
stty	set and get terminal state	[ stty, gtty ]
time	get date and time	[ time, ftime ]
times	get process times
tmpnam	create a name for a temporary file
ulimit	get and set user limits
utime	set file times
vlimit	control maximum system resource consumption
vtimes	get information about resource utilization

3F. FORTRAN Library (intro)

abort	terminate abruptly with memory image
access	determine accessibility of a file
alarm	execute a subroutine after a specified time
bessel	of two kinds for integer orders	[ bessel functions ]
bit	and, or, xor, not, rshift, lshift, bic, bis, bit, setbit functions
chdir	change default directory
chmod	change mode of a file
etime	return elapsed execution time	[ etime, dtime ]
exit	terminate process with status
fdate	return date and time in an ASCII string
flush	flush output to a logical unit
fork	create a copy of this process
fortran	introduction to FORTRAN library functions	[ intro ]
fseek	reposition a file on a logical unit	[ fseek, ftell ]
getarg	return command line arguments	[ getarg, iargc ]
getc	get a character from a logical unit	[ getc, fgetc ]
getcwd	get pathname of current working directory
getenv	get value of environment variables
getfd	get the file descriptor of an external unit number
getlog	get user’s login name
getpid	get process id
getuid	get user or group ID of the caller	[ getuid, getgid ]
hostnm	get name of current host
idate	return date or time in numerical form	[ idate, itime ]
index	tell about character objects	[ index, rindex, lnblnk, len ]
intro	introduction to FORTRAN library functions
ioinit	change f77 I/O initialization
kill	send a signal to a process
link	make a link to an existing file	[ link, symlnk ]
loc	return the address of an object
long	integer object conversion	[ long, short ]
perror	get system error messages	[ perror, gerror, ierrno ]
putc	write a character to a FORTRAN logical unit	[ putc, fputc ]
qsort	quick sort
rand	return random values	[ rand, drand, irand ]
range	return extreme values	[ flmin, flmax, dflmin, dflmax, inmax ]
rename	rename a file
signal	change the action for a signal
sleep	suspend execution for an interval
stat	get file status	[ stat, lstat, fstat ]
system	execute a UNIX command
time	return system time	[ time, ctime, ltime, gmtime ]
topen	f77 tape I/O	[ topen, tclose, tread, twrite, trewin, tskipf, tstate ]
trpfpe	trap and repair floating point faults	[ trpfpe, fpecnt ]
ttynam	find name of a terminal port	[ ttynam, isatty ]
unlink	remove a directory entry
wait	wait for a process to terminate

3M. Math Library (intro)

exp	exponential, logarithm, power, square root	[ exp, log, log10, pow, sqrt ]
floor	absolute value, floor, ceiling functions	[ fabs, floor, ceil ]
gamma	log gamma function
hypot	Euclidean distance	[ hypot, cabs ]
intro	introduction to mathematical library functions
j0	bessel functions	[ j0, j1, jn, y0, y1, yn ]
sin	trigonometric functions	[ sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, atan2 ]
sinh	hyperbolic functions	[ sinh, cosh, tanh ]

3N. Network Support Library (intro)

byteorder	convert values between host and network byte order	[ htonl, htons, ntohl, ntohs ]
gethostent	get network host entry	[ gethostent, gethostbyaddr, gethostbyname, sethostent, endhostent ]
getnetent	get network entry	[ getnetent, getnetbyaddr, getnetbyname, setnetent, endnetent ]
getnetgrent	get network group entry	[ getnetgrent, setnetgrent, endnetgrent, innetgr ]
getprotoent	get protocol entry	[ getprotoent, getprotobynumber, getprotobyname, setprotoent, endprotoent ]
getservent	get service entry	[ getservent, getservbyport, getservbyname, setservent, endservent ]
inet	Internet address manipulation	[ inet_addr, inet_network, inet_makeaddr, inet_lnaof, inet_netof, inet_ntoa ]
intro	introduction to network library functions
rcmd	routines for returning a stream to a remote command	[ rcmd, rresvport, ruserok ]
rexec	return stream to a remote command
ypclnt	yellow pages client interface	[ yp_bind yp_get_default_domain yp_unbind yp_match yp_first ypclnt_first yp_next ypclnt_next ]

3S. Standard I/O Library (intro)

fclose	close or flush a stream	[ fclose, fflush ]
ferror	stream status inquiries	[ ferror, feof, clearerr, fileno ]
fopen	open a stream	[ fopen, freopen, fdopen ]
fread	buffered binary input/output	[ fread, fwrite ]
fseek	reposition a stream	[ fseek, ftell, rewind ]
getc	get character or integer from stream	[ getc, getchar, fgetc, getw ]
gets	get a string from a stream	[ gets, fgets ]
intro	standard buffered input/output package	[ stdio ]
popen	initiate I/O to/from a process	[ popen, pclose ]
printf	formatted output conversion	[ printf, fprintf, sprintf ]
putc	put character or word on a stream	[ putc, putchar, fputc, putw ]
puts	put a string on a stream	[ puts, fputs ]
scanf	formatted input conversion	[ scanf, fscanf, sscanf ]
setbuf	assign buffering to a stream	[ setbuf, setbuffer, setlinebuf ]
stdio	standard buffered input/output package
ungetc	push character back into input stream

3X. Miscellaneous Libraries (intro)

curses	screen functions with “optimal” cursor motion
dbm	data base subroutines	[ dbminit, fetch, store, delete, firstkey, nextkey ]
intro	introduction to other libraries
mp	multiple precision integer arithmetic	[ itom, madd, msub, mult, mdiv, min, mout, pow, gcd, rpow ]
plot	graphics interface	[ openpl, erase, label, line, circle, arc, move, cont, point, linemod, space, closepl ]
termcap	terminal independent operation routines	[ tgetent, tgetnum, tgetflag, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs ]

4. Device Drivers (intro)

bk	line discipline for machine-machine communication
drum	paging device
intro	introduction to special files and hardware support
kmem
mtio	UNIX system magnetic tape interface
null	data sink
pty	pseudo terminal driver
tty	general terminal interface

4F. Network Protocol Families

inet

Internet protocol family

4N. Network Facilities

if	general properties of network interfaces
lo	software loopback network interface
routing	system supporting for local network packet routing

4P. Network Protocols

arp	Address Resolution Protocol
icmp	Internet Control Message Protocol
ip	Internet Protocol
nd	network disk driver
tcp	Internet Transmission Control Protocol
udp	Internet User Datagram Protocol

4S. Sun-specific Device Special Files

ar	Archive 1/4 inch Streaming Tape Drive
bwone	Sun-1 black and white frame buffer
bwtwo	Sun-2 black and white frame buffer
cgone	Sun-1 color graphics interface
cgtwo	Sun-2 color graphics interface
cons	console driver and terminal emulator for the Sun workstation
des	DES encryption chip interface
dkio	generic disk control operations
ec	3Com 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
fb	driver for Sun console frame buffer
fbio	general properties of frame buffers
ie	Sun-2 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
ip	Disk driver for Interphase 2180 SMD Disk Controller
kb	Sun keyboard
mb	mainbus
mbio	main memory and bus I/O space	[ mem, kmem, mbmem, mbio, vme16, vme24 ]
mbmem	main memory and bus I/O space	[ mem, kmem, mbmem, mbio, vme16, vme24 ]
mem	main memory and bus I/O space	[ mem, kmem, mbmem, mbio, vme16, vme24 ]
mouse	Sun mouse
mti	Systech MTI-800/1600 multi-terminal interface
sd	Disk driver for Adaptec ST-506 Disk Controllers
st	Driver for Sysgen SC 4000 (Archive) Tape Controller
tm	tapemaster 1/2 inch tape drive
vp	Ikon 10071-5 Versatec parallel printer interface
vpc	Systech VPC-2200 Versatec printer/plotter and Centronics printer interface
win	Sun window system
xt	Xylogics 472 1/2 inch tape controller
xy	Disk driver for Xylogics SMD Disk Controllers
zs	zilog 8530 SCC serial comunications driver

5. File Formats

a.out	assembler and link editor output
acct	execution accounting file
aliases	aliases file for sendmail
ar	archive (library) file format
core	format of memory image file
cpio	format of cpio archive
crontab	table of times to run periodic jobs
dir	format of directories
dump	incremental dump format	[ dump, dumpdates ]
environ	user environment
exports	NFS file systems being exported
fcntl	file control options
fs	format of file system volume	[ fs, inode ]
fstab	static information about filesystems
ftpusers	list of users prohibited by ftp
gettytab	terminal configuration data base
group	group file
hosts.equiv	list of trusted hosts
hosts	host name data base
kbd	keyboard translation table format and default table
mtab	mounted file system table	[ /etc/mtab ]
netgroup	list of network groups
networks	network name data base
news	USENET network news article, utility files
newsrc	information file for readnews and checknews
passwd	password file
phones	remote host phone number data base
plot	graphics interface
printcap	printer capability data base
protocols	protocol name data base
remote	remote host description file
rmtab	remotely mounted file system table
sccsfile	format of SCCS file
servers	inet server data base
services	service name data base
tar	tape archive file format
term	terminal driving tables for nroff
termcap	terminal capability data base
tp	DEC/mag tape formats
ttys	terminal initialization data
ttytype	data base of terminal types by port
types	primitive system data types
utmp	login records	[ utmp, wtmp ]
uuencode	format of an encoded uuencode file
vfont	font formats
vgrindefs	vgrind’s language definition data base
wtmp	login records	[ utmp, wtmp ]
ypfiles	the yellowpages database and directory structure

6. Games and Demos

adventure	an exploration game
arithmetic	provide drill in number facts
backgammon	the game of backgammon
banner	print large banner on printer
bcd	convert to antique media
bdemos	demonstrate Sun Monochrome Bitmap Display
boggle	play the game of boggle
bsuncube	view 3-D Sun logo
canfield	the solitaire card game canfield	[ canfield, cfscores ]
chase	Try to escape to killer robots
chess	the game of chess
chesstool	window-based front-end to chess program
ching	the book of changes and other cookies
colordemos	demonstrate Sun Color Graphics Display
cribbage	the card game cribbage
draw	interactive graphics drawing
fish	play “Go Fish”
fortune	print a random, hopefully interesting, adage
gammontool	play a game of backgammon
hangman	Computer version of the game hangman
mille	play Mille Bornes
monop	Monopoly game
number	convert Arabic numerals to English
quiz	test your knowledge
rain	animated raindrops display
rotcube	rotate a simple cube	[ brotcube ]
rotcvph	rotate convex polyhedron
sail	multi-user wooden ships and iron men
snake	display chase game	[ snake, snscore ]
snscore	display chase game	[ snake, snscore ]
suncoredemos	demonstrate SunCore Graphics Package
trek	trekkie game
vwcvph	view convex polyhedron
worm	Play the growing worm game
worms	animate worms on a display terminal
wump	the game of hunt-the-wumpus

7. Miscellaneous Facilities (intro)

ascii	map of ASCII character set
eqnchar	special character definitions for eqn
hier	file system hierarchy
intro	miscellaneous useful information pages	[ miscellaneous ]
mailaddr	mail addressing description
man	macros to typeset manual
me	macros for formatting papers
ms	text formatting macros

8. Maintenance Commands (intro)

ac	login accounting
accton	system accounting	[ sa, accton ]
adbgen	generate adb script
adduser	procedure for adding new users
analyze	Virtual UNIX postmortem crash analyzer
catman	create the cat files for the manual
chown	change owner
clri	clear i-node
config	build system configuration files
cron	clock daemon
dcheck	file system directory consistency check
dkinfo	report information about a disk’s geometry and partitioning
dmesg	collect system diagnostic messages to form error log
dump	incremental file system dump
dumpfs	dump file system information
expire	remove outdated news articles
fastboot	reboot/halt the system without checking the disks	[ fastboot, fasthalt ]
fsck	file system consistency check and interactive repair
fsirand	install random inode generation numbers
getty	set terminal mode
halt	stop the processor
htable	convert NIC standard format host tables
icheck	file system storage consistency check
inetd	internet services daemon
init	process control initialization
intro	introduction to system maintenance and operation commands
iostat	report I/O statistics
kgmon	generate a dump of the operating system’s profile buffers
lpc	line printer control program
lpd	line printer daemon
makedbm	make a yellow pages dbm file
makedev	make system special files	[ MAKEDEV ]
makekey	generate encryption key
mkfs	construct a file system
mknod	build special file
mkproto	construct a prototype file system
mount	mount and dismount filesystems	[ mount, umount ]
ncheck	generate names from i-numbers
netstat	show network status
newaliases	rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file
newfs	construct a new file system
nfsstat	Network File System statistics
pac	printer/plotter accounting information
ping	network debugging
pstat	print system facts
quot	summarize file system ownership
rc	command script for auto-reboot and daemons
rdate	set system date from a remote host
reboot	UNIX bootstrapping procedures
recnews	receive unprocessed articles via mail
renice	alter priority of running processes
restore	incremental file system restore
rmail	handle remote mail received via uucp
rpcinfo	report RPC information
sa	system accounting	[ sa, accton ]
savecore	save a core dump of the operating system
sendmail	send mail over the internet
sendnews	send news articles via mail
showmount	show all remote mounts
shutdown	close down the system at a given time
skyversion	print the SKYFFP board microcode version number
sticky	executable files with persistent text
swapon	specify additional device for paging and swapping
sync	update the super block
sysdiag	system diagnostics
syslog	log systems messages
tunefs	tune up an existing file system
umount	mount and dismount filesystems	[ mount, umount ]
update	periodically update the super block
uurec	receive processed news articles via mail
vipw	edit the password file
vmstat	report virtual memory statistics
ypinit	build and install yellow pages database
ypmake	rebuild yellow pages database
yppush	yellow pages administration utilities	[ yppush, yppull, yppoll ]
ypserv	yellow pages server and binder processes
ypwhich	which machines are the YP server and master?

8C. Network Services

arp	address resolution display and control
comsat	biff server
ftpd	DARPA Internet File Transfer Protocol server
gettable	get NIC format host tables from a host
ifconfig	configure network interface parameters
mountd	NFS mount request server
nd	network disk control
nfsd	NFS daemons	[ nfsd, biod ]
portmap	DARPA port to RPC program number mapper
rexecd	remote execution server
rlogind	remote login server
rmt	remote magtape protocol module
route	manually manipulate the routing tables
routed	network routing daemon
rshd	remote shell server
rstatd	kernel statistics server
rwalld	network rwall server
rwhod	system status server
talkd	server for talk program
telnetd	DARPA TELNET protocol server
tftpd	DARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
timed	DARPA Time server
trpt	transliterate protocol trace
uuclean	uucp spool directory clean-up
yppasswdd	server for modifying yellow pages password file

8S. Sun-specific Maintenance Commands

crash	what happens when the system crashes
diag	stand-alone disk initialization and diagnosis
gxtest	stand alone test for the Sun video graphics board
imemtest	stand alone memory test
monitor	system PROM monitor and command interpreter

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Manual — SunOS 2.0

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1. Commands (intro)

1C. Communications Commands

1G. Graphics Commands

2. System Calls (intro)

3. C Library (intro)

3C. Compatibility Routines (intro)

3F. FORTRAN Library (intro)

3M. Math Library (intro)

3N. Network Support Library (intro)

3S. Standard I/O Library (intro)

3X. Miscellaneous Libraries (intro)

4. Device Drivers (intro)

4F. Network Protocol Families

4N. Network Facilities

4P. Network Protocols

4S. Sun-specific Device Special Files

5. File Formats

6. Games and Demos

7. Miscellaneous Facilities (intro)

8. Maintenance Commands (intro)

8C. Network Services

8S. Sun-specific Maintenance Commands