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1. Commands

1C. Communications Commands

1M. Maintenance Commands

2. System Calls

2J. Job Control Calls

2V. System V Compatibility Calls

3. Subroutines

3C. Communications Routines

3J. Job Control Facilities

3M. Math Library

3S. Standard I/O Library

3X. Miscellaneous Routines

4. Special Files

5. File Formats

6. Games

7. Miscellaneous Facilities

8. Maintenance Procedures

Manual — AUX SR8.0

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1. Commands (intro)

admincreate and administer SCCS files
aproposlocate commands by keyword lookup
ararchive and library maintainer
arcvconvert archive files from PDP-11 to VAX-11/780 format
atexecute commands at a later time
awkpattern scanning and processing language
bannermake posters
dirname, basenamedeliver portions of path names
bcarbitrary-precision arithmetic language
bdiffbig diff
bfsbig file scanner
man, binmanprint entries in this manual
bsa compiler/interpreter for modest-sized programs
calprint calendar
calendarreminder service
catcatenate and print
cbC program beautifier
ccC compiler
cdchange working directory
cdcchange the delta commentary of an SCCS delta
cw, checkcwprepare constant-width text for troff
chown, chgrpchange owner or group
chmodchange mode
chgrp, chownchange owner or group
cmpcompare two files
colfilter reverse line-feeds
combcombine SCCS deltas
commselect or reject lines common to two sorted files
ln, mv, cpcopy, link or move files
cpiocopy file archives in and out
crefmake cross-reference listing
crpasswdCreate password and group files
cryptencode/decode
csha shell (command interpreter) with C-like syntax
csplitcontext split
ctagscreate a tags file
cutcut out selected fields of each line of a file
checkcw, cwprepare constant-width text for troff
dateprint and set the date
dcdesk calculator
ddconvert and copy a file
deltamake a delta (change) to an SCCS file
deroffremove nroff/troff, tbl, and eqn constructs
diffdifferential file and directory comparator
diff33-way differential file comparison
diffmkmark differences between files
dircmpdirectory comparison
basename, dirnamedeliver portions of path names
dusummarize disk usage
echoecho arguments
edtext editor
grep, fgrep, egrepsearch a file for a pattern
envset environment for command execution
neqn, checkeq, eqnformat mathematical text for nroff or troff
edit, extext editor
unexpand, expandexpand tabs to spaces, and vice versa
exprevaluate arguments as an expression
true, falseprovide truth values
grep, egrep, fgrepsearch a file for a pattern
filedetermine file type
findfind files
fmtsimple text formatter
getget a version of an SCCS file
getoptparse command options
egrep, fgrep, grepsearch a file for a pattern
headgive first few lines
helpask for help
hyphenfind hyphenated words
idprint user and group IDs and names
introintroduction to commands
joinrelational database operator
killterminate a process
ldlink editor
lexgenerate programs for simple lexical tasks
lineread one line
linta C program verifier
cp, mv, lncopy, link or move files
lognameget login name
lslist contents of directory
m4macro processor
rmail, mailsend mail to users or read mail
makemaintain, update, and regenerate groups of programs
manfind manual information by keywords; print out the manual
mesgpermit or deny messages
mkdirmake a directory
mmprint out documents formatted with the MM macros
page, morefile perusal filter for crt viewing
cp, ln, mvcopy, link or move files
eqn, checkeq, neqnformat mathematical text for nroff or troff
newsprint news items
nlline numbering filter
nohuprun a command immune to hangups and quits
troff, nrofftypeset or format text
odoctal dump
cat, oldcatconcatenate and print files
diff, olddiffdifferential file comparator
lint, oldlinta C program checker
ls, oldlslist contents of directories
sed, oldsedstream editor
pcat, unpack, packcompress and expand files
pastemerge same lines of several files or subsequent lines of one file
pack, unpack, pcatcompress and expand files
cc, pccC compiler
prprint files
printenvprint out the environment
prsprint an SCCS file
ptxpermuted index
pwdworking directory name
ratforrational Fortran dialect
regcmpregular expression compile
rmdir, rmremove files or directories
mail, rmailsend mail to users or read mail
rmdelremove a delta from an SCCS file
rm, rmdirremove files or directories
rshrestricted shell (command interpreter)
sactprint current SCCS file editing activity
sccsdiffcompare two versions of an SCCS file
sdiffside-by-side difference program
sedstream editor
shshell, the standard command programming language
sleepsuspend execution for an interval
sortsort and/or merge files
spellin, spellout, spellfind spelling errors
spell, spellout, spellinfind spelling errors
spell, spellin, spelloutfind spelling errors
splitsplit a file into pieces
sttyset the options for a terminal
sumsum and count blocks in a file
taildeliver the last part of a file
tartape file archiver
tblformat tables for nroff or troff
teepipe fitting
testcondition evaluation command
timetime a command
touchupdate access and modification times of a file
trtranslate characters
nroff, trofftypeset or format text
false, trueprovide truth values
tsorttopological sort
ttyget the terminal’s name
uldo underlining
umaskset file-creation mode mask
unameprint name of current UNIX
expand, unexpandexpand tabs to spaces, and vice versa
ungetundo a previous get of an SCCS file
uniqreport repeated lines in a file
unitsconversion program
pack, pcat, unpackcompress and expand files
valvalidate SCCS file
viscreen oriented (visual) display editor based on ex
waitawait completion of process
wcword count
whatidentify SCCS files
whatisdescribe what a command is
whowho is on the system
xargsconstruct argument list(s) and execute command
xrefcross reference for C programs
yaccyet another compiler-compiler

1C. Communications Commands

fgetretrieve files from the HONEYWELL 6000
uucleanuucp spool directory clean-up
uulog, uucpunix to unix copy
uucp, uulogunix to unix copy
uucp, uulog, uunameunix to unix copy
uustatuucp status inquiry and job control
uuxunix to unix command execution

1M. Maintenance Commands

cronclock daemon
pwck, grpckpassword/group file checkers
unlink, linkexercise link and unlink system calls
mknodbuild special file
mvdirmove a directory
grpck, pwckpassword/group file checkers
link, unlinkexercise link and unlink system calls
uusubmonitor uucp network

2. System Calls (intro)

accessdetermine accessibility of a file
alarmset a process’s alarm clock
sbrk, brkchange data segment space allocation
chdirchange working directory
chmodchange mode of file
chownchange owner and group of a file
closeclose a file descriptor
creatcreate a new file or rewrite an existing one
default_aclchange default file protection environment
dupduplicate an open file descriptor
execl, execv, execle, execve, execlp, execvp, execexecute a file
execv, execle, execve, execlp, execvp, execlexecute a file
execl, execv, execve, execlp, execvp, execleexecute a file
execl, execv, execle, execve, execvp, execlpexecute a file
execl, execle, execve, execlp, execvp, execvexecute a file
execl, execv, execle, execlp, execvp, execveexecute a file
execl, execv, execle, execve, execlp, execvpexecute a file
exitterminate process
fcntlfile control
forkcreate a new process
stat, fstatget file status
getuid, geteuid, getgid, getegidget real user, effective user, real group, and effective group IDs
getuid, getgid, getegid, geteuidget real user, effective user, real group, and effective group IDs
getuid, geteuid, getegid, getgidget real user, effective user, real group, and effective group IDs
getpid, getppid, getpgrpget process, process group, and parent process IDs
getpgrp, getppid, getpidget process, process group, and parent process IDs
getpid, getpgrp, getppidget process, process group, and parent process IDs
geteuid, getgid, getegid, getuidget real user, effective user, real group, and effective group IDs
getwdget current working directory
introintroduction to system calls and error numbers
ioctlcontrol device
killsend a signal to a process or a group of processes
linklink to a file
lseekmove read/write file pointer
mknodmake a directory, or a special or ordinary file
nicechange priority of a process
nice, nice_bkyset program priority
openopen for reading or writing
pausesuspend process until signal
pipecreate an interprocess channel
readread from file
renamerename a file
brk, sbrkchange data segment space allocation
set_sbrk_sizedefine memory available for allocation
get_version, set_versionSets/gets system version for syntax interpretation
setuid, setgidset user and group IDs
setpgrpset process group ID
setgid, setuidset user and group IDs
signalcatch or ignore signals
soft_unlink, soft_linkcreate or delete soft links
soft_link, soft_unlinkcreate or delete soft links
fstat, statget file status
ftime, timeget date and time
timesget process and child process times
umaskset and get file creation mask
unameget name of current UNIX system
unlinkremove directory entry
ustatget file system statistics
utimeset file access and modification times
waitwait for child process to stop or terminate
writewrite on a file

2J. Job Control Calls

setpgrp, getpgrp, getpgrp_bkyset/get process group
killpgsend signal to a process or a process group
setpgrp, getpgrp, setpgrp_bkyset/get process group
sigsyscatch or ignore signals
wait3wait for process to terminate

2V. System V Compatibility Calls

vforkspawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way

3. Subroutines (intro)

cursesscreen functions with “optimal” cursor motion
introintroduction to subroutines and libraries
rand, srand, rand_bkyrandom number generator
signal, sighold, sigignore, sigrelse, sigpause, sigsetmanage signals
tgetent, tgetnum, tgetflag, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs, termcapterminal independent operation routines

3C. Communications Routines

toupper, tolower, toascii, _tolowercharacter translation
toupper, tolower, toascii, _touppercharacter translation
l64a, a64lconvert between long and base-64 ASCII
abortgenerate an IOT fault
absinteger absolute value
ctime, localtime, gmtime, tzset, asctimeconvert date and time to ASCII
atoi, atol, atofconvert ASCII to numbers
atof, atol, atoiconvert ASCII to numbers
atof, atoi, atolconvert ASCII to numbers
bsearchbinary search
malloc, free, realloc, callocmain memory allocator
toupper, tolower, toascii, convcharacter translation
setkey, encrypt, cryptDES encryption
localtime, gmtime, asctime, tzset, ctimeconvert date and time to ASCII
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, ctypecharacter classification
fcvt, ecvtoutput conversion
end, etext, edatalast locations in program
crypt, setkey, encryptDES encryption
etext, edata, endlast locations in program
getgrent, getgrgid, getgrnam, setgrent, endgrentget group file entry
getpwent, getpwuid, getpwnam, setpwent, endpwentget password file entry
perror, sys_errlist, sys_nerr, errnosystem error messages
end, edata, etextlast locations in program
ecvt, fcvtoutput conversion
malloc, realloc, calloc, freemain memory allocator
ldexp, modf, frexpsplit into mantissa and exponent
getenvvalue for environment name
getgrgid, getgrnam, setgrent, endgrent, getgrentget group file entry
getgrent, getgrnam, setgrent, endgrent, getgrgidget group file entry
getgrent, getgrgid, setgrent, endgrent, getgrnamget group file entry
getloginget login name
getoptget option letter from argv
getpassread a password
getpwget name from UID
getpwuid, getpwnam, setpwent, endpwent, getpwentget password file entry
getpwent, getpwuid, setpwent, endpwent, getpwnamget password file entry
getpwent, getpwnam, setpwent, endpwent, getpwuidget password file entry
ctime, localtime, asctime, tzset, gmtimeconvert date and time to ASCII
ssignal, gsignalsoftware signals
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, isalnumcharacter classification
isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, isalphacharacter classification
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isasciicharacter classification
ttyname, isattyfind name of a terminal
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, isascii, iscntrlcharacter classification
isalpha, isupper, islower, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, isdigitcharacter classification
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, iscntrl, isascii, isgraphcharacter classification
isalpha, isupper, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, islowercharacter classification
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, isprintcharacter classification
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, ispunctcharacter classification
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, isspacecharacter classification
isalpha, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, isuppercharacter classification
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, isxdigitcharacter classification
ltol3, l3tolconvert between 3-byte integers and long integers
a64l, l64aconvert between long and base-64 ASCII
frexp, modf, ldexpsplit into mantissa and exponent
ctime, gmtime, asctime, tzset, localtimeconvert date and time to ASCII
setjmp, longjmpnon-local goto
lsearchlinear search and update
l3tol, ltol3convert between 3-byte integers and long integers
free, realloc, calloc, mallocmain memory allocator
mktempmake a unique file name
frexp, ldexp, modfsplit into mantissa and exponent
monitorprepare execution profile
nlistget entries from name list
sys_errlist, sys_nerr, errno, perrorsystem error messages
putpwentwrite password file entry
qsortquicker sort
srand, randrandom number generator
malloc, free, calloc, reallocmain memory allocator
getgrent, getgrgid, getgrnam, endgrent, setgrentget group file entry
longjmp, setjmpnon-local goto
crypt, encrypt, setkeyDES encryption
getpwent, getpwuid, getpwnam, endpwent, setpwentget password file entry
sleepsuspend execution for interval
rand, srandrandom number generator
gsignal, ssignalsoftware signals
strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strcatstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strchrstring operations
strcat, strncat, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strcmpstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strcpystring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strtok, strcspnstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, stringstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strlenstring operations
strcat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strncatstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strncmpstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strncpystring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strpbrkstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strrchrstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strcspn, strtok, strspnstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtokstring operations
swabswap bytes
perror, sys_nerr, errno, sys_errlistsystem error messages
perror, sys_errlist, errno, sys_nerrsystem error messages
toupper, tolower, toasciicharacter translation
toupper, toascii, tolowercharacter translation
tolower, toascii, touppercharacter translation
isatty, ttynamefind name of a terminal
ctime, localtime, gmtime, asctime, tzsetconvert date and time to ASCII

3J. Job Control Facilities

jobssummary of job control facilities

3M. Math Library

sin, cos, tan, asin, atan, atan2, acostrigonometric functions
sin, cos, tan, acos, atan, atan2, asintrigonometric functions
sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan2, atantrigonometric functions
sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, atan2trigonometric functions
j0, j1, jn, y0, y1, yn, besselbessel functions
floor, fabs, fmod, ceilabsolute value, floor, ceiling, remainder functions
sin, tan, asin, acos, atan, atan2, costrigonometric functions
sinh, tanh, coshhyperbolic functions
log, pow, sqrt, expexponential, logarithm, power, square root functions
floor, ceil, fmod, fabsabsolute value, floor, ceiling, remainder functions
fabs, ceil, fmod, floorabsolute value, floor, ceiling, remainder functions
floor, fabs, ceil, fmodabsolute value, floor, ceiling, remainder functions
gammalog gamma function
hypotEuclidean distance
j1, jn, y0, y1, yn, j0bessel functions
j0, jn, y0, y1, yn, j1bessel functions
j0, j1, y0, y1, yn, jnbessel functions
exp, pow, sqrt, logexponential, logarithm, power, square root functions
exp, log, sqrt, powexponential, logarithm, power, square root functions
cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, atan2, sintrigonometric functions
cosh, tanh, sinhhyperbolic functions
exp, log, pow, sqrtexponential, logarithm, power, square root functions
sin, cos, asin, acos, atan, atan2, tantrigonometric functions
sinh, cosh, tanhhyperbolic functions
sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, atan2, trigtrigonometric functions
j0, j1, jn, y1, yn, y0bessel functions
j0, j1, jn, y0, yn, y1bessel functions
j0, j1, jn, y0, y1, ynbessel functions

3S. Standard I/O Library

ferror, feof, fileno, clearerrstream status inquiries
ctermidgenerate file name for terminal
cuseridcharacter login name of the user
fflush, fcloseclose or flush a stream
fopen, freopen, fdopenopen a stream
ferror, clearerr, fileno, feofstream status inquiries
feof, clearerr, fileno, ferrorstream status inquiries
fclose, fflushclose or flush a stream
getc, getchar, getw, fgetcget character or word from stream
gets, fgetsget a string from a stream
ferror, feof, clearerr, filenostream status inquiries
freopen, fdopen, fopenopen a stream
printf, sprintf, fprintfoutput formatters
putc, putchar, putw, fputcput character or word on a stream
puts, fputsput a string on a stream
fwrite, freadbuffered binary input/output
fopen, fdopen, freopenopen a stream
scanf, sscanf, fscanfformatted input conversion
ftell, rewind, fseekreposition a stream
fseek, rewind, ftellreposition a stream
fread, fwritebuffered binary input/output
getchar, fgetc, getw, getcget character or word from stream
getc, fgetc, getw, getcharget character or word from stream
fgets, getsget a string from a stream
getc, getchar, fgetc, getwget character or word from stream
popen, pcloseinitiate I/O to/from a process
pclose, popeninitiate I/O to/from a process
fprintf, sprintf, printfoutput formatters
putchar, fputc, putw, putcput character or word on a stream
putc, fputc, putw, putcharput character or word on a stream
fputs, putsput a string on a stream
putc, putchar, fputc, putwput character or word on a stream
fseek, ftell, rewindreposition a stream
fscanf, sscanf, scanfformatted input conversion
setbufassign buffering to a stream
printf, fprintf, sprintfoutput formatters
scanf, fscanf, sscanfformatted input conversion
stdiostandard buffered input/output package
systemissue a shell command
tmpfilecreate a temporary file
tmpnamcreate a name for a temporary file
ungetcpush character back into input stream

3X. Miscellaneous Routines

assertprogram verification
dbminit, fetch, store, delete, firstkey, nextkey, dbmdata base subroutines
fptrapfloating point interpreter
lognamelogin name of user
plotgraphics interface subroutines
regex, regcmpregular expression compile/execute
regcmp, regexregular expression compile/execute

4. Special Files (intro)

introintroduction to special files
nullthe null file
ttygeneral terminal interface

5. File Formats (intro)

ararchive file format
cpioformat of cpio archive
dirformat of directories
fspecformat specification in text files
groupgroup file
introintroduction to file formats
ar, oldararchive file format
termcap, oldtermcapterminal capability data base
passwdpassword file
pnchfile format for card images
profilesetting up an environment at login time
termcapterminal capability data base

6. Games (intro)

introintroduction to games

7. Miscellaneous Facilities (intro)

environuser environment
eqncharspecial character definitions for eqn and neqn
fcntlfile control options
introintroduction to miscellany
manmacros for formatting entries in this manual
mmthe MM macro package for formatting documents
mva macro package for making view graphs
regexpregular expression compile and match routines
statdata returned by stat system call
termconventional names
typesprimitive system data types

8. Maintenance Procedures (intro)

catmancreate the cat files for the manual
introintroduction to system maintenance procedures
makekeygenerate encryption key

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