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1. Commands

1C. Communications Commands

1V. System V Commands

2. System Calls

2V. System V Calls

3. C Library

3C. Compatibility Routines

3S. Standard I/O Library

3V. System V Compatibility Routines

3X. Miscellaneous Libraries

4S. Sun-specific Device Special Files

5. File Formats

6. Games and Demos

7. Miscellaneous Facilities

8. Maintenance Commands

8C. Network Services

8S. Sun-specific Maintenance Commands

Manual — SunOS 3.4

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1. Commands

arlibrary archiver
biffarriving mail notification
binmailsend or read mail
clear_colormapmake console text visible
cmdtoolRun a shell (or other program) from the SunView text facility
cpcopy files
csh_builtinsC-Shell builtin commands[ csh_builtins, %, @, alias, bg, break, breaksw, case, continue, default, dirs, else, end, endif, endsw, eval, exec, exit, fg, foreach, glob, goto, hashstat, history, if, jobs, label, limit, logout, notify, onintr, popd, pushd, rehash, repeat, set, setenv, shift, source, stop, suspend, switch, then, umask, unalias, unhash, unlimit, unset, unsetenv, while ]
defaultseditwindow- and mouse-based default parameters editor[ defaultsedit, defaults_merge, defaults_from_input defaults_to_indentpro, defaults_to_mailrc, indentpro_to_defaults, lockscreen_default, mailrc_to_defaults, scrolldefaults ]
extext editor[ ex, edit, e ]
findfind files
indentindent and format C program source
indxbibmake inverted index to a bibliography
loginsign on
lprsend job to printer
morebrowse through a text file[ more, page ]
overviewrun a program from SunView that takes over the screen
psprocess status
rasfilter8to1convert an 8-bit deep rasterfile to a 1-bit deep rasterfile
rastreplmagnify a raster image by a factor of two
rdistremote file distribution program
rmremove (unlink) files or directories[ rm, rmdir ]
screendumpdump frame buffer image to file
screenloadload frame buffer image from file
shshell, the standard UNIX command interpreter and command-level language
suntoolsthe SunView window environment[ suntools, othertools, selection_svc ]
symorderrearrange name list
texteditmouse and window oriented text editor
vacationreply to mail automatically
viscreen oriented (visual) display editor based on ex
wallwrite to all users

1C. Communications Commands

onexecute a command remotely
rcpremote file copy

1V. System V Commands

grepsearch a file for a pattern[ grep, egrep, fgrep ]
idprint user and group IDs and names

2. System Calls

creatcreate a new file
getrlimitcontrol maximum system resource consumption[ getrlimit, setrlimit ]
getrusageget information about resource utilization
gettimeofdayget or set the date and time[ gettimeofday, settimeofday ]
selectsynchronous I/O multiplexing
shmopshared memory operations[ shmop, shmat, shmdt ]
socketcreate an endpoint for communication

2V. System V Calls

readread input[ read, readv ]

3. C Library (intro)

bstringbit and byte string operations[ bstring, bcopy, bcmp, bzero, ffs ]
directorydirectory operations[ directory, opendir, readdir, telldir, seekdir, rewinddir, closedir ]
frexpfloating point analysis and synthesis[ frexp, ldexp, modf ]
getgrentget group file entry[ getgrent, getgrgid, getgrnam, setgrent, endgrent, fgetgrent ]
introintroduction to library functions

3C. Compatibility Routines

vlimitcontrol maximum system resource consumption

3S. Standard I/O Library

cuseridget character login name of the user
fopenopen a stream[ fopen, freopen, fdopen ]
printfformatted output conversion[ printf, fprintf, sprintf ]
putcput character or word on a stream[ putc, putchar, fputc, putw ]
scanfformatted input conversion[ scanf, fscanf, sscanf ]

3V. System V Compatibility Routines

scanfformatted input conversion[ scanf, fscanf, sscanf ]

3X. Miscellaneous Libraries (intro)

introintroduction to other libraries

4S. Sun-specific Device Special Files

bwoneSun-1 black and white frame buffer
bwtwoSun-3/Sun-2 black and white frame buffer
cgfourSun-3 color memory frame buffer
fbiogeneral properties of frame buffers
vpcSystech VPC-2200 Versatec printer/plotter and Centronics printer interface
xyDisk driver for Xylogics SMD Disk Controllers

5. File Formats

aliasesaddresses and aliases for sendmail(8)[ aliases, addresses, forward ]
mntentstatic information about filesystems[ mntent, fstab ]
ypfilesthe yellowpages database and directory structure

6. Games and Demos

graphics_demosgraphics demonstration programs[ graphics_demos, bouncedemo, cframedemo, framedemo, goban, jumpdemo, maze, shaded, show, showmap, spheresdemo, stringart, suncube ]

7. Miscellaneous Facilities

asciimap of ASCII character set
manmacros to format Reference Manual pages

8. Maintenance Commands

catmancreate the cat files for the manual
dumpincremental file system dump[ dump, rdump ]
edquotaedit user quotas
mountmount and dismount filesystems[ mount, umount ]
swaponspecify additional device for paging and swapping

8C. Network Services

etherfindfind packets on Ethernet
fingerdremote user information server
ifconfigconfigure network interface parameters

8S. Sun-specific Maintenance Commands

kadbadb-like kernel and standalone-program debugger
monitorsystem PROM monitor and command interpreter
setupSun UNIX installation program

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