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[3f8be484]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
[aa18ac0]2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
[3f8be484]4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
[46423ee]8<sect1 id="ch-system-util-linux-ng" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="util-linux-ng.html"?>
[3f8be484]10
[46423ee]11 <title>Util-linux-ng-&util-linux-ng-version;</title>
[3f8be484]12
[46423ee]13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng">
14 <primary sortas="a-Util-linux-ng">Util-linux-ng</primary>
[3f8be484]15 </indexterm>
16
17 <sect2 role="package">
18 <title/>
19
[46423ee]20 <para>The Util-linux-ng package contains miscellaneous utility programs.
[3f8be484]21 Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles, partitions,
22 and messages.</para>
23
24
25 </sect2>
26
[46423ee]27 <sect2 id="fhs-util-linux-ng" role="installation">
[3f8be484]28 <title>FHS compliance notes</title>
29
30 <para>The FHS recommends using the <filename
31 class="directory">/var/lib/hwclock</filename> directory instead of the
32 usual <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> directory as the
33 location for the <filename>adjtime</filename> file. To make the
34 <command>hwclock</command> program FHS-compliant, run the following:</para>
35
36<screen><userinput>sed -i 's@etc/adjtime@var/lib/hwclock/adjtime@g' \
37 hwclock/hwclock.c
[a40edab]38mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
[3f8be484]39
40 </sect2>
41
42 <sect2 role="installation">
[46423ee]43 <title>Installation of Util-linux-ng</title>
[3f8be484]44
[46423ee]45 <para os="a">Prepare Util-linux-ng for compilation:</para>
[3f8be484]46
[d761a43]47<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --enable-partx \
48 --disable-wall --enable-write</userinput></screen>
[3f8be484]49
[17e4e83]50 <variablelist os="c">
51 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
52
53 <varlistentry>
54 <term><parameter>--enable-partx</parameter></term>
55 <listitem>
56 <para>Enable partx stuff (need more description).</para>
57 </listitem>
58 </varlistentry>
59
60 <varlistentry>
61 <term><parameter>--disable-wall</parameter></term>
62 <listitem>
63 <para>Disables building the <command>wall</command> program,
64 as the Sysvinit package installs its own version.</para>
65 </listitem>
66 </varlistentry>
67
68 <varlistentry>
69 <term><parameter>--enable-write</parameter></term>
70 <listitem>
71 <para>This option allows the <command>write</command> program to be
72 installed.</para>
73 </listitem>
74 </varlistentry>
75
76 </variablelist>
77
78 <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
79
80<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
81
82 <para os="f">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
[3f8be484]83
[46423ee]84 <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
[3f8be484]85
[46423ee]86<screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
[3f8be484]87
[42af63a]88 <para os="i">Move the <command>logger</command> binary to
89 <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> as it is needed by the
90 CLFS-Bootscripts package:</para>
91
92<screen os="j"><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/logger /bin</userinput></screen>
93
[3f8be484]94 </sect2>
95
[46423ee]96 <sect2 id="contents-util-linux-ng" role="content">
97 <title>Contents of Util-linux-ng</title>
[3f8be484]98
99 <segmentedlist>
100 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
101
102 <seglistitem>
[9e8d8ae]103 <seg>addpart, agetty, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chkdupexe, col, colcrt,
104 colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, cytune, ddate, delpart, dmesg, fdformat,
105 fdisk, flock, fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, ionice,
[5cc122c4]106 ipcrm, ipcs, isosize, ldattach, line, logger, look, losetup, mcookie,
107 mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap, more, mount, namei,
108 partx, pg, pivot_root, readprofile, rename, renice, rev, rtcwake, script,
[9e8d8ae]109 scriptreplay, setarch, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, swapoff (link to swapon),
110 swapon, tailf, taskset, tunelp, ul, umount, whereis, and write</seg>
[3f8be484]111 </seglistitem>
112 </segmentedlist>
113
114 <variablelist>
115 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
116 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
117 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
118
[9e8d8ae]119 <varlistentry id="addpart">
120 <term><command>addpart</command></term>
121 <listitem>
122 <para>Informs the kernel of a new partition</para>
123 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng addpart">
124 <primary sortas="b-addpart">addpart</primary>
125 </indexterm>
126 </listitem>
127 </varlistentry>
128
[3f8be484]129 <varlistentry id="agetty">
130 <term><command>agetty</command></term>
131 <listitem>
132 <para>Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
133 and then invokes the <command>login</command> program</para>
[46423ee]134 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng agetty">
[3f8be484]135 <primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary>
136 </indexterm>
137 </listitem>
138 </varlistentry>
139
140 <varlistentry id="blockdev">
141 <term><command>blockdev</command></term>
142 <listitem>
143 <para>Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command
144 line</para>
[46423ee]145 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng blockdev">
[3f8be484]146 <primary sortas="b-blockdev">blockdev</primary>
147 </indexterm>
148 </listitem>
149 </varlistentry>
150
151 <varlistentry id="cal">
152 <term><command>cal</command></term>
153 <listitem>
154 <para>Displays a simple calendar</para>
[46423ee]155 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng cal">
[3f8be484]156 <primary sortas="b-cal">cal</primary>
157 </indexterm>
158 </listitem>
159 </varlistentry>
160
161 <varlistentry id="cfdisk">
162 <term><command>cfdisk</command></term>
163 <listitem>
164 <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
[46423ee]165 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng cfdisk">
[3f8be484]166 <primary sortas="b-cfdisk">cfdisk</primary>
167 </indexterm>
168 </listitem>
169 </varlistentry>
170
171 <varlistentry id="chkdupexe">
172 <term><command>chkdupexe</command></term>
173 <listitem>
174 <para>Finds duplicate executables</para>
[46423ee]175 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng chkdupexe">
[3f8be484]176 <primary sortas="b-chkdupexe">chkdupexe</primary>
177 </indexterm>
178 </listitem>
179 </varlistentry>
180
181 <varlistentry id="col">
182 <term><command>col</command></term>
183 <listitem>
184 <para>Filters out reverse line feeds</para>
[46423ee]185 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng col">
[3f8be484]186 <primary sortas="b-col">col</primary>
187 </indexterm>
188 </listitem>
189 </varlistentry>
190
191 <varlistentry id="colcrt">
192 <term><command>colcrt</command></term>
193 <listitem>
194 <para>Filters <command>nroff</command> output for terminals
195 that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines</para>
[46423ee]196 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng colcrt">
[3f8be484]197 <primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary>
198 </indexterm>
199 </listitem>
200 </varlistentry>
201
202 <varlistentry id="colrm">
203 <term><command>colrm</command></term>
204 <listitem>
205 <para>Filters out the given columns</para>
[46423ee]206 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng colrm">
[3f8be484]207 <primary sortas="b-colrm">colrm</primary>
208 </indexterm>
209 </listitem>
210 </varlistentry>
211
212 <varlistentry id="column">
213 <term><command>column</command></term>
214 <listitem>
215 <para>Formats a given file into multiple columns</para>
[46423ee]216 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng column">
[3f8be484]217 <primary sortas="b-column">column</primary>
218 </indexterm>
219 </listitem>
220 </varlistentry>
221
222 <varlistentry id="ctrlaltdel">
223 <term><command>ctrlaltdel</command></term>
224 <listitem>
225 <para>Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a
226 hard or a soft reset</para>
[46423ee]227 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng ctrlaltdel">
[3f8be484]228 <primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary>
229 </indexterm>
230 </listitem>
231 </varlistentry>
232
233 <varlistentry id="cytune">
234 <term><command>cytune</command></term>
235 <listitem>
236 <para>Tunes the parameters of the serial line drivers for
237 Cyclades cards</para>
[46423ee]238 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng cytune">
[3f8be484]239 <primary sortas="b-cytune">cytune</primary>
240 </indexterm>
241 </listitem>
242 </varlistentry>
243
244 <varlistentry id="ddate">
245 <term><command>ddate</command></term>
246 <listitem>
247 <para>Gives the Discordian date or converts the given Gregorian date
248 to a Discordian one</para>
[46423ee]249 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng ddate">
[3f8be484]250 <primary sortas="b-ddate">ddate</primary>
251 </indexterm>
252 </listitem>
253 </varlistentry>
254
[9e8d8ae]255 <varlistentry id="delpart">
256 <term><command>delpart</command></term>
257 <listitem>
258 <para>Asks the kernel to remove a partition</para>
259 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng delpart">
260 <primary sortas="b-delpart">delpart</primary>
261 </indexterm>
262 </listitem>
263 </varlistentry>
264
[3f8be484]265 <varlistentry id="dmesg">
266 <term><command>dmesg</command></term>
267 <listitem>
268 <para>Dumps the kernel boot messages</para>
[46423ee]269 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng dmesg">
[3f8be484]270 <primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary>
271 </indexterm>
272 </listitem>
273 </varlistentry>
274
275 <varlistentry id="fdformat">
276 <term><command>fdformat</command></term>
277 <listitem>
278 <para>Low-level formats a floppy disk</para>
[46423ee]279 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng fdformat">
[3f8be484]280 <primary sortas="b-fdformat">fdformat</primary>
281 </indexterm>
282 </listitem>
283 </varlistentry>
284
285 <varlistentry id="fdisk">
286 <term><command>fdisk</command></term>
287 <listitem>
288 <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
[46423ee]289 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng fdisk">
[3f8be484]290 <primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary>
291 </indexterm>
292 </listitem>
293 </varlistentry>
294
[e29fb58]295 <varlistentry id="flock">
296 <term><command>flock</command></term>
297 <listitem>
298 <para>Acquires a file lock and then executes a command with the lock
299 held</para>
[46423ee]300 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng flock">
[e29fb58]301 <primary sortas="b-flock">flock</primary>
302 </indexterm>
303 </listitem>
304 </varlistentry>
305
[3f8be484]306 <varlistentry id="fsck.cramfs">
307 <term><command>fsck.cramfs</command></term>
308 <listitem>
309 <para>Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the
310 given device</para>
[46423ee]311 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng fsck.cramfs">
[3f8be484]312 <primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary>
313 </indexterm>
314 </listitem>
315 </varlistentry>
316
317 <varlistentry id="fsck.minix">
318 <term><command>fsck.minix</command></term>
319 <listitem>
320 <para>Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the
321 given device</para>
[46423ee]322 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng fsck.minix">
[3f8be484]323 <primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary>
324 </indexterm>
325 </listitem>
326 </varlistentry>
327
328 <varlistentry id="getopt">
329 <term><command>getopt</command></term>
330 <listitem>
331 <para>Parses options in the given command line</para>
[46423ee]332 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng getopt">
[3f8be484]333 <primary sortas="b-getopt">getopt</primary>
334 </indexterm>
335 </listitem>
336 </varlistentry>
337
338 <varlistentry id="hexdump">
339 <term><command>hexdump</command></term>
340 <listitem>
341 <para>Dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given
342 format</para>
[46423ee]343 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng hexdump">
[3f8be484]344 <primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary>
345 </indexterm>
346 </listitem>
347 </varlistentry>
348
349 <varlistentry id="hwclock">
350 <term><command>hwclock</command></term>
351 <listitem>
352 <para>Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called
353 the Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
354 clock</para>
[46423ee]355 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng hwclock">
[3f8be484]356 <primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary>
357 </indexterm>
358 </listitem>
359 </varlistentry>
360
[9e8d8ae]361 <varlistentry id="ionice">
362 <term><command>ionice</command></term>
363 <listitem>
364 <para>Gives and sets program I/O scheduling class and priority</para>
365 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng ionice">
366 <primary sortas="b-ionice">ionice</primary>
367 </indexterm>
368 </listitem>
369 </varlistentry>
370
[3f8be484]371 <varlistentry id="ipcrm">
372 <term><command>ipcrm</command></term>
373 <listitem>
374 <para>Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource</para>
[46423ee]375 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng ipcrm">
[3f8be484]376 <primary sortas="b-ipcrm">ipcrm</primary>
377 </indexterm>
378 </listitem>
379 </varlistentry>
380
381 <varlistentry id="ipcs">
382 <term><command>ipcs</command></term>
383 <listitem>
384 <para>Provides IPC status information</para>
[46423ee]385 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng ipcs">
[3f8be484]386 <primary sortas="b-ipcs">ipcs</primary>
387 </indexterm>
388 </listitem>
389 </varlistentry>
390
391 <varlistentry id="isosize">
392 <term><command>isosize</command></term>
393 <listitem>
394 <para>Reports the size of an iso9660 file system</para>
[46423ee]395 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng isosize">
[3f8be484]396 <primary sortas="b-isosize">isosize</primary>
397 </indexterm>
398 </listitem>
399 </varlistentry>
[5cc122c4]400
401 <varlistentry id="ldattach">
402 <term><command>ldattach</command></term>
403 <listitem>
404 <para>Attaches a line discipline to a serial line</para>
405 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng ldattach">
406 <primary sortas="b-ldattach">ldattach</primary>
407 </indexterm>
408 </listitem>
409 </varlistentry>
[3f8be484]410
411 <varlistentry id="line">
412 <term><command>line</command></term>
413 <listitem>
414 <para>Copies a single line</para>
[46423ee]415 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng line">
[3f8be484]416 <primary sortas="b-line">line</primary>
417 </indexterm>
418 </listitem>
419 </varlistentry>
420
421 <varlistentry id="logger">
422 <term><command>logger</command></term>
423 <listitem>
424 <para>Enters the given message into the system log</para>
[46423ee]425 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng logger">
[3f8be484]426 <primary sortas="b-logger">logger</primary>
427 </indexterm>
428 </listitem>
429 </varlistentry>
430
431 <varlistentry id="look">
432 <term><command>look</command></term>
433 <listitem>
434 <para>Displays lines that begin with the given string</para>
[46423ee]435 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng look">
[3f8be484]436 <primary sortas="b-look">look</primary>
437 </indexterm>
438 </listitem>
439 </varlistentry>
440
441 <varlistentry id="losetup">
442 <term><command>losetup</command></term>
443 <listitem>
444 <para>Sets up and controls loop devices</para>
[46423ee]445 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng losetup">
[3f8be484]446 <primary sortas="b-losetup">losetup</primary>
447 </indexterm>
448 </listitem>
449 </varlistentry>
450
451 <varlistentry id="mcookie">
452 <term><command>mcookie</command></term>
453 <listitem>
454 <para>Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for
455 <command>xauth</command></para>
[46423ee]456 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng mcookie">
[3f8be484]457 <primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary>
458 </indexterm>
459 </listitem>
460 </varlistentry>
461
462 <varlistentry id="mkfs">
463 <term><command>mkfs</command></term>
464 <listitem>
465 <para>Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk
466 partition)</para>
[46423ee]467 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng mkfs">
[3f8be484]468 <primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary>
469 </indexterm>
470 </listitem>
471 </varlistentry>
472
473 <varlistentry id="mkfs.bfs">
474 <term><command>mkfs.bfs</command></term>
475 <listitem>
476 <para>Creates a Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system</para>
[46423ee]477 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng mkfs.bfs">
[3f8be484]478 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.bfs">mkfs.bfs</primary>
479 </indexterm>
480 </listitem>
481 </varlistentry>
482
483 <varlistentry id="mkfs.cramfs">
484 <term><command>mkfs.cramfs</command></term>
485 <listitem>
486 <para>Creates a cramfs file system</para>
[46423ee]487 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng mkfs.cramfs">
[3f8be484]488 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.cramfs">mkfs.cramfs</primary>
489 </indexterm>
490 </listitem>
491 </varlistentry>
492
493 <varlistentry id="mkfs.minix">
494 <term><command>mkfs.minix</command></term>
495 <listitem>
496 <para>Creates a Minix file system</para>
[46423ee]497 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng mkfs.minix">
[3f8be484]498 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.minix">mkfs.minix</primary>
499 </indexterm>
500 </listitem>
501 </varlistentry>
502
503 <varlistentry id="mkswap">
504 <term><command>mkswap</command></term>
505 <listitem>
506 <para>Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap
507 area</para>
[46423ee]508 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng mkswap">
[3f8be484]509 <primary sortas="b-mkswap">mkswap</primary>
510 </indexterm>
511 </listitem>
512 </varlistentry>
513
514 <varlistentry id="more">
515 <term><command>more</command></term>
516 <listitem>
517 <para>A filter for paging through text one screen at a time</para>
[46423ee]518 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng more">
[3f8be484]519 <primary sortas="b-more">more</primary>
520 </indexterm>
521 </listitem>
522 </varlistentry>
523
524 <varlistentry id="mount">
525 <term><command>mount</command></term>
526 <listitem>
527 <para>Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified
528 directory in the file-system tree</para>
[46423ee]529 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng mount">
[3f8be484]530 <primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary>
531 </indexterm>
532 </listitem>
533 </varlistentry>
534
535 <varlistentry id="namei">
536 <term><command>namei</command></term>
537 <listitem>
538 <para>Shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames</para>
[46423ee]539 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng namei">
[3f8be484]540 <primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary>
541 </indexterm>
542 </listitem>
543 </varlistentry>
544
[9e8d8ae]545 <varlistentry id="partx">
546 <term><command>partx</command></term>
547 <listitem>
548 <para>Tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk
549 partitions</para>
550 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng partx">
551 <primary sortas="b-partx">partx</primary>
552 </indexterm>
553 </listitem>
554 </varlistentry>
555
[3f8be484]556 <varlistentry id="pg">
557 <term><command>pg</command></term>
558 <listitem>
559 <para>Displays a text file one screen full at a time</para>
[46423ee]560 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng pg">
[3f8be484]561 <primary sortas="b-pg">pg</primary>
562 </indexterm>
563 </listitem>
564 </varlistentry>
565
566 <varlistentry id="pivot_root">
567 <term><command>pivot_root</command></term>
568 <listitem>
569 <para>Makes the given file system the new root file system of the
570 current process</para>
[46423ee]571 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng pivot_root">
[3f8be484]572 <primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary>
573 </indexterm>
574 </listitem>
575 </varlistentry>
576
577 <varlistentry id="readprofile">
578 <term><command>readprofile</command></term>
579 <listitem>
580 <para>Reads kernel profiling information</para>
[46423ee]581 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng readprofile">
[3f8be484]582 <primary sortas="b-readprofile">readprofile</primary>
583 </indexterm>
584 </listitem>
585 </varlistentry>
586
587 <varlistentry id="rename">
588 <term><command>rename</command></term>
589 <listitem>
590 <para>Renames the given files, replacing a given string with
591 another</para>
[46423ee]592 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng rename">
[3f8be484]593 <primary sortas="b-rename">rename</primary>
594 </indexterm>
595 </listitem>
596 </varlistentry>
597
598 <varlistentry id="renice">
599 <term><command>renice</command></term>
600 <listitem>
601 <para>Alters the priority of running processes</para>
[46423ee]602 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng renice">
[3f8be484]603 <primary sortas="b-renice">renice</primary>
604 </indexterm>
605 </listitem>
606 </varlistentry>
607
608 <varlistentry id="rev">
609 <term><command>rev</command></term>
610 <listitem>
611 <para>Reverses the lines of a given file</para>
[46423ee]612 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng rev">
[3f8be484]613 <primary sortas="b-rev">rev</primary>
614 </indexterm>
615 </listitem>
616 </varlistentry>
617
[9e8d8ae]618 <varlistentry id="rtcwake">
619 <term><command>rtcwake</command></term>
620 <listitem>
621 <para>Enters a system sleep state until a specified wakeup time</para>
622 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng rtcwake">
623 <primary sortas="b-rtcwake">rtcwake</primary>
624 </indexterm>
625 </listitem>
626 </varlistentry>
627
[3f8be484]628 <varlistentry id="script">
629 <term><command>script</command></term>
630 <listitem>
631 <para>Makes a typescript of a terminal session</para>
[46423ee]632 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng script">
[3f8be484]633 <primary sortas="b-script">script</primary>
634 </indexterm>
635 </listitem>
636 </varlistentry>
637
[9e8d8ae]638 <varlistentry id="scriptreplay">
639 <term><command>scriptreplay</command></term>
640 <listitem>
641 <para>Plays back typescripts created by <command>script</command></para>
642 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng scriptreplay">
643 <primary sortas="b-scriptreplay">scriptreplay</primary>
644 </indexterm>
645 </listitem>
646 </varlistentry>
647
648 <varlistentry id="setarch">
649 <term><command>setarch</command></term>
650 <listitem>
651 <para>Changes reported architecture in new program environment and
652 sets personality flags</para>
653 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng setarch">
654 <primary sortas="b-setarch">setarch</primary>
655 </indexterm>
656 </listitem>
657 </varlistentry>
658
[3f8be484]659 <varlistentry id="setsid">
660 <term><command>setsid</command></term>
661 <listitem>
662 <para>Runs the given program in a new session</para>
[46423ee]663 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng setsid">
[3f8be484]664 <primary sortas="b-setsid">setsid</primary>
665 </indexterm>
666 </listitem>
667 </varlistentry>
668
669 <varlistentry id="setterm">
670 <term><command>setterm</command></term>
671 <listitem>
672 <para>Sets terminal attributes</para>
[46423ee]673 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng setterm">
[3f8be484]674 <primary sortas="b-setterm">setterm</primary>
675 </indexterm>
676 </listitem>
677 </varlistentry>
678
679 <varlistentry id="sfdisk">
680 <term><command>sfdisk</command></term>
681 <listitem>
682 <para>A disk partition table manipulator</para>
[46423ee]683 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng sfdisk">
[3f8be484]684 <primary sortas="b-sfdisk">sfdisk</primary>
685 </indexterm>
686 </listitem>
687 </varlistentry>
688
689 <varlistentry id="swapoff">
690 <term><command>swapoff</command></term>
691 <listitem>
692 <para>Disables devices and files for paging and swapping</para>
[46423ee]693 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng swapoff">
[3f8be484]694 <primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary>
695 </indexterm>
696 </listitem>
697 </varlistentry>
698
699 <varlistentry id="swapon">
700 <term><command>swapon</command></term>
701 <listitem>
702 <para>Enables devices and files for paging and swapping and
703 lists the devices and files currently in use</para>
[46423ee]704 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng swapon">
[3f8be484]705 <primary sortas="b-swapon">swapon</primary>
706 </indexterm>
707 </listitem>
708 </varlistentry>
709
[e29fb58]710 <varlistentry id="tailf">
711 <term><command>tailf</command></term>
712 <listitem>
713 <para>Tracks the growth of a log file. Displays the last 10 lines
714 of a log file, then continues displaying any new entries in the
715 log file as they are created</para>
[46423ee]716 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng tailf">
[e29fb58]717 <primary sortas="b-tailf">tailf</primary>
718 </indexterm>
719 </listitem>
720 </varlistentry>
721
[9e8d8ae]722 <varlistentry id="taskset">
723 <term><command>taskset</command></term>
724 <listitem>
725 <para>Retrieves or sets a process's CPU affinity</para>
726 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng taskset">
727 <primary sortas="b-taskset">taskset</primary>
728 </indexterm>
729 </listitem>
730 </varlistentry>
731
[3f8be484]732 <varlistentry id="tunelp">
733 <term><command>tunelp</command></term>
734 <listitem>
735 <para>Tunes the parameters of the line printer</para>
[46423ee]736 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng tunelp">
[3f8be484]737 <primary sortas="b-tunelp">tunelp</primary>
738 </indexterm>
739 </listitem>
740 </varlistentry>
741
742 <varlistentry id="ul">
743 <term><command>ul</command></term>
744 <listitem>
745 <para>A filter for translating underscores into escape sequences
746 indicating underlining for the terminal in use</para>
[46423ee]747 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng ul">
[3f8be484]748 <primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary>
749 </indexterm>
750 </listitem>
751 </varlistentry>
752
753 <varlistentry id="umount">
754 <term><command>umount</command></term>
755 <listitem>
756 <para>Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree</para>
[46423ee]757 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng umount">
[3f8be484]758 <primary sortas="b-umount">umount</primary>
759 </indexterm>
760 </listitem>
761 </varlistentry>
762
763 <varlistentry id="whereis">
764 <term><command>whereis</command></term>
765 <listitem>
766 <para>Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page
767 for the given command</para>
[46423ee]768 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng whereis">
[3f8be484]769 <primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary>
770 </indexterm>
771 </listitem>
772 </varlistentry>
773
774 <varlistentry id="write">
775 <term><command>write</command></term>
776 <listitem>
777 <para>Sends a message to the given user <emphasis>if</emphasis> that
778 user has not disabled receipt of such messages</para>
[46423ee]779 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng write">
[3f8be484]780 <primary sortas="b-write">write</primary>
781 </indexterm>
782 </listitem>
783 </varlistentry>
784
785 </variablelist>
786
787 </sect2>
788
789</sect1>
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