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TABLE OF CONTENTS
This manual page contains the following sections:
1. Commands and Application Programs
2. System Calls
3. Subroutines and Libraries
4. File Formats
5. Miscellaneous Features
6. Communications Protocols
7. System Special Files
8. System Maintenance Procedures
1. Commands and Application Programs
intro ....................... introduction to commands and application programs
intro .... introduction to system maintenance commands and application programs
intro_ccs ................................ introduction to programming commands
accept ........................................ accept or reject print requests
acct ............. overview of accounting and miscellaneous accounting commands
acctcms ................... command summary from per-process accounting records
acctcom ........................... search and print process accounting file(s)
acctcon ............................................... connect-time accounting
acctmerg .................................. merge or add total accounting files
acctprc .................................................... process accounting
acctsh ........................................ shell procedures for accounting
admaccounting ........................................ manage accounting system
admalias ................ manage mail alias information in the aliases database
admbackup .......................... manage backup and recovery of file systems
admclient ..................................... manage operating system clients
admdate ........................ manipulate the system date, time and time zone
admdefault ......................... provide an interface to named default sets
admdumpcycle ......................................... manage dump cycle tables
admdumpdevice .................................... manage the dump device table
admether ................................................ manage ether database
admfailoverapplication ................... manage failover application database
admfailoverdisk ....................... manage operator initiated disk failover
admfailovergiveaway ......................... manage failover giveaway database
admfailoverhosts ............................... manage failover hosts database
admfailovertakeaway ......................... manage failover takeaway database
admfilesystem ............................................. manage file systems
admfsinfo ..................... display information about files and directories
admgroup ....................... manage group information in the group database
admhost ................................................. manage hosts database
admin ........................................ create and administer SCCS files
admipinterface .................. manage the TCP/IP network interfaces database
admkernel ...................................... manipulate the system's kernel
admldisk ................................................. manage logical disks
admlock ................................. manage simple process synchronization
admmdisk ....................................... manage software mirrored disks
admnetwork ............................................ manage network database
admnls ................................. manipulate national language variables
admpackage ............................... manage DG/UX-style software packages
admpdisk ................................................ manage physical disks
admportmonitor ........................................... manage port monitors
admportservice ................................... manage port monitor services
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admprocess ................................................... manage processes
admrelease ...................................... manage software release areas
admreleasemedium ............................... manage software release media.
admresolve ......... manage DNS resolver's domain name and nameservers database
admroute ............................................. manage routing databases
admrshell ........................ manage the remote and restricted shell names
admsar ........................ manage system activity monitoring and reporting
admservice ............................................ manage service database
admsnmpcommunity ........................... manage the SNMP community database
admsnmpobject ................................ manage the snmpd object database
admsnmptrap .................................... manage the SNMP traps database
admsvcorder ........ manage search order for /etc/hosts, NIS, and DNS databases
admswap ..................................................... manage swap areas
admtape ........................... manipulate the default parameters for tapes
admtcpipdaemon ...................................... manage the TCP/IP servers
admtcpipparams .............................. manage the TCP/IP host parameters
admterminal ............................................. manage terminal ports
admtrustedhost .............................. manage the trusted hosts database
admups ................................ administer uninterruptible power supply
admuser ...................... manage user information in the password database
admxterminal ............................ manage serving of X display terminals
alpq ............................................. query the ALP STREAMS module
apropos ..................................... locate commands by keyword lookup
ar ....................... archive and library maintainer for portable archives
arp .................................... address resolution display and control
as .......................................................... MC88000 assembler
asa ................................. interpret ASA carriage control characters
at ........................................... execute commands at a later time
atq ......................... display the jobs queued to run at specified times
atrm ....................................... remove jobs spooled by at or batch
att_dump ....................... dump parts of an object or object archive file
automount ................................ automatically mount NFS file systems
autopush ....................... configure automatically pushed STREAMS modules
banner ........................................................... make posters
basename ....................................... deliver portions of path names
bc .................................... arbitrary-precision arithmetic language
bcs_cat ...... type hosts, networks, passwd, protocols, group or services files
bdiff ................................................................ big diff
berk_diff ................. Berkeley differential file and directory comparator
berk_diff3 ........................ Berkeley 3-way differential file comparison
bfs .......................................................... big file scanner
bftp ......................................... Background File Transfer Program
biod .................................................. start block I/O servers
bootparamd ......................................... server for boot parameters
cal ............................................................ print calendar
calendar ..................................................... reminder service
captoinfo ....................... convert a TERMCAP entry into a TERMINFO entry
cat ............................. concatenate and type files to standard output
catexstr ....... extract strings from source files, replace with catgets calls.
catgets .................................... print message from message catalog
cb ....................................................... C program beautifier
cc ........................................................ C language compiler
cd ................................................... change working directory
cdc .............................. change the delta commentary of an SCCS delta
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cflow ................................................. generate a C flow graph
chgrp .................................... change the group ownership of a file
chgtinfo ....................... create a temporary version of a TERMINFO entry
chkey .............................................. change your encryption key
chmod ........................................................ change file mode
chown ....................................................... change file owner
chroot .................................... change root directory for a command
chrtbl ................ generate character classification and conversion tables
ci ..................................................... check in RCS revisions
ckbinarsys ......... determine whether remote system can accept binary messages
ckdate ......................................... prompt for and validate a date
ckgid ...................................... prompt for and validate a group id
ckint .................... display a prompt; verify and return an integer value
ckitem ........................ build a menu; prompt for and return a menu item
ckkeywd ..................................... prompt for and validate a keyword
ckpath ......................... display a prompt; verify and return a pathname
ckrange .................................... prompt for and validate an integer
ckstr ..................... display a prompt; verify and return a string answer
cktime ...................... display a prompt; verify and return a time of day
ckuid ....................................... prompt for and validate a user ID
ckyorn ......................................... prompt for and validate yes/no
clear ................................................... clear terminal screen
clri .............................................................. clear inode
cmp ......................................................... compare two files
co .................................................... check out RCS revisions
cof2elf ................................ translate object file from COFF to ELF
col ................................................. filter reverse line feeds
colltbl ............................................. create collation database
comb ...................................................... combine SCCS deltas
comm ........................ select or reject lines common to two sorted files
compress ........................... compress, expand or display expanded files
config ..................................................... configure a system
cp ................................................................. copy files
cpd ........ change or view the allocation limits for a control point directory
cpio ............................................ copy file archives in and out
cpp ............................................... the C language preprocessor
cprs ............................................ compress a common object file
crash ................................................... examine system images
cron .............................................................. clock agent
crontab ..................................................... user crontab file
crypt ........................................................... encode/decode
cscope ...................................... interactively examine a C program
csh ............... invoke a shell (command interpreter) having a C-like syntax
csplit .......................................................... context split
ct ........................................... spawn login to a remote terminal
ctags ...................................................... create a tags file
ctl ................................................. COFF-to-legend translator
ctrace .......................................... trace a C program to debug it
cu ................................................... call another UNIX system
cut ............................ cut out selected fields of each line of a file
cxref ...................................... generate C program cross-reference
date ................................................... print and set the date
dbm .................................. general dbm(3X) database management tool
dbx ..................................................... source level debugger
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dc ............................................................ desk calculator
dd .................................................... convert and copy a file
deblock .................................................. change blocking size
default-gcc ............................. set or query default version of GNU C
delta ................................... make a delta (change) to an SCCS file
deroff ............................ remove nroff/troff, tbl, and eqn constructs
devattr ............................................... lists device attributes
devfree .................................... release devices from exclusive use
devnm ............................................................. device name
devreserv ................................... reserve devices for exclusive use
df ............................... report number of free disk blocks and inodes
dg_fsdb .................................................. file system debugger
dg_kill ....................................... test for or terminate a process
dg_sysctl .......................... display or modify boot and dump parameters
dg_telnetd ............................................. TELNET protocol server
diff ............................................. differential file comparator
diff3 ...................................... 3-way differential file comparison
dircmp ................................................ compare two directories
dis .................................................. object code disassembler
diskman ................ menu interface for managing physical and logical disks
diskusg .............................. generate disk accounting data by user id
dispgid ............................... display a list of all valid group names
dispuid ................................ display a list of all valid user names
dkctl ......................................... control special disk operations
domainname ...................... set or display name of the current NIS domain
download .............................. download host resident PostScript fonts
dpost ............................. troff postprocessor for PostScript printers
dtl ................................................ DWARF-to-legend translator
du ....................................................... summarize disk usage
dump ............................................. incremental file system dump
dump2 .......................................... incremental file system backup
dump2label ............................... read and write labels for dump tapes
dumpfs ........................................... dump file system information
echo ........................................................... echo arguments
ed ................................................................ text editor
edit ............................. text editor (variant of ex for casual users)
egrep .............. search a file for a pattern using full regular expressions
enable ............................................. enable/disable LP printers
env ..................................... set environment for command execution
epsonfx ............................... interface filter for an epsonfx printer
eucset ......................................... set or get EUC code set widths
ex ................................................................ text editor
exportfs ....................... export and unexport directories to NFS clients
expr ...................................... evaluate arguments as an expression
exstr ....................................... extract strings from source files
factor ........................................................ factor a number
failoverd ............................................. failover network daemon
fez ................................................ display file element sizes
fgrep .................................... search a file for a character string
file ...................................................... determine file type
filesave ...................................... daily/weekly file system backup
find ............................................................... find files
finger ....................... display information about local and remote users
fingerd ........................................ remote user information server
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fmt ..................................................... simple text formatter
fmtmsg .......................... display a message on stderr or system console
fold ........................... fold long lines for finite width output device
frec ......................................... recover files from a backup tape
fsck ....................... check file systems for consistency and repair them
fsdb ..................................................... file system debugger
fsplit .............................................. split f77 or ratfor files
ftp ............................................ transfer files between systems
ftpd ............................................ File Transfer Protocol server
fuser ....................... identify processes using a file or file structure
fwtmp ................................... manipulate connect accounting records
gcc ................................................... GNU C language compiler
gencat ................................. generate a formatted message catalogue
gen_toc .............. convert an ASCII table of contents files into XDR format
get ....................................... check out a version of an SCCS file
getdev ........................................ lists devices based on criteria
getdgrp ......... lists device groups which contain devices that match criteria
getmany ....................................... get MIB-classes from SNMP agent
getnext ....................................... get MIB-objects from SNMP agent
getone ......................................... get MIB-object from SNMP agent
getopt .................................................. parse command options
getopts ................................................. parse command options
gettxt ........................ retrieve a text string from a message data base
getty .................... set terminal type, modes, speed, and line discipline
glossary .............................. definitions of common terms and symbols
grep .............................................. search a file for a pattern
groupadd .................... add (create) a new group definition on the system
groupdel ............................ delete a group definition from the system
groupmod .............................. modify a group definition on the system
groups ................................................. show group memberships
halt ................................................ stop the system processor
head ................................................. give the first few lines
help ............................................................ help facility
helpadm ............................ make changes to the help facility database
hostid ................................. set or print identifier of host system
hostname ............................. set or print name of current host system
iconv ..................................................... code set conversion
id .......................... print the user name and ID, and group name and ID
idc ............................................ interface description compiler
ident .......................................................... identify files
idi ......................................... interface description interpreter
idi_tools ............ tools for use with the interface description interpreter
ifconfig ............................. configure DG/UX System network interface
inetd ................................................ Internet services server
info .................................................... documentation browser
infocmp ............................ compare or print out TERMINFO descriptions
init ........................................... process control initialization
initrarp ..... Initialize ARP table through Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
install ...................................................... install commands
installf ..................... add a file to the software installation database
installman ......................................... manage system installation
ipcrm .............. remove a message queue, semaphore set, or shared memory ID
ipcs ..................... report inter-process communication facilities status
join ............................................. relational database operator
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kbdcomp ................................................ compile att_kbd tables
kbdload ........................................... load or link att_kbd tables
kbdpipe ...................................... use the KBD module in a pipeline
kbdset ............................ attach to att_kbd mapping tables, set modes
keylogin ......................................... decrypt and store secret key
keyserv ............................ server for storing public and private keys
kill ........................................... terminate a process by default
killall ............................................. kill all active processes
ksh ......... KornShell, a standard/restricted command and programming language
last .................................... indicate last user or terminal logins
ld ............................................... link editor for object files
ld-coff ................................... link editor for common object files
ldd ................................................. list dynamic dependencies
lex ................................ generate programs for simple lexical tasks
lfmt display error message in standard format and pass to logging and monitoring services
line ............................................................ read one line
link .................................... exercise link and unlink system calls
lint ...................................................... a C program checker
listdgrp ...................................... lists members of a device group
listen ................................................ network listener server
listusers ......................................... list user login information
ln ................................................................. link files
locate ...................................... identify a command using keywords
lockd ..................................................... network lock server
logger ......................................... make entries in the system log
login ................................................................. sign on
logins ................................. list user and system login information
logname ........................................................ get login name
lorder ........................... find ordering relation for an object library
lp ................................ send/cancel requests to an LP print service
lp.termprinter .............. start printer session with 40014A Terminal Server
lpadmin ........................................ configure the LP print service
lpc .............................................. line printer control program
lpd ...................................................... line printer spooler
lpfilter .................... administer filters used with the LP print service
lpforms ....................... administer forms used with the LP print service
lpprint .............................................. menu-driven lp interface
lpq ................................................... examine the spool queue
lpr ............................. send print requests to a line printer spooler
lprm ......................... remove jobs from the line printer spooling queue
lpsched ..................... start/stop the LP print service and move requests
lpstat ............. print information about the status of the LP print service
lpsystem ....................... register remote systems with the print service
lpusers ......................................... set printing queue priorities
ls ................................................. list contents of directory
lsd ............................................ load or transfer a system dump
m4 ............................................................ macro processor
machid .......................... provide truth value about your processor type
mail .......................................... read mail or send mail to users
mailalias .......................................... translate mail alias names
mailstats ........................................... print sendmail statistics
mailx ................................... interactive message processing system
mail_pipe .......................... invoke recipient command for incoming mail
make ...................... maintain, update, and regenerate groups of programs
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makedbm ........................... make a Network Information Service dbm file
makekey ............................................... generate encryption key
man ................................. locate and print online reference entries
mcs ......................... manipulate the comment section of an object file.
merge .................................................... three-way file merge
mesg .................................................. permit or deny messages
mkdir ........................................................ make a directory
mkfifo ................................................. make FIFO special file
mkfs ..................................................... create a file system
mkmsgs ................................. create message files for use by gettxt
mknod .................................................... build a special file
mkstr ...................... create an error message file by massaging C source
montbl ............................................... create monetary database
more ..................................... display file one screenful at a time
mount .......................................... mount and dismount filesystems
mountd ............................................... NFS mount request server
mt ...................................................... magnetic tape control
mv ................................................................. move files
mvdir ........................................................ move a directory
named ............................................. Internet domain name server
nawk ................................. pattern scanning and processing language
ncheck .......................................... generate names from i-numbers
netinit ........................................ build a network protocol stack
netstat .............................. Show status for DG/UX network parameters
newform ...................................... change the format of a text file
newgrp .................................................. log in to a new group
newkey ............................. create a new key in the publickey database
news ......................................................... print news items
nfsd ............................................... Network File System server
nfsstat ................................ display Network File System statistics
nice .............................. run a command at a higher or lower priority
nl ...................................................... line numbering filter
nlsadmin .............................. network listener service administration
nm ...................................... print name list of common object file
nohup ............................... run a command immune to hangups and quits
notify ................................. notify user of the arrival of new mail
nslookup ..................................... query name servers interactively
oawk ............................. old pattern scanning and processing language
od ................................................................. octal dump
on ....... execute a command on a remote system, but with the local environment
osysadm ............................. menu-driven system administration program
pack ................................................ compress and expand files
pageprint ........................................ select pages from text files
passmgmt ............................................ password files management
passwd .................................................. change login password
paste ............................................................. merge lines
pfmt ................................. display error message in standard format
pg ................... display file forward or backward one screenful at a time
ping .............................................. check Internet network node
pkgadd ................................ transfer software package to the system
pkgask ..................................... stores answers to a request script
pkgchk ......................................... check accuracy of installation
pkginfo .................................. display software package information
pkgmk .......................................... produce an installable package
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pkgparam .................................... displays package parameter values
pkgproto ............................................ generate a prototype file
pkgrm ....................................... removes a package from the system
pkgtrans ............................................. translate package format
pmadm ............................................. port monitor administration
pmtd ............................. start the pseudo magnetic tape device server
portmap ............................... DARPA port to RPC program number mapper
postdaisy .......................... PostScript translator for Diablo 630 files
postdmd ............................ PostScript translator for DMD bitmap files
postio ............................... serial interface for PostScript printers
postmd ......................... matrix display program for PostScript printers
postplot ..................... PostScript translator for plot(4) graphics files
postprint ................................ translate text files into PostScript
postreverse ....................... reverse the page order in a PostScript file
posttek ........................ PostScript translator for tektronix 4014 files
pr ................................................................ print files
printenv ............................................ print out the environment
printf ................................................. print formatted output
probedev ............................................. probe system for devices
prof ..................................................... display profile data
profiler ............................................ operating system profiler
proprinter .......................... interface filter for a proprinter printer
prs ........................................................ print an SCCS file
ps ...................................................... report process status
putdev ...................................................... edit device table
putdgrp ............................................... edit device group table
pwck ............................................. check password or group file
pwd .............................................. print working directory name
ratfor ............................................... rational FORTRAN dialect
rcp .......................................................... remote file copy
rcs ................................................ change RCS file attributes
rcsclean ............................................... clean up working files
rcsdiff ................................................. compare RCS revisions
rcsfreeze .............. freeze a configuration of sources checked in under RCS
rcsintro ......................................... introduction to RCS commands
rcsmerge .................................................. merge RCS revisions
reboot ........................................... restart the operating system
reelexchange_intro ........ commands for reading and writing IBM and ANSI tapes
regcmp ............................................. regular expression compile
removef .................................. remove a file from software database
remsh .............................. create a remote shell to execute a command
renice .................................... alter priority of running processes
reset ............................. reset the teletype bits to a sensible state
restore ................................... incrementally restore a file system
rev .......................... reverse order of characters in each line of file
rexd ........................................ RPC-based remote execution server
rexecd ................................................ Remote execution server
rlog ................. print log messages and other information about RCS files
rlogin ................................................ log in to a remote host
rlogind ................................................... remote login server
rm ........................................ remove, delete files or directories
rmdel ........................................ remove a delta from an SCCS file
rmt .......................................... start the remote mag tape server
route ........................................... Manipulate the routing tables
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routed ................................................. network routing server
rpcgen ............................................... an RPC protocol compiler
rpcinfo ................................................ report RPC information
rshd ...................................................... remote shell server
rstatd ............................................... kernel statistics server
runacct .................................................. run daily accounting
rup .......................... show host status of local machines (RPC version)
ruptime ........................ show status of hosts in the local area network
rusers ........................ who's logged in on local machines (RPC version)
rusersd ............................................... network username server
rwall ....................................... write to all users over a network
rwalld ................................................... network rwall server
rwho ........................... find out who in the local network is logged in
rwhod ......................................... local area network status agent
sac ................................................. service access controller
sacadm ............................... service access controller administration
sact ................................. print current SCCS file editing activity
sar ............................................ system activity report package
sar .................................................. system activity reporter
sccsdiff ................................. compare two versions of an SCCS file
sccstorcs ....................................... build RCS file from SCCS file
script .................................. make typescript of a terminal session
sdb ......................................................... symbolic debugger
sde-chooser ................................ execute environment-sensitive tool
sde-target .... print commands to reset software development environment target
sdiff ......................................... side-by-side difference program
sed ............................................................. stream editor
sendmail ...................................... Internet mail transport service
setany ........................................... set value of SNMP MIB-object
setmnt .................................................. establish mount table
setuname .......................................... changes machine information
sh .................................... shell, the command programming language
shl ....................................................... shell layer manager
showmount .............................................. show all remote mounts
shutdown ................................ shut down system, change system state
sifilter ................................. preprocess MC88100 assembly language
size ...................................... print section sizes of object files
sleep ....................................... suspend execution for an interval
snmpd .............................................................. SNMP agent
sno ........................................... SNOBOL interpreter and compiler
sort .................................................. sort and/or merge files
spell .................................................... find spelling errors
spline ............................................... interpolate smooth curve
split ................................................ split a file into pieces
spray ........................................................... spray packets
sprayd ........................................................... spray server
srchtxt .... display contents of or search for text string in message databases
starter ....................................... information for beginning users
statd .................................................. network status monitor
strace ........................................... print STREAMS trace messages
strchg ................................... change or query stream configuration
strclean ................................. STREAMS error logger cleanup program
strerr ............................................ STREAMS error logger server
strings .......... find the printable strings in an object or other binary file
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strip .................... strip non-executable information from an object file
stty ........................................... set the options for a terminal
sttydefs ........................ maintain line and hunt settings for TTY ports
su .......................................... become super-user or another user
sum .................................. print checksum and block count of a file
swapon ........................... specify additional devices for system paging
syacdb .......................................... syac debugger utility program
syacdump ........................................... dump syac memory to a file
syac_routes ................................... change SYAC routing information
syac_ttyaddrs ............................. set tty specific internet addresses
sync ......................................................... obsolete command
syncadm ................................. synchronous controller administration
synccheck .................. verify that the synchronous controller is operable
sysadm ............................ menu-driven system administration interface
sysdef ............................................... output system definition
syslogd .................................................. log systems messages
systemid ................................. display the unique system identifier
systemtape ................................. build a bootable DG/UX system tape
tabs ................................................... set tabs on a terminal
taccess ....................................... initiate access to labeled tape
tail .......................................... deliver the last part of a file
tar ........................................................ tape file archiver
tcload ....................................... load terminal controller devices
tdisplay ........................ display label and record translation settings
tee .............................................................. pipe fitting
telnet .................................... log in to another host over network
telnetd .......................................... DARPA TELNET protocol server
termprinter ..................... print a file using the 40014A Terminal Server
test ............................................. condition evaluation command
testlocale ............................................. test locale definition
tftp ..................................... DARPA trivial file transfer protocol
tftpd ................................... Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
tic ......................................................... TERMINFO compiler
time ........................................................... time a command
timex ................. time a command; report process data and system activity
tkey ................................ set label and data translation parameters
tlabel .................................. initialize a tape with a volume label
touch .......................... update access and modification times of a file
tposn ......................................... position tape to specified file
tput ......................... initialize a terminal or query terminfo database
tr ....................................................... translate characters
trap_recv .......................................... receive SNMP trap messages
trap_send .............................................. send SNMP trap message
tread .................................................. read file(s) from tape
trelease ........................................... terminate access to a tape
true ..................................................... provide truth values
tsniff ........................................ summary report of tape contents
tsort ........................................................ topological sort
tty .............................................. get the name of the terminal
ttyadm ......................... format and output TTY port monitor information
ttymon ................................................. monitor terminal ports
tunefs ........................................... tune an existing file system
twrite .................................................. writes a file to tape
ul ............................................................. do underlining
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umask ............................................. set file-creation mode mask
uname ............................................ print name of current system
unget ..................................... undo a previous get of an SCCS file
uniq .......................................... report repeated lines in a file
units ...................................................... conversion program
upsd ...................................... uninterruptible power supply server
usage ....................... retrieve a command description and usage examples
useradd ............................. administer a new user login on the system
userdel ................................. delete a user's login from the system
usermod ....................... modify a user's login information on the system
uucheck ....................... check the uucp directories and permissions file
uucico ............................. file transport program for the uucp system
uucleanup ................................ uucp spool directory clean-up server
uucp ................................................. UNIX-to-UNIX system copy
uuencode ................ encode/decode a binary file for transmission via mail
uusched ..................... the scheduler for the uucp file transport program
uustat .................................... uucp status inquiry and job control
uuto ..................................... public UNIX-to-UNIX system file copy
uutry .......................... try to contact remote system with debugging on
uux ..................................... UNIX-to-UNIX system command execution
uuxqt ......................................... execute remote command requests
vacation ...................... automatically respond to incoming mail messages
val ........................................................ validate SCCS file
valtools ..................................... introduction to validation tools
vc ............................................................ version control
vi ........................ screen-oriented (visual) display editor based on ex
vipw ............................................ edit the system password file
volcopy ................................. copy file systems with label checking
vsccheck ............... verify that the VSC synchronous controller is operable
vscload ...... download board resident software onto VSC synchronous controller
wait .............................................. await completion of process
wall ....................................................... write to all users
wanadm ....................................... wide area network administration
wc ................................................................. word count
wchrtbl ............... generate character classification and conversion tables
what ...................................................... identify SCCS files
whatis ............................... display a one-line summary about a topic
whereis .................... locate source, binary, and manual page for program
which ............... locate a program file using the PATH environment variable
who ...................................................... who is on the system
whodo ....................................................... who is doing what
wmtd ............................... start the WORM magnetic tape device server
write ................................................... write to another user
xargs .......................... construct argument list(s) and execute command
xdrtoc ............... convert distribution table of contents into ascii format
xref ........ generate cross reference table from C, Fortran and Pascal sources
xstr .............. extract strings from C programs to implement shared strings
yacc ............................................ yet another compiler-compiler
ypcat ........................................ print values in an NIS data base
ypinit ................. build and install Network Information Service database
ypmake ........................... rebuild Network Information Service database
ypmatch ................... print the value of one or more keys from an NIS map
yppasswd ...... change your network password in the Network Information Service
yppasswdd ...... server for modifying Network Information Service password file
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yppoll .................... what version of an NIS map is at an NIS server host
yppush ................................. force propagation of a changed NIS map
ypserv ................ Network Information Service server and binder processes
ypset ..................................... point ypbind at a particular server
ypupdated ................................. server for changing NIS information
ypwhich ....................... tell which host is the NIS server or map master
ypxfr ............................. transfer NIS map from an NIS server to here
zdump ........................................................ time zone dumper
zic ........................................................ time zone compiler
2. System Calls
intro .......................... introduction to system calls and error numbers
accept ........................................ accept a connection on a socket
access .................................. determine the accessibility of a file
acct ..................................... enable or disable process accounting
adjtime ......... correct the time to allow synchronization of the system clock
alarm ............................................... set a process alarm clock
async_daemon ................ start a BIOD server for asynchronous I/O requests
berk_sigpause .set blocked signals and suspend process until a signal is caught
bind .................................................. bind a name to a socket
brk ...................................... change data segment space allocation
chdir ..................... change the working directory of the calling process
chmod ..................................................... change mode of file
chown ................................... change user id and group id of a file
chroot ....................... change the root directory of the calling process
close ....................... close an object associated with a file descriptor
connect ..................................... initiate a connection on a socket
creat ............................ create a new file or rewrite an existing one
csync .......................... synchronize hardware caches for execute access
dg_allow_shd_attach .............. let processes attach shared descriptor array
dg_attach_to_shds ............ attach another process's shared descriptor array
dg_decryptsessionkey decrypt conversation key with the client/server common key
dg_devctl .................................... perform device-control functions
dg_encryptsessionkey encrypt conversation key with the client/server common key
dg_ext_errno ................ return the extended errno for the current process
dg_file_info . get file usage information for process identified by process key
dg_fstat ................................. get extended file status information
dg_getrootkey ........................................... get root's secret key
dg_ipc_info .......................... get information about current IPCs state
dg_lcntl ........................ process a record lock request on a filehandle
dg_lock_kill ......................... remove locks held by remote lock clients
dg_lock_reset .reset remote file lock database, start lock reclaim grace period
dg_lock_wait ............ wait for previously delayed lock requests to complete
dg_mknod ............................................ create a file system node
dg_mount .................................................. mount a file system
dg_mstat ...................................................... get file status
dg_paging_info ............................ determine residency of memory pages
dg_process_info . get information about the system's currently active processes
dg_setsecretkey .................. store a client's secret key in the keyserver
dg_set_cpd_limits ..... change the resource limits of a control point directory
dg_stat .................................. get extended file status information
dg_sysctl .................. perform system configuration and control functions
dg_sys_info ............................................ get system information
dg_unbuffered_read synchronously read data from a file without system buffering
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dg_unbuffered_write synchronously write data to a file without system buffering
dg_xtrace .............................................. extended process trace
dup ......................................... duplicate an open file descriptor
dup2 ............. duplicate an open file descriptor onto a specific descriptor
exec ........................................................... execute a file
exit ........................................................ terminate process
exportfs ...................... make a directory available for mounting via NFS
fchdir .................... change the working directory of the calling process
fchmod .................................................... change mode of file
fchown .................................. change user id and group id of a file
fcntl ................................................. file descriptor control
fetch_and_add .................... indivisible fetch and add to memory location
fork ..................................................... create a new process
fstat ......................................................... get file status
fstatfs ........................... get information about a mounted file system
fstatvfs ............................... return information about a file system
fsync .................... synchronize a file's in-core state with that on disk
getcontext ................................... get and set current user context
getdents ............. get directory entries in a filesystem-independent format
getdomainname ...................................... get name of current domain
getdtablesize .... return the number of open files the current process can have
getegid ............................................ get the effective-group-id
geteuid ............................................. get the effective-user-id
getfh .......... return the file handle of the export entry containing filename
getgid .................................................. get the real-group-id
getgroups ...................... get or set supplementary group access list IDs
gethostid ............................... get unique identifier of current host
gethostname .......................................... get name of current host
getitimer .................................. get or set value of interval timer
getmsg ............................................ get a message from a stream
getpagesize .......................................... get the system page size
getpeername ........................................ get name of connected peer
getpgrp .................................................. get process group ID
getpgrp2 .................................................... get process group
getpid ..................... get process, process group, and parent process IDs
getppid ................................................. get parent process-id
getpriority ................................... get process scheduling priority
getpsr ........... return the current contents of the processor status register
getrlimit ......................... control maximum system resource consumption
getrusage .......................... get information about resource utilization
getsid ......................................................... get session ID
getsockname ................................................... get socket name
getsockopt ............................................ get options on a socket
gettimeofday ................................................ get date and time
getuid ................................................... get the real-user-id
ioctl ........................................................ control a device
kill ............................................... send a signal to a process
killpg ............................ send signal to a process or a process group
link .............................................. create a new link to a file
listen ..................................... listen for connections on a socket
lseek ................................ change the position of an object pointer
lstat ......................................................... get file status
memcntl ............................................. memory management control
memctl .......................................... set memory access for mapping
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mincore ................................... determine residency of memory pages
mkdir ................................................. create a directory file
mknod .................................. create a file entry in the file system
mmap ...................................................... map pages of memory
mount ..................................................... mount a file system
mprotect ........................................ set memory access for mapping
msgctl ......... get or set message queue attributes or destroy a message queue
msgget ........................................... get message queue identifier
msgrcv ...................................................... receive a message
msgsnd ......................................................... send a message
msgsys ...................................... perform a message queue operation
munmap .................................................. unmap pages of memory
nfssvc .............................. start an NFS server on a specified socket
nice ............................................. change priority of a process
open ......................................... open file for reading or writing
pathconf ..................................... get configurable pathname values
pause ................................ suspend process until a signal is caught
pipe ........................................... create an interprocess channel
plock .................................... lock data, text, or both into memory
poll ................................................ input/output multiplexing
profil .......................... set up execution time profiling for a process
ptrace .......................................................... process trace
putmsg ........................................... pass a message down a stream
read ...................................................... read from an object
readlink ................................. read the contents of a symbolic link
readv .......................................................... read from file
reboot ............ reboot halts and optionally reboots the system processor(s)
recv .......................................... receive a message from a socket
recvfrom ...................................... receive a message from a socket
recvmsg ....................................... receive a message from a socket
rename .............................................. change the name of a file
rmdir ................................................. remove a directory file
sbrk ..................................... change data segment space allocation
select ............................. examine file descriptors for I/O readiness
semctl ........................................... semaphore control operations
semget ................................................ get a set of semaphores
semop .................................................... semaphore operations
semsys .......................................... perform a semaphore operation
send ............................................. send a message from a socket
sendmsg .......................................... send a message from a socket
sendto ........................................... send a message from a socket
setdomainname ...................................... set name of current domain
setegid ..................... set the effective group id of the current process
seteuid ...................... set the effective user id of the current process
setgid ......................... set the real-, effective-, and saved-group-ids
sethostid ............................... set unique identifier of current host
sethostname .......................................... set name of current host
setpgid .................................. set process group ID for job control
setpgrp .................................................. set process-group-id
setpgrp2 ................................................. set process-group-id
setpriority ................................... set process scheduling priority
setpsr ...................................... set the processor status register
setregid ....................... set the real-, effective-, and saved-group-ids
setreuid ........................ set the real-, effective-, and saved-user-ids
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setsid ................................ create session and set process group ID
setsockopt ............................................. set options on sockets
settimeofday ................................................ set date and time
setuid .......................... set the real-, effective-, and saved-user-ids
shmat .......................................... attach a shared memory segment
shmctl ....................................... shared memory control operations
shmdt .......................................... detach a shared memory segment
shmget .............................................. get shared memory segment
shmsys ...................................... perform a shared memory operation
shutdown ........................... shut down part of a full-duplex connection
sigaction .................................... examine and change signal action
sigaltstack ......................... set or get signal alternate stack context
sigblock ........................................ add to set of blocked signals
sigfillset .................. fill in the set of implementation-defined signals
sighold .......... add a signal to the calling process's set of blocked signals
sigignore ....................... set the signal action of a signal to 'ignore'
signal ....................... specify what to do upon presentation of a signal
sigpause .. clear a blocked signal and suspend process until a signal is caught
sigpending ............................................ examine pending signals
sigprocmask ................................ examine and change blocked signals
sigrelse .... remove a signal from the calling process's set of blocked signals
sigret .......... restore the process state to that contained in a signal frame
sigsend .................... send a signal to a process or a group of processes
sigset ....................... specify what to do upon presentation of a signal
sigsetmask ..................................... specify set of blocked signals
sigstack .................................. set and/or get signal stack context
sigsuspend .................................................. wait for a signal
sigvec ....................... specify what to do upon presentation of a signal
socket ................................... create an endpoint for communication
socketpair ................................. create a pair of connected sockets
stat .......................................................... get file status
statfs ............................ get information about a mounted file system
statvfs ................................ return information about a file system
stime ................................................................ set time
stkexec ............................................... set stack memory access
stkprotect ............................. set access for future stack extensions
store_conditional ................................ indivisible compare and swap
swapon .................................... add a swap device for demand paging
symlink ........................................... create a symbolic link file
sync ................................................... obsolete: see fsync(2)
sysconf ........................................ get configurable system values
sysfs ............................. returns information about file system types
sysinfo ................................ get and set system information strings
sys_local ...................................... invoke an extended system call
time .......................................................... get system time
times ..................................... get process and child process times
truncate ................................ truncate a file to a specified length
uadmin ..................... request administrative shutdown and reboot options
ulimit .............................................. get or set process limits
umask .......................................... set and get file creation mask
umount ............................................ remove a file system device
uname ......................................... get name of current UNIX system
unlink ............................................... remove a directory entry
ustat ....................................... get file system device statistics
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utime .................................. set file access and modification times
utimes ................................. set file access and modification times
vfork ..................... spawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way
vhangup ........................ virtually hang up the current control terminal
wait ............................................. wait for process termination
wait3 ............................. wait for child process to stop or terminate
wait4 ............... wait for the specified child process to stop or terminate
waitid ................................. wait for child process to change state
write ...................................................... write to an object
writev ........................................................ write on a file
3. Subroutines and Libraries
intro .......................................... introduction to math libraries
intro ............................... introduction to network library functions
Intro ............. introduction to RPC service library functions and protocols
intro ............................... introduction to subroutines and libraries
a64l .................... convert between long integer and base-64 ASCII string
abort ................................. generate an abnormal termination signal
abs ............................................. return integer absolute value
addsev ........................................... define additional severities
addseverity .... build list of severity levels for application used with fmtmsg
assert ............................................... verify program assertion
atexit ........................................ add program termination routine
basename ............................... return the last element of a path name
bcmp .............................................. compare two areas of memory
bcopy ..................................... copy bytes from one area to another
berk_regex ......................................... handle regular expressions
berk_signal ............................. simplified software signal facilities
bessel ....................................................... Bessel functions
bgets ........................................ read stream up to next delimiter
bindresvport ............................ bind a socket to a privileged IP port
bootparam .................................................. bootparam protocol
bsearch .......................................... binary search a sorted table
bufsplit ............................................. split buffer into fields
byteorder .................. convert values between host and network byte order
bzero ................................................ zero a portion of memory
catgets ................................................ read a program message
catopen ........................................ open/close a message catalogue
clock .................................................... report CPU time used
conv ..................................................... translate characters
copylist .............................................. copy a file into memory
crypt ..................................................... generate encryption
crypt .................................. password and file encryption functions
ctermid ....................................... generate file name for terminal
ctime ......................................... convert date and time to string
ctype ...................................................... character handling
curses ........................... CRT screen handling and optimization package
curs_addch ............... add a character (with attributes) to a curses window
curs_addchst ..... add string of characters (and attributes) to a curses window
curs_addchstr .... add string of characters (and attributes) to a curses window
curs_addstr .. add a string of characters to a curses window and advance cursor
curs_addwch ........................ add a wchar_t character to a curses window
curs_addwchstr ............ add string of wchar_t characters to a curses window
curs_addwstr ............ add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window
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curs_attr .............. curses character and window attribute control routines
curs_beep ............................... curses bell and screen flash routines
curs_bkgd ...................... curses window background manipulation routines
curs_border .............. create curses borders, horizontal and vertical lines
curs_clear ............................... clear all or part of a curses window
curs_color ................................. curses color manipulation routines
curs_delch .................. delete character under cursor in a curses window.
curs_deleteln ...................... delete and insert lines in a curses window
curs_getch ........ get (or push back) characters from curses terminal keyboard
curs_getstr ............... get character strings from curses terminal keyboard
curs_getwch get (or push back) wchar_t characters from curses terminal keyboard
curs_getwstr ...... get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard
curs_getyx ........................... get curses cursor and window coordinates
curs_inch ............. get a character and its attributes from a curses window
curs_inchstr . get a string of characters (and attributes) from a curses window
curs_initscr ........... curses screen initialization and manipulation routines
curs_inopts ..................... curses terminal input option control routines
curs_insch .. insert character before character under cursor in a curses window
curs_insstr .insert string before character under the cursor in a curses window
curs_instr .................... get a string of characters from a curses window
curs_inswch ........... insert wchar_t character before cursor in curses window
curs_inswstr ....... insert wchar_t string before the cursor in a curses window
curs_inwch ....................... get a wchar_t character from a curses window
curs_inwchstr ......... get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window
curs_inwstr ........... get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window
curs_kernel ......................................... low-level curses routines
curs_move ........................................... move curses window cursor
curs_outopts ................... curses terminal output option control routines
curs_overlay ................. overlap and manipulate overlapped curses windows
curs_pad ....................................... create and display curses pads
curs_printw .......................... print formatted output in curses windows
curs_refresh ................................. refresh curses windows and lines
curs_scanw ........................ convert formatted input from a curses widow
curs_scroll ............................................ scroll a curses window
curs_scr_dump ................... read (write) a curses screen from (to) a file
curs_slk ........................................... curses soft label routines
curs_termattrs .............................. curses environment query routines
curs_termcap .............. curses interfaces (emulated) to the termcap library
curs_terminfo .......................... curses interfaces to terminfo database
curs_touch .................................... curses refresh control routines
curs_util ............................... miscellaneous curses utility routines
curs_window ............................................. create curses windows
cuserid ... get character login name or user name associated with effective UID
dbm ..................................................... data base subroutines
des_crypt ................................................. fast DES encryption
dg_flock ............... apply or remove an advisory lock on an open DG/UX file
dg_seek ............................................... extended seek functions
dg_strsignal ................... get message string describing the given signal
dial .......................... establish an out-going terminal line connection
difftime ................... computes the difference between two calendar times
directory ................................................ directory operations
dirname .................. report the parent directory name of a file path name
div ........................................ compute the quotient and remainder
dlclose ................................................. close a shared object
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dlerror ............................................ get diagnostic information
dlopen ................................................... open a shared object
dlsym ............................ get the address of a symbol in shared object
doconfig ....................................... execute a configuration script
drand48 .................. generate uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers
drem ............................................ IEEE floating-point remainder
ecvt .................................. convert floating-point number to string
elf ................................................ object file access library
elf_begin .............................................. make a file descriptor
elf_cntl ............................................ control a file descriptor
elf_end ........................................... finish using an object file
elf_error ...................................................... error handling
elf_fill ........................................................ set fill byte
elf_flag ..................................................... manipulate flags
elf_fsize .............................. return the size of an object file type
elf_getarhdr ................................... retrieve archive member header
elf_getarsym .................................... retrieve archive symbol table
elf_getbase ............................ get the base offset for an object file
elf_getdata .................................................. get section data
elf_getehdr ....................... retrieve class-dependent object file header
elf_getident ................................ retrieve file identification data
elf_getphdr ..................... retrieve class-dependent program header table
elf_getscn ............................................ get section information
elf_getshdr ........................... retrieve class-dependent section header
elf_hash ................................................... compute hash value
elf_kind .................................................. determine file type
elf_next ..................................... sequential archive member access
elf_rand ......................................... random archive member access
elf_rawfile .............................. retrieve uninterpreted file contents
elf_strptr .............................................. make a string pointer
elf_update ........................................... update an ELF descriptor
elf_version ................... coordinate ELF library and application versions
elf_xlate .................................... class-dependent data translation
end ................................................. last locations in program
erf ........................... error function and complementary error function
ethers .................................... Ethernet address mapping operations
exp ...................... exponential, logarithm, power, square root functions
exportent ................................ get exported file system information
extended_perror ...................... print an error message to standard error
extended_strerror ........................... get extended error message string
fattach attach STREAMS-based file descriptor to object in file system name space
fclose ................................................ close or flush a stream
fdetach .................... detach a name from a STREAMS-based file descriptor
ferror ................................................ stream status inquiries
ffs ........................................................ find first set bit
floor ..................... floor, ceiling, remainder, absolute value functions
fmtmsg .......................... display a message on stderr or system console
fopen ........................................................... open a stream
forms ........................................... character based forms package
form_cursor ...................................... position forms window cursor
form_data ............. tell if forms field has off-screen data ahead or behind
form_driver ......................... command processor for the forms subsystem
form_field ............................................ connect fields to forms
form_fieldtype ....................................... forms fieldtype routines
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form_field_attributes .......... format the general display attributes of forms
form_field_buffer .......................... set and get forms field attributes
form_field_info ............................... get forms field characteristics
form_field_just ........................ format the general appearance of forms
form_field_new ................................ create and destroy forms fields
form_field_opts ................................... forms field option routines
form_field_userptr ...................... associate application data with forms
form_field_validation ........................ forms field data type validation
form_hook ........ assign application-specific routines for invocation by forms
form_new ............................................. create and destroy forms
form_new_page ................................................ forms pagination
form_opts ............................................... forms option routines
form_page .................................... set forms current page and field
form_post ..................... write or erase forms from associated subwindows
form_userptr ............................ associate application data with forms
form_win ...................... forms window and subwindow association routines
fpgetround ............................ IEEE floating-point environment control
fread ..................................................... binary input/output
frexp .............................. manipulate parts of floating-point numbers
fseek ................................... reposition a file pointer in a stream
fsetpos ................................. reposition a file pointer in a stream
ftime ....................................................... get date and time
ftruncate .................................... set a file to a specified length
ftw .......................................................... walk a file tree
gamma ...................................................... log gamma function
getc ...................................... get character or word from a stream
getcwd .............................. get pathname of current working directory
getdate ..................................... convert user format date and time
getenv ...................................... return value for environment name
getfsent ................................. get filesystem descriptor file entry
getgrent ................................................. get group file entry
gethostent ............................................. get network host entry
getlogin ....................................................... get login name
getmntent ............................... get file system descriptor file entry
getnetconfig ......................... get network configuration database entry
getnetent ................................................... get network entry
getnetgrent ........................................... get network group entry
getnetpath ........ get /etc/netconfig entry corresponding to NETPATH component
getopt ................................. get option letter from argument vector
getpass ....................................................... read a password
getprotoent ................................................ get protocol entry
getpw ....................................................... get name from UID
getpwent ....................................... manipulate password file entry
getrpcent ....................................................... get RPC entry
getrpcport ................................................ get RPC port number
gets ............................................... get a string from a stream
getservent .................................................. get service entry
getspent ................................ manipulate shadow password file entry
getsubopt ...................................... parse suboptions from a string
gettxt ................................................. retrieve a text string
getut .................................................. access utmp file entry
getwc ..................................... get wchar_t character from a stream
getwd .................................. get current working directory pathname
getwidth ........................... get information of supplementary code sets
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getws ...................................... get a wchar_t string from a stream
gmatch .......................................... shell global pattern matching
grantpt ...................... grant access to the slave pseudo-terminal device
hsearch ............................................. manage hash search tables
hypot ............................................. Euclidean distance function
index .............. search for the first occurrence of a character in a string
inet ................................... Internet address manipulation routines
initgroups ..................... initialize the supplementary group access list
insque ..................................... insert/remove element from a queue
isalphanum ........................... determine if a character is alphanumeric
isastream .............................................. test a file descriptor
isencrypt ................... determine whether a character buffer is encrypted
ishex ................................. determine if a character is hexadecimal
isnan ................................. determine type of floating-point number
itoa .......................... convert an integer to an ASCII character string
jobs .................................. summary of DG/UX job control facilities
l3tol ....................... convert between 3-byte integers and long integers
ldahread ........... read the archive header of a member of a COFF archive file
ldclose ............................................ close a common object file
ldfhread ......................... read the file header of a common object file
ldgetname ............. retrieve symbol name for object file symbol table entry
ldlread ....... manipulate line number entries of a common object file function
ldlseek ...... seek to line number entries of a section of a common object file
ldohseek ................... seek to the optional file header of an object file
ldopen ........................................ open an object file for reading
ldrseek ....... seek to relocation entries of a section of a common object file
ldshread .......... read an indexednamed section header of a common object file
ldsseek ............... seek to an indexednamed section of a common object file
ldtbindex ............... compute index of symbol table entry of an object file
ldtbread ................. read an indexed symbol table entry of an object file
ldtbseek ........................... seek to the symbol table of an object file
lfmt .. display error message in standard format and pass to monitor and logger
localeconv ................................. get numeric formatting information
lockf ................................................. record locking on files
logname ............................................. return login name of user
lsearch .............................................. linear search and update
main ................................................... enter a C main program
malloc ....................................................... memory allocator
malloc ....................................................... memory allocator
matherr ............................................... error-handling function
mbchar ......................................... multibyte character conversion
mbchar ........................................... multibyte character handling
mbstring .......................................... multibyte string conversion
mbstring ........................................... multibyte string functions
memory ...................................................... memory operations
menus ........................................... character based menus package
menu_attributes .............................. control menus display attributes
menu_cursor ................................. correctly position a menus cursor
menu_driver ......................... command processor for the menus subsystem
menu_format .......... set and get maximum numbers of rows and columns in menus
menu_hook assign application-specific routines for automatic invocation by menus
menu_items ..................... connect and disconnect items to and from menus
menu_item_current ............................. set and get current menus items
menu_item_name ............................ get menus item name and description
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menu_item_new .................................. create and destroy menus items
menu_item_opts ..................................... menus item option routines
menu_item_userptr ................. associate application data with menus items
menu_item_value ................................. set and get menus item values
menu_item_visible ............................... tell if menus item is visible
menu_mark .......................................... menus mark string routines
menu_new ............................................. create and destroy menus
menu_opts ............................................... menus option routines
menu_pattern ........................... set and get menus pattern match buffer
menu_post ..................... write or erase menus from associated subwindows
menu_userptr ............................ associate application data with menus
menu_win ...................... menus window and subwindow association routines
mkdirp ................................... create, remove directories in a path
mkfifo ...................................................... create a new FIFO
mkstemp ............................................... make a unique file name
mktemp ................................................ make a unique file name
mktime ............................. converts a tm structure to a calendar time
mlock ........................................ lock (or unlock) pages in memory
mlockall ......................................... lock or unlock address space
monitor ............................................. prepare execution profile
mount .............................. keep track of remotely mounted filesystems
mp ...................................... multiple precision integer arithmetic
msync ................................ synchronize memory with physical storage
ndbm .................................................... data base subroutines
netdir .......................... generic transport name-to-address translation
nlist .............................................. get entries from name list
nlm_prot .............. protocol between local and remote network lock managers
nlsgetcall .......................... get client's data passed via the listener
nlsprovider .................................... get name of transport provider
nlsrequest ................... format and send listener service request message
nl_langinfo .............................................. language information
offsetof ........................................... offset of structure member
p2open ................................ open, close pipes to and from a command
panels ......................................... character based panels package
panel_above .................................. panels deck traversal primitives
panel_move ......................... move a panels window on the virtual screen
panel_new ........................................... create and destroy panels
panel_show .................................. panels deck manipulation routines
panel_top ................................... panels deck manipulation routines
panel_update ............................ panels virtual screen refresh routine
panel_userptr .................. associate application data with a panels panel
panel_window .................. get or set the current window of a panels panel
pathfind ........................... search for named file in named directories
perror ............................................ print system error messages
pfmt ................................. display error message in standard format
popen ......................................... initiate pipe to/from a process
printf ................................................. print formatted output
printf ................................................. print formatted output
psignal ................................................ system signal messages
ptsname .......................... get name of the slave pseudo-terminal device
publickey ............................................ get public or secret key
putc ........................................ put character or word on a stream
putenv ..................................... change or add value to environment
putpwent ............................................ write password file entry
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puts ................................................. put a string on a stream
putspent ..................................... write shadow password file entry
putwc ....................................... put wchar_t character on a stream
putws ........................................ put a wchar_t string on a stream
qsort ............................................................ quicker sort
raise .................................................. send signal to program
rand ........................................... simple random-number generator
random ................ generate random numbers better, or change the generator
rcmd ...................... routines for returning a stream to a remote command
realpath ........................................... returns the real file name
regcmp ................................. compile and execute regular expression
regcmp ................................. compile and execute regular expression
regexpr ......................... regular expression compile and match routines
remove ............................................................ remove file
resolver .... make, send, and interpret packets to Internet domain name servers
rex ................................................. remote execution protocol
rexec ....................................... return stream to a remote command
rindex .............. search for the last occurrence of a character in a string
rnusers ..................... return information about users on remote machines
rpc ............................... library routines for remote procedure calls
rstat ................................. get performance data from remote kernel
rtime ......................................................... get remote time
rwall ...................................... write to specified remote machines
scandir ...................................................... scan a directory
scanf ................................................. convert formatted input
scanf ................................................. convert formatted input
setbuf ........................................... assign buffering to a stream
setbuffer ............................... assign a buffer to a specified stream
setcat ................................................. define default catalog
setjmp ......................................................... non-local goto
setlabel .............................. define the label for pfmt() and lfmt().
setlinebuf ....................... assign line buffering for a specified stream
setlocale ................................. modify and query a program's locale
sigsetjmp .................................. a non-local goto with signal state
sigsetops ......................................... manipulate sets of signals.
sinh ..................................................... hyperbolic functions
sleep .......................................... suspend execution for interval
sm_inter .............................................. status monitor protocol
spray .............................. scatter data in order to check the network
sputl ............... access long integer data in a machine-independent fashion
ssignal ...................................................... software signals
stdio .................................. standard buffered input/output package
stdipc ............................ standard interprocess communication package
str ...................................................... string manipulations
strccpy ................... copy strings, compressing or expanding escape codes
strcoll ...................................................... string collation
strerror ............................................. get error message string
strftime ...................................... convert date and time to string
string ...................................................... string operations
strsave ..... allocate area large enough to hold string and move string into it
strtod .............................. convert string to double-precision number
strtol .............................................. convert string to integer
strxfrm ................................................. string transformation
stty ..................................... set and get terminal state (defunct)
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swab ............................................................... swap bytes
swapcontext .......................................... manipulate user contexts
syslog ..................................................... control system log
system .................................................. issue a shell command
tcsetpgrp ............................ set terminal foreground process group id
termcap ............................... terminal independent operation routines
termios ............................................ general terminal interface
tmpfile ............................................... create a temporary file
tmpnam ..................................... create a name for a temporary file
trig .................................................. trigonometric functions
tsearch ............................................ manage binary search trees
ttyname ............................................... find name of a terminal
ttyslot .................... find the slot in the utmp file of the current user
t_accept ............................................. accept a connect request
t_alloc .......................................... allocate a library structure
t_bind ................................ bind an address to a transport endpoint
t_close ............................................ close a transport endpoint
t_connect .................. establish a connection with another transport user
t_error ................................................. produce error message
t_free ............................................... free a library structure
t_getinfo ........................... get protocol-specific service information
t_getstate .............................................. get the current state
t_listen ......................................... listen for a connect request
t_look ...................... look at the current event on a transport endpoint
t_open ......................................... establish a transport endpoint
t_optmgmt ............................. manage options for a transport endpoint
t_rcv ................... receive data or expedited data sent over a connection
t_rcvconnect .................. receive the confirmation from a connect request
t_rcvdis ................................. retrieve information from disconnect
t_rcvrel ................. acknowledge receipt of an orderly release indication
t_rcvudata ................................................ receive a data unit
t_rcvuderr ............................... receive a unit data error indication
t_snd ........................... send data or expedited data over a connection
t_snddis ............................... send user-initiated disconnect request
t_sndrel .......................................... initiate an orderly release
t_sndudata ................................................... send a data unit
t_sync .......................................... synchronize transport library
t_unbind ......................................... disable a transport endpoint
ungetc .................................. push character back onto input stream
ungetwc ......................... push wchar_t character back into input stream
unlockpt ........................... unlock a pseudo-terminal master/slave pair
vlfmt . display error message in standard format and pass to monitor and logger
vlimit ............................ control maximum system resource consumption
vpfmt . display error message in standard format and pass to monitor and logger
vprintf .................... print formatted output of a variable argument list
vprintf .................... print formatted output of a variable argument list
vscanf .................... convert formatted input using varargs argument list
vtimes ................................... get information about resource usage
wconv .................................................... translate characters
wctype .................... classify ASCII and supplemetary code set characters
widec ........................................ multibyte character I/O routines
wstring ..................... wchar_t string operations and type transformation
xdr ......................... library routines for external data representation
yp ....................................... Network Information Service protocol
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ypclnt ........................... Network Information Service client interface
yppasswd .................. update user password in Network Information Service
yp_update .............................................. change NIS information
4. File Formats
intro ............................................ introduction to file formats
intro ............................................ introduction to file formats
a.out ........................................ assembler and link editor output
acct ....................................... per-process accounting file format
aliases .................................... addresses and aliases for sendmail
ar ........................................... DG/UX common archive file format
binarsys ................. remote system information for the ckbinarsys command
bootparams ........................................... boot parameter data base
checklist ................... list of file systems processed by fsck and ncheck
compver .............................................. compatible versions file
copyright .......................................... copyright information file
core ................................................ format of core image file
cpio ................................................... format of cpio archive
cpz .......................................................... compose-key maps
depend ............................................ software dependencies files
dfm .......................................................... DOS file manager
dialups ................................. devices requiring a dial-up password.
dirent ................................ file system independent directory entry
dumpcycle ......................................... dump cycle file for backups
dumptab ............................................. tape table file for dump2
d_passwd .................... log-in programs and passwords for dial-up devices
ethers ..................... Ethernet address to hostname database or YP domain
exports .................................. directories to export to NFS clients
failover .................................................... failover database
filehdr ................................... file header for common object files
fs ......................................................... file system format
fspec ...................................... format specification in text files
fstab ................................... static information about file systems
ftpd.deny ... File to disallow incoming FTP sessions for particular login names
gateways .................................................. database for routed
group .............................................................. group file
hfm .................................................. high sierra file manager
holidays .. accounting information used to distinguish prime and non-prime days
hosts ....................................................... hostname database
hosts.equiv ........................ file format list of trusted hosts database
idl ............................................ interface description language
inetd.conf .......................................... Internet servers database
inittab ....................................................... script for init
inode ..................................................... file node structure
issue ............................................... issue identification file
ldfcn .................................... COFF executable file access routines
limits ...................... header file for implementation-specific constants
linenum ........................... line number entries in a common object file
mailcnfg ........................ initialization information for mail and rmail
mailsurr ................. surrogate commands for routing and transport of mail
master ................................................ format of a master file
mfs ........................................................ memory file system
mnttab .............................................. mounted file system table
netconfig ...................................... network configuration database
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netgroup ............................................... list of network groups
networks ................................................ network name database
passwd .......................................................... password file
pkginfo .......................................... package characteristics file
pkgmap ...................................... package contents description file
pmterrtab ................................... table of equivalent error numbers
pmttapetab ....................................... table of remote tape devices
profile ............................... setting up an environment at login time
protocols .............................................. protocol name database
prototype ............................................ package information file
publickey ................................................. public key database
rcsfile .................................................... format of RCS file
reloc ......................... relocation information for a common object file
resolv.conf ....................... configuration file for name server routines
rpc .............................................. rpc program number data base
sccsfile .................................................. format of SCCS file
scr_dump ................................... format of curses screen image file
sdetab ............................. software development environment data base
services ................................................ service name database
snmpd_files .......................................... SNMP configuration files
space ............................................. disk space requirement file
statd ................................... statd directories and file structures
strftime ............................................ language specific strings
svcorder .................... file that specifies name/address resolution order
syms ................................... common object file symbol table format
system .................................... format of a kernel description file
tcpip.params ................. TCP/IP network parameter database for rc scripts
terminfo ............................. terminal and printer capability database
timezone .............................. set default system time zone and locale
ttydefs ......................... terminal line settings information for ttymon
ttysrch ..................................... directory search list for ttyname
updaters .................................. configuration file for NIS updating
utmp .............................................. utmp and wtmp entry formats
vtc.addrs ......................................... SYAC VTC configuration file
ypfiles ...... the Network Information Service database and directory structure
5. Miscellaneous Features
intro .............................................. introduction to miscellany
ascii .............................................. map of ASCII character set
dg_mknod ............................ data returned by the dg_mknod system call
dg_stat ..................... data returned by dg_stat and dg_fstat system call
editread .................................................. command line editor
elink ................................ environment variable sensitive file link
environ ...................................................... user environment
eucioctl ............ generic interface to EUC handling TTY drivers and modules
fcntl .................................................... file control options
hier .............................................. DG/UX file system hierarchy
hostname ...................................... hostname resolution description
iso-88591 ............... map of ISO 8859-1 character set, Latin Alphabet No. 1
iso-88592 ............... map of ISO 8859-2 character set, Latin Alphabet No. 2
iso-88597 ........... map of ISO 8859-7 character set, the Latin/Greek Alphabet
langinfo ....................................... language information constants
legend ....................................... debugging information technology
math ............................................. math functions and constants
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misalign ............................... handle misaligned memory access faults
nl_types ........................................... native language data types
plot ....................................................... graphics interface
printcap ......................................... printer capability data base
prof ................................................ profile within a function
ps_isolatin1encoding ................ map of PostScript ISOLatin1 character set
ps_standardencoding .................. map of PostScript standard character set
ps_symbol .............................. map of PostScript symbol character set
regexp .......................... regular expression compile and match routines
sde .......................................... software development environment
siginfo ......................................... signal generation information
signal ........................................................... base signals
stat ........................................ data returned by stat system call
statfs ................................ data returned by the statfs system call
stdarg .......................................... handle variable argument list
syslog.conf .................. configuration file for syslogd system log server
tar .................................................. tape archive file format
term ......................................... conventional names for terminals
termcap ......................................... terminal capability data base
types ............................................. primitive system data types
ucontext ......................................................... user context
ustat .................................. data returned by the ustat system call
values ............................................... machine-dependent values
varargs ......................................... handle variable argument list
wstat ............................................................. wait status
6. Communications Protocols
intro .......... Communications Protocols introduction to networking facilities
arp ............................................... Address Resolution Protocol
dot3 ........ IEEE 802.3 carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
inet ......................... Communications Protocol Internet protocol family
ip .................................. Communications Protocol Internet Protocol
nfs ....................................................... network file system
rarp ...................................... Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
routing ................................................ network packet routing
snap ............................................... Subnetwork Access Protocol
tcp ................... Network Protocol Internet Transmission Control Protocol
udp ................... Communications Protocol Internet User Datagram Protocol
unix_ipc .................................. piping communications within a host
7. System Special Files
intro .............................. introduction to DG/UX System special files
alp .......................................... Algorithm Pool management module
att_kbd ................................. generalized string translation module
cied ............................................. AViiON family disk subsystem
cien ....................................... CMC-130 Ethernet network interface
cimd ............................................. AViiON family disk subsystem
cird ............................................. AViiON family disk subsystem
cisc ......................................... link an AViiON bus to a SCSI bus
clone ............................... open any minor device on a STREAMS driver
connld .......................... line discipline for unique stream connections
da ......................................... AViiON family disk array subsystem
devtty ......................................... control terminal pseudo-device
dgen ......................................... ILACC Ethernet network interface
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dgsc ......................................... link an AViiON bus to a SCSI bus
dsk .............................................. block special disk interface
duart .................................. Dual Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
err ................................................... error-logging interface
filesystem ........................................... file system organization
grfx ............................. AViiON series workstation graphics processor
hada ........... link an AViiON bus to a High Availability Disk Array subsystem
hken .......................................... Hawk Ethernet network interface
inen ......................................... LANCE Ethernet network interface
insc ......................................... link an AViiON bus to a SCSI bus
iscd ....................................... Integrated Synchronous Chip Driver
kbd ................................. AViiON series workstation system keyboard
kmem .................................................... kernel logical memory
ldterm ....................... standard STREAMS terminal line discipline module
log ...................... interface to STREAMS error logging and event tracing
loop ............. Communications Interface software loopback network interface
lp ............................... DGC AViiON family line printer special files
mem ........................................................ main system memory
mouse ............................................................ mouse device
ncsc ......................................... link an AViiON bus to a SCSI bus
null ............................................................ the null file
nvrd ................................ AViiON family non-volatile disk subsystem
pckt ............................................... STREAMS Packet Mode module
pefn ......................................... Peregrine FDDI network interface
plm ...................................... pseudo lock manager device interface
pmt ..................................... pseudo magnetic tape device interface
prf ................................................. operating system profiler
ptem ................................. STREAMS Pseudo Terminal Emulation module
pty ........................... pseudo-terminal master/slave pseudo-device pair
rdsk ......................................... character special disk interface
rmt ................................. character special magnetic tape interface
sad ............................................. STREAMS Administrative Driver
sd ................................................... access a SCSI disk drive
ssid ..................................... Streams Synchronous Interface Driver
st ................................................... access a SCSI tape drive
streamio ............................................... STREAMS ioctl commands
syac ........................ AViiON family intelligent asynchronous controller
syscon ........................... DG/UX operating system console pseudo-device
termio ............................................. general terminal interface
termiox ................................... extended general terminal interface
timod .......................... Transport Interface cooperating STREAMS module
tirdwr ................ Transport Interface read/write interface STREAMS module
ttcompat ...................... V7, 4BSD and XENIX STREAMS compatibility module
vitr ..................................... Vilya TokenRing Controller interface
vsxb ............................................. VME Streams Cross Bus Driver
wmt .pseudo WORM (Write Once Read Multiple optical device) as magtape interface
zero ......................................................... source of zeroes
8. System Maintenance Procedures
intro ........................... introduction to system maintenance procedures
crash ................................ what to do when the DG/UX system crashes
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