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1. Commands

1C. Communication Commands

1G. Graphics Commands

1M. Maintenance Commands

2. System Calls

Section 2J

3. Library Functions

Section 3J

3M. Math Library

3S. Standard I/O Library

3X. Miscellaneous Libraries

4. Special Files

5. File Formats

6. Games and Demos

7. Miscellaneous Facilities

8. Maintenance Procedures

Manual — Ultrix-11 2.0

403 entries

1. Commands (intro)

adbdebugger
admincreate and administer SCCS files
ararchive and library maintainer
asassembler
atexecute commands at a later time
awkpattern scanning and processing language
basbasic
basenamestrip filename affixes
bcarbitrary-precision arithmetic language
bdiffbig diff
mail, binmailsend or receive mail among users
calprint calendar
calendarreminder service
catcatenate and print
cbC program beautifier
pcc, ccC compiler
cdchange working directory
cdcchange the delta commentary of an SCCS delta
chfnchange finger entry
chghist  change the history entry of an SCCS delta, chghist
chmodchange mode
chogchange owner and group
chgrp, chownchange owner or group
chrootchange root directory
chshchange default login shell
cmpcompare two files
colfilter reverse line feeds
combcombine SCCS deltas
commselect or reject lines common to two sorted files
cpcopy
cpiocopy file archives in and out
csha shell (command interpreter) with C-like syntax
ctagscreate a tags file
cutcut out selected fields of each line of a file
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 comparator
diff33-way differential file comparison
dusummarize disk usage
echoecho arguments
edtext editor
ed, ed_v7text editor
neqn, checkeq, eqntypeset mathematics
edit, extext editor
exprevaluate arguments as an expression
f77Fortran 77 compiler
primes, factorfactor a number, generate large primes
filedetermine file type
findfind files
fingeruser information lookup program
fromwho is my mail from? 
egrep, fgrep, grepsearch a file for a pattern
helpask for help
hostnameset or print name of current host system
introintroduction to commands
joinrelational database operator
killterminate a process with extreme prejudice
ldloader
learncomputer aided instruction about UNIX
lexgenerator of lexical analysis programs
linta C program verifier
lnmake a link
loginsign on
lookfind lines in a sorted list
lorderfind ordering relation for an object library
lpqshow lineprinter queue
lprline printer spooler
lprmdelete jobs from the lineprinter queue
lslist contents of directory
m11Macro-11 assembler for UNIX
m4macro processor
mailsend and receive mail
makemaintain program groups
manprint sections of this manual
mesgpermit or deny messages
mkdirmake a directory
mkstrcreate an error message file by massaging C source
page, morefile perusal filter for crt viewing
mvmove or rename files and directories
newgrplog in to a new group
nohup, nicerun a command at low priority
nmprint name list
odoctal dump
passwdchange login password
pastemerge same lines of several files or subsequent lines of one file
prprint file
prepprepare text for statistical processing
printenvprint out the environment
profdisplay profile data
prsprint an SCCS file
psprocess status
ptxpermuted index
pwdworking directory name
ranlibconvert archives to random libraries
ratforrational Fortran dialect
lookbib, referfind and insert literature references in documents
reniceoppress running processes
revreverse lines of a file
rmdir, rmremove (unlink) files
rmdelremove a delta from an SCCS file
roffformat text
sactprint current SCCS file editing activity
sccsdiffcompare two versions of an SCCS file
scriptmake typescript of terminal session
sedstream editor
for, case, if, while, :, ., break, continue, cd, eval, exec, exit, export, login, newgrp, read, readonly, set, shift, times, trap, umask, wait, shcommand language
sizesize of an object file
sleepsuspend execution for an interval
sortsort or merge files
spellin, spellout, spellfind spelling errors
splitsplit a file into pieces
stringsfind the printable strings in a object, or other binary, file
stripremove symbols and relocation bits
structstructure Fortran programs
sttyset terminal options
susubstitute user id temporarily
sumsum and count blocks in a file
tabsset terminal tabs
taildeliver the last part of a file
tartape archiver
tblformat tables for nroff or troff
tcphototypesetter simulator
tedinteractive /etc/ttys file editor
teepipe fitting
testcondition command
timetime a command
tkpaginator for the Tektronix 4014
touchupdate date last modified of a file
tpmanipulate tape archive
trtranslate characters
nroff, trofftext formatting and typesetting
false, trueprovide truth values
reset, tsetset terminal modes
tsorttopological sort
ttyget terminal name
uldo underlining
ungetundo a previous get of an SCCS file
uniqreport repeated lines in a file
unitsconversion program
usatULTRIX-11 System Acceptance Test
userscompact list of users who are on the system
valvalidate SCCS file
vcversion control
viscreen oriented (visual) display editor based on ex
waitawait completion of process
wcword count
whatidentify SCCS files
whowho is on the system
whoamiprint effective current user id
writewrite to another user
xstrextract strings from C programs to implement shared strings
yaccyet another compiler-compiler

1C. Communication Commands

tip, cuconnect to a remote system
cu_v7call UNIX (original V7 version)
custat_v7m, cu_v7mcall UNIX (V7M version)
cu, tipconnect to a remote system
uulog, uucpunix to unix copy
uuxunix to unix command execution

1G. Graphics Commands

graphdraw a graph
plotgraphics filters
splineinterpolate smooth curve

1M. Maintenance Commands

aclogin accounting
arcvconvert archives to new format
bufstatprint I/O buffer usage
ccd, cdacrash dump analysis
clriclear i-node
msf, csfsimplify special file creation
dcheckfile system directory consistency check
dcopycopy file systems for optimal access time
dfdisk free
dumpincremental file system dump
dumpdirprint the names of files on a dump tape
fpsimreport or change the status of floating point simulation
fsckfile system consistency check and interactive repair
fsdbfile system debugger
icheckfile system storage consistency check
iostatreport I/O statistics
ipatchprint/modify contents of an inode
loginsenable user logins nologins − disable user logins
lpsetset line printer parameters
memstatprint memory usage map
mkconfgenerate configuration tables
mkfsconstruct a file system
mknodbuild special file
umount, mountmount and dismount file system
ncheckgenerate names from i-numbers
osloadload optional software on Micro/PDP-11
pstatprint system facts
quotsummarize file system ownership
rasizereport on MSCP disk partition sizes
restorincremental file system restore
rx2fmtformat RX02 floppy diskettes
accton, sasystem accounting
syncupdate the super block
sysgenULTRIX-11 system generation
tsslist TTY structure assignments
labelit, volcopycopy file systems with label checking
wallwrite to all users
zapttyrun a program without a controlling terminal. 

2. System Calls (intro)

accessdetermine accessibility of file
acctturn accounting on or off
alarmschedule signal after specified time
sbrk, break, brkchange core allocation
chroot, chdirchange default directory
chmodchange mode of file
chownchange owner and group of a file
closeclose a file
creatcreate a new file
dup2, dupduplicate an open file descriptor
execl, execv, execle, execve, execlp, execvp, exece, environ, execexecute a file
exitterminate process
forkspawn new process
fperrget floating point error status
fpsimreport or change the status of floating point simulation
getppid, getpidget process identification
getgid, geteuid, getegid, getuidget user and group identity
shostname, ghostnameget/set name of current host
indirindirect system call
errno, introintroduction to system calls and error numbers
stty, gtty, ioctlcontrol device
killsend signal to a process
linklink to a file
locklock a process in primary memory
tell, lseekmove read/write pointer
mknodmake a directory or a special file
umount, mountmount or remove file system
niceset program priority
nostkallow process to manage its own stack
openopen for reading or writing
pausestop until signal
physallow a process to access physical addresses
pipecreate an interprocess channel
profilexecution time profile
ptraceprocess trace
readread from file
reniceset program priority
setgid, setuidset user and group ID
signalcatch or ignore signals
fstat, statget file status
stimeset time
syncupdate super-block
ftime, timeget date and time
timesget process times
umaskset file creation mode mask
unlinkremove directory entry
utimeset file times
waitwait for process to terminate
writewrite on a file
zapttyzap the controlling tty

Section 2J

setpgrp, getpgrpset/get process group
killpgsend signal to a process or a process group
getpgrp, setpgrpset/get process group
sigsyscatch or ignore signals
wait2wait for process to terminate

3. Library Functions (intro)

abortgenerate IOT fault
absinteger absolute value
atoi, atol, atofconvert ASCII to numbers
encrypt, crypta one way hashing encryption algorithm
localtime, gmtime, asctime, timezone, ctimeconvert date and time to ASCII
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, iscntrl, isascii, ctypecharacter classification
cursesscreen functions with "optimal" cursor motion
fcvt, gcvt, ecvtoutput conversion
etext, edata, endlast locations in program
ldexp, modf, frexpsplit into mantissa and exponent
getenvvalue for environment name
getgrgid, getgrnam, setgrent, endgrent, getgrentget group file entry
getloginget login name
getpassread a password
getpwget name from UID
getpwuid, getpwnam, setpwent, endpwent, getpwentget password file entry
introintroduction to library functions
ltol3, l3tolconvert between 3-byte integers and long integers
free, realloc, calloc, mallocmain memory allocator
mktempmake a unique file name
monitorprepare execution profile
nlistget entries from name list
sys_errlist, sys_nerr, perrorsystem error messages
pkclose, pkread, pkwrite, pkfail, pkopenpacket driver simulator
qsortquicker sort
srand, randrandom number generator
longjmp, setjmpnon-local goto
sleepsuspend execution for interval
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, index, rindex, stringstring operations
swabswap bytes
systemissue a shell command
tgetent, tgetnum, tgetflag, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs, termlibterminal independent operation routines
isatty, ttyslot, ttynamefind name of a terminal

Section 3J (intro)

introsummary of job control facilities
signal, sighold, sigignore, sigrelse, sigpause, sigsetmanage signals

3M. Math Library

log, log10, pow, sqrt, expexponential, logarithm, power, square root
fabs, ceil, floorabsolute value, floor, ceiling functions
cabs, hypoteuclidean distance
j1, jn, y0, y1, yn, j0bessel functions
cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, atan2, sintrigonometric functions
cosh, tanh, sinhhyperbolic functions

3S. Standard I/O Library

fflush, fcloseclose or flush a stream
feof, clearerr, fileno, ferrorstream status inquiries
freopen, fdopen, fopenopen a stream
fwrite, freadbuffered binary input/output
ftell, rewind, fseekreposition a stream
getchar, fgetc, getw, getcget character or word from stream
fgets, getsget a string from a stream
pclose, popeninitiate I/O to/from a process
fprintf, sprintf, printfformatted output conversion
putchar, fputc, putw, putcput character or word on a stream
fputs, putsput a string on a stream
fscanf, sscanf, scanfformatted input conversion
setbufassign buffering to a stream
stdiostandard buffered input/output package
ungetcpush character back into input stream

3X. Miscellaneous Libraries

assertprogram verification
dbminit, fetch, store, delete, firstkey, nextkey, dbmdata base subroutines
itom, madd, msub, mult, mdiv, min, mout, pow, gcd, rpow, mpmultiple precision integer arithmetic
plot: openpl et al., plotgraphics interface

4. Special Files

catphototypesetter interface
dz, dhDH11/DHU11/DHV11 and DZ11/DZV11/DZQ11 asynchronous multiplexers dhdm − DM11-BB (modem controller for DH11)
dnDN-11 ACU interface
dp, duDU-11 201 data-phone interface
dh, dzDH11/DHU11/DHV11 and DZ11/DZV11/DZQ11 asynchronous multiplexers dhdm − DM11-BB (modem controller for DH11)
hkRK611/RK06, RK07 moving-head disk
hp, hmFirst  RH11/RH70 massbus disk controller hm − Second RH11/RH70 massbus disk controller hj − Third RH11/RH70 massbus disk controller
hpFirst  RH11/RH70 massbus disk controller hm − Second RH11/RH70 massbus disk controller hj − Third RH11/RH70 massbus disk controller
hsRH11/RH70 - RS03, RS04 fixed-head disk
htRH11/RH70 - TM02/3 magtape controller
hxRX211/RX02 floppy disk
lpline printer
kmem, memcore memory
mlRH11/RH70 - ML11 solid state disk
newttysummary of the ’new’ tty driver
nulldata sink
tty, oldttygeneral terminal interface
pkpacket driver
raUDA50/RA60, RA80, RA81 winchester disks rd/rx − RQDX1/RD51/RD52 winchester disk and RX50 floppy disk rc    − KLESI/RC25 winchester disk
rkRK11/RK03 or RK05 disk
rlRL11/RL01 or RL02 disk
rpRP11/RP02 or RP03 moving-head disk
tcTC11/TU56 DECtape
tmTM11 - TU10/TE10/TS03 800 BPI magtape interface
tsTS11/TSV05/TU80/TK25 1600 BPI magtape interface
ttygeneral terminal interface

5. File Formats

a.outassembler and link editor output
acctexecution accounting file
ararchive (library) file format
coreformat of core image file
cpioformat of cpio archive
dirformat of directories
ddate, dumpincremental dump format
environuser environment
flblk, ino, filsysformat of file system volume
fstabfile system table
gettytabterminal configuration data base
groupgroup file
mtabmounted file system table
passwdpassword file
phonesremote host phone number data base
plotgraphics interface
printcapprinter capability data base
remoteremote host description file
sccsfileformat of SCCS file
tartape archive format
termcapterminal capability data base
tpDEC/mag tape formats
ttysterminal initialization data
ttytypeterminal type data
typesprimitive system data types
wtmp, utmplogin records

6. Games and Demos

arithmeticprovide drill in number facts
backgammonthe game
bannermake long posters
ppt, bcdconvert to antique media
bjthe game of black jack
checkersgame
chessthe game of chess
fortune, chingthe book of changes and other cookies
ttt, cubictic-tac-toe
mazegenerate a maze problem
mooguessing game
quiztest your knowledge
reversia game of dramatic reversals
cubic, ttttic-tac-toe
hangman, wordsword games
wumpthe game of hunt-the-wumpus

7. Miscellaneous Facilities

asciimap of ASCII character set
eqncharspecial character definitions for eqn
greekgraphics for extended TTY-37 type-box
hierfile system hierarchy
manmacros to typeset manual
msmacros for formatting manuscripts
terminals, termconventional names

8. Maintenance Procedures

bootstartup procedures
crashwhat to do when the system crashes
cronclock daemon
dmesgcollect system diagnostic messages to form error log
gettyset typewriter mode
rc, initprocess control initialization
lpdline printer daemon
makekeygenerate encryption key
shutdownorderly system shutdown
ulfuniversal lineprinter filter
updateperiodically update the super block

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