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1. Commands

1C. Communications Commands

1D. IRIS GL Demos

1G. Graphics Commands

1M. Maintenance Commands

1W. mex Commands

2. System Calls

3. Subroutines and Libraries

3C. C Library

3M. Math Library

3N. Network Support Library

3S. Standard I/O Library

3X. Miscellaneous Libraries

3c. C Library

3g. IRIX GL Library

4. Special Files

5. File Formats

6. Games and Demos

7. Miscellaneous Facilities

7P. Network Protocols

8. Maintenance Procedures

Manual — GL2 W2.4

1127 entries

1. Commands (intro)

300s, 300handle special functions of DASI 300 and 300s terminals
300, 300shandle special functions of DASI 300 and 300s terminals
4014paginator for the Tektronix 4014 terminal
450handle special functions of the DASI 450 terminal
Mailsend and receive mail
acctcomsearch and print process accounting file(s)
adbdebugger
addbibcreate or extend bibliographic database
admincreate and administer SCCS files
applyapply a command to a set of arguments
ararchive and library maintainer
arpaddress resolution display and control
asassembler
asainterpret ASA carriage control characters
atexecute commands at a later time
awkpattern scanning and processing language
bannermake posters
banner7print large banner on printer
dirname, basenamedeliver portions of path names
bcarbitrary-precision arithmetic language
bcatcatenate and print (Berkeley cat)
bdiffbig diff
bfsbig file scanner
bsa compiler/interpreter for modest-sized programs
bstatboard statistics
calprint calendar
calendarreminder service
lp, cancelsend/cancel requests to an LP line printer
catconcatenate and print files
cbC program beautifier
pc, f77, ccC, Pascal and FORTRAN compilers for the 68010/68020
cdchange working directory
cdcchange the delta commentary of an SCCS delta
checkcheck RCS status of a file
checkcwverifies constant-width text prepared by cw(1) for troff
eqn, neqn, checkeqformat mathematical text for nroff or troff
mm, osdd, checkmmprint/check documents formatted with the MM macros
chown, chgrpchange owner or group
chmodchange mode
chgrp, chownchange owner or group
cicheck in RCS revisions
clearclear terminal screen
cmpcompare two files
cocheck out RCS revisions
colfilter reverse line-feeds
colordTektronix 4692 color printer daemon and spooler
combcombine SCCS deltas
commselect or reject lines common to two sorted files
ln, mv, cpcopy, link or move files
cpiocopy file archives in and out
cppthe C language preprocessor
csha shell (command interpreter) with C-like syntax
csplitcontext split
ctagsmaintain a tags file for a C program
cutcut out selected fields of each line of a file
checkcw, cwprepare constant-width text for troff
cxrefgenerate C program cross reference
dateprint and set the date
dbxdebugger
dcdesk calculator
ddconvert and copy a file
deltamake a delta (change) to an SCCS file
deroffremove nroff/troff, tbl, and eqn constructs
dfreport number of free disk blocks
explain, dictionprint wordy sentences; thesaurus for diction
diffdifferential file comparator
diff33-way differential file comparison
diffmkmark differences between files
dircmpdirectory comparison
basename, dirnamedeliver portions of path names
enable, disableenable/disable LP printers
dusummarize disk usage
echoecho arguments
edtext editor
ex, edittext editor
grep, fgrep, egrepsearch a file for a pattern
emacsdisplay editor
disable, enableenable/disable LP printers
envset environment for command execution
neqn, checkeq, eqnformat mathematical text for nroff or troff
erroranalyze and disperse compiler error messages
edit, extext editor
diction, explainprint wordy sentences; thesaurus for diction
exprevaluate arguments as an expression
extcentryextract FORTRAN-callable entry points from a C file
f77FORTRAN compiler for the 68010/68020
factorfactor a number
true, falseprovide truth values
grep, egrep, fgrepsearch a file for a pattern
filedetermine file type
findfind files
flpfloppy formatter
fmtsimple text formatter
foldfold long lines for finite width output device
freqreport on character frequencies in a file
fsplitsplit fortran or ratfor files
gclearclear IRIS graphics screen
getget a version of an SCCS file
getoptparse command options
greekselect terminal filter
egrep, fgrep, grepsearch a file for a pattern
headgive first few lines
helpask for help
hostnameset or print name of current host system
hphandle special functions of HP 2640 and 2621-series terminals
hyphenfind hyphenated words
idprint user and group IDs and names
identidentify files
indentindent and format C program source
lookbib, indxbibbuild inverted index for a bibliography, find references in a bibliography
introintroduction to commands and application programs
iostatreport I/O statistics
ipcrmremove a message queue, semaphore set or shared memory id
ipcsreport inter-process communication facilities status
joinrelational database operator
killterminate a process
lastindicate last logins of users and teletypes
lavshow load average
ldlink editor
lexgenerate programs for simple lexical tasks
lineread one line
linta C program checker
cp, mv, lncopy, link or move files
loginsign on
lognameget login name
indxbib, lookbibbuild inverted index for a bibliography, find references in a bibliography
lorderfind ordering relation for an object library
cancel, lpsend/cancel requests to an LP line printer
lprline printer spooler
lpstatprint LP status information
lslist contents of directory (enhanced Berkeley version)
m4macro processor
m68k, pdp11, u3b, vax, m68000provide truth value about your processor type
m68000, pdp11, u3b, vax, m68kprovide truth value about your processor type
m68000, m68k, pdp11, u3b, vax, machidprovide truth value about your processor type
Mail, mail.berksend and receive mail
Mail, mailsend and receive mail
makemaintain, update, and regenerate groups of programs
manprog, manprint entries in this manual
mergethree-way file merge
mesgpermit or deny messages
mkf2c, mkc2fgenerate C-FORTRAN interface routines
mkdirmake a directory
mkc2f, mkf2cgenerate C-FORTRAN interface routines
/etc/mklost+found, mklost+founmake a lost+found directory for fsck
mkstrcreate an error message file by massaging C source
osdd, checkmm, mmprint/check documents formatted with the MM macros
mvt, mmttypeset documents, view graphs, and slides
page, morefile perusal filter for crt viewing
mtmagnetic tape manipulating program
cp, ln, mvcopy, link or move files
mmt, mvttypeset documents, view graphs, and slides
eqn, checkeq, neqnformat mathematical text for nroff or troff
newformchange the format of a text file
newgrplog in to a new group
newsprint news items
nicerun a command at low priority
nlline numbering filter
nmprint name list
nohuprun a command immune to hangups (sh only)
nroffformat text
odoctal dump
mm, checkmm, osddprint/check documents formatted with the MM macros
pcat, unpack, packcompress and expand files
more, pagefile perusal filter for crt viewing
passwdchange login password
pastemerge same lines of several files or subsequent lines of one file
 pc, pcPascal compiler for the 68010/68020
pack, unpack, pcatcompress and expand files
m68000, m68k, u3b, vax, pdp11provide truth value about your processor type
prprint files
printenvprint out the environment
profdisplay profile data
prsprint an SCCS file
psprocess status
ptxpermuted index
pwdworking directory name
ranlibconvert archives to random libraries
ratforrational Fortran dialect
rcschange RCS file attributes
rcsdiffcompare RCS revisions
rcsintrointroduction to RCS commands
rcsmergemerge RCS revisions
referfind and insert literature references in documents
regcmpregular expression compile
resetreset the teletype bits to a sensible state
rlogprint log messages and other information about RCS files
rmdir, rmremove files or directories
Mail, rmailsend and receive mail
rmdelremove a delta from an SCCS file
rm, rmdirremove files or directories
roffbibrun off bibliographic database
routemanually manipulate the routing tables
sactprint current SCCS file editing activity
sarsystem activity reporter
sccsdiffcompare two versions of an SCCS file
scriptmake typescript of terminal session
sdiffside-by-side difference program
sedstream editor
seesee what a file has in it
rsh, shshell, the standard/restricted command programming language
sizesize of an object file
sleepsuspend execution for an interval
snoSNOBOL interpreter
sortsort and/or merge files
sortbibsort bibliographic database
hashmake, spellin, hashcheck, spellfind spelling errors
splitsplit a file into pieces
sspmake output single spaced
stringsfind the printable strings in an object, or other binary file
stripremove symbols and relocation bits
sttyset the options for a terminal
styleanalyze surface characteristics of a document
subecome super-user or another user
sumprint checksum and block count of a file
syncupdate the super block
tabsset tabs on a terminal
taildeliver the last part of a file
tartape archiver
tblformat tables for nroff or troff
tcphototypesetter simulator
teepipe fitting
testcondition evaluation command
timetime a command
timextime a command; report process data and system activity
touchupdate access and modification times of a file
trtranslate characters
trofftypeset text
false, trueprovide truth values
tsetterminal dependent initialization
tsorttopological sort
ttyget the terminal’s name
m68000, m68k, pdp11, vax, u3bprovide truth value about your processor type
uduucp/mail network daemon
uldo underlining
umaskset file-creation mode mask
unameprint system name and version information
ungetundo a previous get of an SCCS file
uniqreport repeated lines in a file
unitsconversion program
pack, pcat, unpackcompress and expand files
uptimeshow how long system has been up
valvalidate SCCS file
m68000, m68k, pdp11, u3b, vaxprovide truth value about your processor type
vcversion control
view, viscreen oriented (visual) display editor based on ex
vi, viewscreen oriented (visual) display editor based on ex
wwho is on and what they are doing
waitawait completion of process
wcword count
whatidentify SCCS files
whereislocate source, binary, and or manual for program
whowho is on the system
whoamiprint effective current user id
writewrite to another user
xargsconstruct argument list(s) and execute command
xstrextract strings from C programs to implement shared strings
yaccyet another compiler-compiler

1C. Communications Commands

ctspawn getty to a remote terminal
cucall another unix system
ftpfile transfer program
rcpremote file copy
rloginremote login
rshremote shell
ruptimeshow host status of local machines
rwhowho is logged in on local machines
t3279IBM 3270 terminal emulator
telnetuser interface to the TELNET protocol
uulog, uuname, uucpunix to unix copy
uuencode, uudecodeencode/decode a binary file for transmission via mail
uudecode, uuencodeencode/decode a binary file for transmission via mail
uucp, uuname, uulogunix to unix copy
uucp, uulog, uunameunix to unix copy
uuto, uupickpublic unix system-to-unix system file copy
uustatuucp status inquiry and job control
uupick, uutopublic unix system-to-unix system file copy
uuxunix to unix command execution
wsirisemulate an IRIS terminal on an IRIS workstation
xcpremote file copy
xx, xloginremote execution via XNS
xlogin, xxremote execution via XNS

1D. IRIS GL Demos

archdisplay a simulated architectural model
bckgrndgenerate a textured background texture
showmap, cedit, interp, colordemoscolor map demonstration programs
cubereal-time display of famous cube puzzle
curvefast interactive cubic curve display
demomakemaploads colors for mex demonstration programs
dogcooperative or competitive flight simulator and airshow generator
dogscoredisplays the dogfight score board
flightsimulate the flight of any of several aircraft
flowdisplay of complex scientific data base
hemedepthcued display of the Cytochrome P450 protein molecule
showmap, cedit, interpcolor map demonstration programs
jetdepthcued wireframe model of a jet fighter
lightdemonstrates real-time lighting and shadows
radarflight controller’s view of the Ethernet dogfight
robotcontrol a robot arm
set60, setntsc, set30set video output type
set30, setntsc, set60set video output type
set60, set30, setntscset video output type
shadowfull-screen armchair pilot’s view of the dogfight
showrampinteractive color ramp
shuttledepthcued wireframe model of the space shuttle
surfegg, surfcarsurface editor and rendering driver
surfcar, surfeggsurface editor and rendering driver
textdragging and scrolling of pixel text
zshadecar, zshadeabstract, zshadeegg, zshadejet, zshadeabstrshading and z-buffering demo
zshadeabstract, zshadeegg, zshadejet, zshadecarshading and z-buffering demo
zshadecar, zshadeabstract, zshadejet, zshadeeggshading and z-buffering demo
zshadecar, zshadeabstract, zshadeegg, zshadejetshading and z-buffering demo
zshadecar, zshadeabstract, zshadeegg, zshadejet, zshaderangeshading and z-buffering demo

1G. Graphics Commands

blanktimeset the screen blanking timeout
capturedump screen images to file or hard copy device. 
devportassign a serial port to an external graphics device
loadfontreplace the system font
mexmanage windows on the IRIS
sagsystem activity graph
splineinterpolate smooth curve
textcolorsset the colors used by a text window

1M. Maintenance Commands

reject, acceptallow/prevent LP requests
acctdisk, acctdusg, accton, acctwtmp, acctoverview of accounting and miscellaneous accounting commands
acctcmscommand summary from per-process accounting records
acctcon1, acctcon2, acctconconnect-time accounting
acctcon2, acctcon1connect-time accounting
acctcon1, acctcon2connect-time accounting
acctdusg, accton, acctwtmp, acctdiskoverview of accounting and miscellaneous accounting commands
acctdisk, accton, acctwtmp, acctdusgoverview of accounting and miscellaneous accounting commands
acctmergmerge or add total accounting files
acctdisk, acctdusg, acctwtmp, acctonoverview of accounting and miscellaneous accounting commands
acctprc1, acctprc2, acctprcprocess accounting
acctprc2, acctprc1process accounting
acctprc1, acctprc2process accounting
chargefee, ckpacct, dodisk, lastlogin, monacct, nulladm, prctmp, prdaily, prtacct, runacct, shutacct, startup, turnacct, acctshshell procedures for accounting
acctdisk, acctdusg, accton, acctwtmpoverview of accounting and miscellaneous accounting commands
backupinteractive backup program for SGI IRIS workstation
brc, rc, powerfail, bcheckrcsystem initialization shell scripts
bcopyinteractive block copy
bcheckrc, rc, powerfail, brcsystem initialization shell scripts
ckpacct, dodisk, lastlogin, monacct, nulladm, prctmp, prdaily, prtacct, runacct, shutacct, startup, turnacct, chargefeeshell procedures for accounting
checkallfaster file system checking procedure
chrootchange root directory for a command
chargefee, dodisk, lastlogin, monacct, nulladm, prctmp, prdaily, prtacct, runacct, shutacct, startup, turnacct, ckpacctshell procedures for accounting
clriclear inode
cronclock daemon
devnmdevice name
flpuxfertransfer the bootable floppy
dfsck, fsckfile system consistency check and interactive repair
fsdbfile system debugger
ftpdDARPA Internet file transfer protocol server
fuseridentify processes using a file or file structure
wtmpfix, fwtmpmanipulate connect accounting records
gettyset terminal type, modes, speed, and line discipline
pwck, grpckpassword/group file checkers
iibinitialize ib driver
telinit, initprocess control initialization
installinstall commands
kernelinstall a default kernel
killallkill all active processes
labelitlabel a file system
unlink, linkexercise link and unlink system calls
lpadminconfigure the LP spooling system
lpsched, lpshut, lpmovestart/stop the LP request scheduler and move requests
lpshut, lpmove, lpschedstart/stop the LP request scheduler and move requests
lpsched, lpmove, lpshutstart/stop the LP request scheduler and move requests
mkbootmake a bootable tape for system restoration
mkbootflpcreate a bootable unix floppy disk
mkfs, mkfs.bellconstruct a file system
mkfsconstruct a file system
mknodbuild special file
chargefee, ckpacct, dodisk, lastlogin, nulladm, prctmp, prdaily, prtacct, runacct, shutacct, startup, turnacct, monacctshell procedures for accounting
umount, mountmount and dismount file system
multiswitch the system to multi-user mode
mvdirmove a directory
ncheckgenerate names from i-numbers
netloaddownload TCP/IP protocol module to EXOS board
newfscreate a new file system
chargefee, ckpacct, dodisk, lastlogin, monacct, prctmp, prdaily, prtacct, runacct, shutacct, startup, turnacct, nulladmshell procedures for accounting
chargefee, ckpacct, dodisk, lastlogin, monacct, nulladm, prdaily, prtacct, runacct, shutacct, startup, turnacct, prctmpshell procedures for accounting
chargefee, ckpacct, dodisk, lastlogin, monacct, nulladm, prctmp, prtacct, runacct, shutacct, startup, turnacct, prdailyshell procedures for accounting
chargefee, ckpacct, dodisk, lastlogin, monacct, nulladm, prctmp, prdaily, runacct, shutacct, startup, turnacct, prtacctshell procedures for accounting
grpck, pwckpassword/group file checkers
rc.tcp, rc.xns, rc.488communication option initialization
rc.getdate, rc.fsuser-configurable system initialization
rc.fs, rc.getdateuser-configurable system initialization
brc, bcheckrc, powerfail, rcsystem initialization shell scripts
rc.488, rc.xns, rc.tcpcommunication option initialization
rc.488, rc.tcp, rc.xnscommunication option initialization
rebootUNIX bootstrapping procedures
accept, rejectallow/prevent LP requests
rootcopyIRIS terminal root partition copy
rshdremote shell server
runacctrun daily accounting
rwhodsystem status server
sa2, sadc, sa1system activity report package
sa1, sadc, sa2system activity report package
sa1, sa2, sadcsystem activity report package
sa1, sa2, sadc, sarsystem activity report package
setmntestablish mount table
sgbootprovide network boot service
sgbounceprovide network name service
sgilabelprint or update the SGI disk drive label
chargefee, ckpacct, dodisk, lastlogin, monacct, nulladm, prctmp, prdaily, prtacct, runacct, startup, turnacct, shutacctshell procedures for accounting
shutdownterminate all processing
singleswitch the system to single-user mode
chargefee, ckpacct, dodisk, lastlogin, monacct, nulladm, prctmp, prdaily, prtacct, runacct, shutacct, turnacct, startupshell procedures for accounting
init, telinitprocess control initialization
chargefee, ckpacct, dodisk, lastlogin, monacct, nulladm, prctmp, prdaily, prtacct, runacct, shutacct, startup, turnacctshell procedures for accounting
mount, umountmount and dismount file system
link, unlinkexercise link and unlink system calls
updateperiodically update the super block
uucleanuucp spool directory clean-up
uusubmonitor uucp network
vmstatreport virtual memory statistics
wallwrite to all users
whodowho is doing what
xnsdnetwork utility daemon

1W. mex Commands

ceditedit colors on the screen
clockdisplay the current time of day
gammaset the gamma correction value for mapping colors
ipastedisplay an image file on the screen
isetchange the type field of an image file
istatprovide information about an image file
loadavgraphically display the system load average
loadmapload a part of the color map from a file
magmagnify pixels on the screen
makemapmake the default color map
randmaprandomize a section of the color map
savedesktopsaves colors in ~/.desktop
savemapsave a range of the color map
showmapdisplay the contents of the color map
showpieshow the division of a window into rectangles
shrinkshrink an image
startupstart the window manager
texbackgenerate a textured background texture
viscopy a file to the screen
wormsUNIX worms running on the IRIS

2. System Calls (intro)

exit, _exitterminate process
accessdetermine accessibility of a file
acctenable or disable process accounting
alarmset a process’s alarm clock
sbrk, brkchange data segment space allocation
chdirchange working directory
chmodchange mode of file
chownchange owner and group of a file
chrootchange root directory
closeclose a file descriptor
creatcreate a new file or rewrite an existing one
dupduplicate an open file descriptor
execl, execv, execle, execve, execlp, execvp, execexecute a file
_exit, exitterminate process
fcntlfile control
forkcreate a new process
stat, lstat, fstatget file status
getuid, geteuid, getgid, getegidget real user, effective user, real group, and effective group IDs
getuid, getgid, getegid, geteuidget real user, effective user, real group, and effective group IDs
getuid, geteuid, getegid, getgidget real user, effective user, real group, and effective group IDs
gethostnameget name of current host
getpid, getppid, getpgrpget process, process group, and parent process IDs
getpgrp, getppid, getpidget process, process group, and parent process IDs
getpid, getpgrp, getppidget process, process group, and parent process IDs
geteuid, getgid, getegid, getuidget real user, effective user, real group, and effective group IDs
getversionget version information from the operating system
introintroduction to system calls and error numbers
ioctlcontrol device
killsend a signal to a process or a group of processes
linklink to a file
lseekmove read/write file pointer
mknodmake a directory, or a special or ordinary file
mountmount a file system
msgctlmessage control operations
msggetget message queue
msgopmessage operations
nicechange priority of a process
openopen for reading or writing
pausesuspend process until signal
physallow a process to access physical addresses
pipecreate an interprocess channel
plocklock process, text, or data in memory
profilexecution time profile
ptraceprocess trace
readread from file
readlinkread value of a symbolic link
rebootreboot the system
brk, sbrkchange data segment space allocation
semctlsemaphore control operations
semgetget set of semaphores
semopsemaphore operations
setuid, setgidset user and group IDs
sethostnameset name of host cpu
setpgrpset process group ID
setgid, setuidset user and group IDs
shmctlshared memory control operations
shmgetget shared memory segment
shmopshared memory operations
signalspecify what to do upon receipt of a signal
lstat, fstat, statget file status
stimeset time
symlinkmake symbolic link to a file
syncupdate super-block
timeget time
timesget process and child process times
ftruncate, truncatetruncate a file to a specified length
ulimitget and set user limits
umaskset and get file creation mask
umountunmount a file system
unameget name of current unix system
unlinkremove directory entry
ustatget file system statistics
utimeset file access and modification times
uvarreturns system-specific configuration information
waitwait for child process to stop or terminate
writewrite on a file

3. Subroutines and Libraries

newtagcreates a new tag in an object
patchprecision, patchprecissets precision at which curves are drawn
tgetent, tgetnum, tgetflag, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs, termcapterminal independent operation routines
termlib
tgetnum, tgetflag, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs, tgetentterminal independent operation routines
tgetent, tgetnum, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs, tgetflagterminal independent operation routines
tgetent, tgetflag, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs, tgetnumterminal independent operation routines
tgetent, tgetnum, tgetflag, tgoto, tputs, tgetstrterminal independent operation routines
tgetent, tgetnum, tgetflag, tgetstr, tputs, tgototerminal independent operation routines
tgetent, tgetnum, tgetflag, tgetstr, tgoto, tputsterminal independent operation routines

3C. C Library

l64a, a64lconvert between long integer and base-64 ASCII string
abortgenerate an IOT fault
absreturn integer absolute value
ctime, localtime, gmtime, tzset, asctimeconvert date and time to string
_latof, atofconvert ASCII string to floating-point number
strtol, atol, atoiconvert string to integer
strtol, atoi, atolconvert string to integer
bsearchbinary search
malloc, free, realloc, callocmain memory allocator
clockreport CPU time used
toupper, tolower, _toupper, _tolower, toascii, convtranslate characters
localtime, gmtime, asctime, tzset, ctimeconvert date and time to string
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, toupper, tolower, toascii, ctypeclassify or translate characters
dialestablish an out-going terminal line connection
erand48, lrand48, nrand48, mrand48, jrand48, srand48, seed48, lcong48, drand48generate uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers
ecvt (_d_ecvt), fcvt (_d_fcvt), gcvt (_d_gcvt), ecvtconvert floating-point number to string
end, etext, edatalast locations in program
etext, edata, endlast locations in program
getgrent, getgrgid, getgrnam, setgrent, endgrentget group file entry
getpwent, getpwuid, getpwnam, setpwent, endpwentget password file entry
getutent, getutid, getutline, pututline, setutent, utmpname, endutentaccess utmp file entry
drand48, lrand48, nrand48, mrand48, jrand48, srand48, seed48, lcong48, erand48generate uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers
perror, sys_errlist, sys_nerr, errnosystem error messages
end, edata, etextlast locations in program
ecvt (_d_ecvt), fcvt (_d_fcvt), gcvt (_d_gcvt), fcvtconvert floating-point number to string
fpsigsetC floating point exception handling system
malloc, realloc, calloc, freemain memory allocator
_lfrexp, ldexp, _lldexp, modf, _lmodf, frexpmanipulate parts of floating-point numbers
ftwwalk a file tree
ecvt (_d_ecvt), fcvt (_d_fcvt), gcvt (_d_gcvt), gcvtconvert floating-point number to string
getcwdget pathname of current working directory
getenvreturn value for environment name
getgrgid, getgrnam, setgrent, endgrent, getgrentget group file entry
getgrent, getgrnam, setgrent, endgrent, getgrgidget group file entry
getgrent, getgrgid, setgrent, endgrent, getgrnamget group file entry
getloginget login name
getoptget option letter from argument vector
getpassread a password
getpwget name from UID
getpwuid, getpwnam, setpwent, endpwent, getpwentget password file entry
getpwent, getpwuid, setpwent, endpwent, getpwnamget password file entry
getpwent, getpwnam, setpwent, endpwent, getpwuidget password file entry
getutent, getutid, getutline, pututline, setutent, endutent, utmpname, getutaccess utmp file entry
getutid, getutline, pututline, setutent, endutent, utmpname, getutentaccess utmp file entry
getutent, getutline, pututline, setutent, endutent, utmpname, getutidaccess utmp file entry
getutent, getutid, pututline, setutent, endutent, utmpname, getutlineaccess utmp file entry
ctime, localtime, asctime, tzset, gmtimeconvert date and time to string
ssignal, gsignalsoftware signals
hsearch, hdestroy, hcreatemanage hash search tables
hsearch, hcreate, hdestroymanage hash search tables
hcreate, hdestroy, hsearchmanage hash search tables
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, toupper, tolower, toascii, isalnumclassify or translate characters
isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, toupper, tolower, toascii, isalphaclassify or translate characters
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, toupper, tolower, toascii, isasciiclassify or translate characters
ttyname, isattyfind name of a terminal
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, isascii, toupper, tolower, toascii, iscntrlclassify or translate characters
isalpha, isupper, islower, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, toupper, tolower, toascii, isdigitclassify or translate characters
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, iscntrl, isascii, toupper, tolower, toascii, isgraphclassify or translate characters
isalpha, isupper, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, toupper, tolower, toascii, islowerclassify or translate characters
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, toupper, tolower, toascii, isprintclassify or translate characters
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, toupper, tolower, toascii, ispunctclassify or translate characters
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, toupper, tolower, toascii, isspaceclassify or translate characters
isalpha, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, toupper, tolower, toascii, isupperclassify or translate characters
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, toupper, tolower, toascii, isxdigitclassify or translate characters
drand48, erand48, lrand48, nrand48, mrand48, srand48, seed48, lcong48, jrand48generate uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers
ltol3, l3tolconvert between 3-byte integers and long integers
a64l, l64aconvert between long integer and base-64 ASCII string
drand48, erand48, lrand48, nrand48, mrand48, jrand48, srand48, seed48, lcong48generate uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers
frexp, _lfrexp, _lldexp, modf, _lmodf, ldexpmanipulate parts of floating-point numbers
ctime, gmtime, asctime, tzset, localtimeconvert date and time to string
setjmp, longjmpnon-local goto
drand48, erand48, nrand48, mrand48, jrand48, srand48, seed48, lcong48, lrand48generate uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers
lsearchlinear search and update
l3tol, ltol3convert between 3-byte integers and long integers
free, realloc, calloc, mallocmain memory allocator
memchr, memcmp, memcpy, memset, memccpymemory operations
memccpy, memcmp, memcpy, memset, memchrmemory operations
memccpy, memchr, memcpy, memset, memcmpmemory operations
memccpy, memchr, memcmp, memset, memcpymemory operations
memccpy, memchr, memcmp, memcpy, memset, memorymemory operations
memccpy, memchr, memcmp, memcpy, memsetmemory operations
mktempmake a unique file name
frexp, _lfrexp, ldexp, _lldexp, _lmodf, modfmanipulate parts of floating-point numbers
monitorprepare execution profile
drand48, erand48, lrand48, nrand48, jrand48, srand48, seed48, lcong48, mrand48generate uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers
nlistget entries from name list
drand48, erand48, lrand48, mrand48, jrand48, srand48, seed48, lcong48, nrand48generate uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers
errno, sys_errlist, sys_nerr, perrorsystem error messages
putpwentwrite password file entry
getutent, getutid, getutline, setutent, endutent, utmpname, pututlineaccess utmp file entry
qsortquicker sort
srand, randsimple random-number generator
malloc, free, calloc, reallocmain memory allocator
drand48, erand48, lrand48, nrand48, mrand48, jrand48, srand48, lcong48, seed48generate uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers
getgrent, getgrgid, getgrnam, endgrent, setgrentget group file entry
longjmp, setjmpnon-local goto
getpwent, getpwuid, getpwnam, endpwent, setpwentget password file entry
getutent, getutid, getutline, pututline, endutent, utmpname, setutentaccess utmp file entry
sleepsuspend execution for interval
rand, srandsimple random-number generator
drand48, erand48, lrand48, nrand48, mrand48, jrand48, seed48, lcong48, srand48generate uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers
gsignal, ssignalsoftware signals
stdipcstandard interprocess communication package
strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strcatstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strchrstring operations
strcat, strncat, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strcmpstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strcpystring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strtok, strcspnstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, stringstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strlenstring operations
strcat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strncatstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strncmpstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strncpystring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strpbrkstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtok, strrchrstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strcspn, strtok, strspnstring operations
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn, strtokstring operations
atol, atoi, strtolconvert string to integer
swabswap bytes
perror, errno, sys_nerr, sys_errlistsystem error messages
perror, errno, sys_errlist, sys_nerrsystem error messages
tsearch, twalk, tdeletemanage binary search trees
toupper, tolower, _toupper, _tolower, toasciitranslate characters
toupper, _toupper, _tolower, toascii, tolowertranslate characters
tolower, _toupper, _tolower, toascii, touppertranslate characters
tdelete, twalk, tsearchmanage binary search trees
isatty, ttynamefind name of a terminal
ttyslotfind the slot in the utmp file of the current user
tsearch, tdelete, twalkmanage binary search trees
ctime, localtime, gmtime, asctime, tzsetconvert date and time to string
getutent, getutid, getutline, pututline, setutent, endutent, utmpnameaccess utmp file entry

3M. Math Library

sin (_lsin), cos (_lcos), tan (_ltan), asin (_latan), acos (_lacos), atan (_latan), atan2 (_latan2), acostrigonometric functions
sin (_lsin), cos (_lcos), tan (_ltan), asin (_latan), acos (_lacos), atan (_latan), atan2 (_latan2), asintrigonometric functions
sin (_lsin), cos (_lcos), tan (_ltan), asin (_latan), acos (_lacos), atan (_latan), atan2 (_latan2), atantrigonometric functions
sin (_lsin), cos (_lcos), tan (_ltan), asin (_latan), acos (_lacos), atan (_latan), atan2 (_latan2), atan2trigonometric functions
j0, j1, jn, y0, y1, yn, besselBessel functions
floor, _lfloor, _lceil, fmod, _lfmod, fabs, _lfabs, ceilfloor, ceiling, remainder, absolute value functions
sin (_lsin), cos (_lcos), tan (_ltan), asin (_latan), acos (_lacos), atan (_latan), atan2 (_latan2), costrigonometric functions
sinh, tanh, coshhyperbolic functions
erfc, erferror function and complementary error function
erf, erfcerror function and complementary error function
log, log10, pow, sqrt, expexponential, logarithm, power, square root functions
floor, _lfloor, ceil, _lceil, fmod, _lfmod, _lfabs, fabsfloor, ceiling, remainder, absolute value functions
_lfloor, ceil, _lceil, fmod, _lfmod, fabs, _lfabs, floorfloor, ceiling, remainder, absolute value functions
floor, _lfloor, ceil, _lceil, _lfmod, fabs, _lfabs, fmodfloor, ceiling, remainder, absolute value functions
gammalog gamma function
hypotEuclidean distance function
j1, jn, y0, y1, yn, j0Bessel functions
j0, jn, y0, y1, yn, j1Bessel functions
j0, j1, y0, y1, yn, jnBessel functions
exp, log10, pow, sqrt, logexponential, logarithm, power, square root functions
exp, log, pow, sqrt, log10exponential, logarithm, power, square root functions
matherrerror-handling function
exp, log, log10, sqrt, powexponential, logarithm, power, square root functions
sin (_lsin), cos (_lcos), tan (_ltan), asin (_latan), acos (_lacos), atan (_latan), atan2 (_latan2), sintrigonometric functions
cosh, tanh, sinhhyperbolic functions
exp, log, log10, pow, sqrtexponential, logarithm, power, square root functions
sin (_lsin), cos (_lcos), tan (_ltan), asin (_latan), acos (_lacos), atan (_latan), atan2 (_latan2), tantrigonometric functions
sinh, cosh, tanhhyperbolic functions
sin (_lsin), cos (_lcos), tan (_ltan), asin (_latan), acos (_lacos), atan (_latan), atan2 (_latan2), trigtrigonometric functions
j0, j1, jn, y1, yn, y0Bessel functions
j0, j1, jn, y0, yn, y1Bessel functions
j0, j1, jn, y0, y1, ynBessel functions

3N. Network Support Library

acceptaccept a connection on a socket
htonl, htons, ntohl, ntohs, byteorderconvert values between host and network byte order
connectinitiate a connection on a socket
ibtabpackage for dealing with ibtab files
rresvport, ruserok, rcmdroutines for returning a stream to a remote command
receivereceive message from a socket
raddr, rhostlook up internet hosts by name or address
selectsynchronous I/O multiplexing
sendsend message to a socket
socketaddr, sockaddrreturn socket address
socketcreate an end point for communication
socketaddrreturn socket address
xnslibXNS network support subroutines

3S. Standard I/O Library

ferror, feof, fileno, clearerrstream status inquiries
ctermidgenerate file name for terminal
cuseridget character login name of the user
fflush, fcloseclose or flush a stream
fopen, freopen, fdopenopen a stream
ferror, clearerr, fileno, feofstream status inquiries
feof, clearerr, fileno, ferrorstream status inquiries
fclose, fflushclose or flush a stream
getc, getchar, getw, fgetcget character or word from stream
gets, fgetsget a string from a stream
ferror, feof, clearerr, filenostream status inquiries
freopen, fdopen, fopenopen a stream
printf, sprintf, fprintfprint formatted output
putc, putchar, putw, fputcput character or word on a stream
puts, fputsput a string on a stream
fwrite, freadbinary input/output
fopen, fdopen, freopenopen a stream
scanf, sscanf, fscanfconvert formatted input
rewind, ftell, fseekreposition a file pointer in a stream
fseek, rewind, ftellreposition a file pointer in a stream
fread, fwritebinary input/output
getchar, fgetc, getw, getcget character or word from stream
getc, fgetc, getw, getcharget character or word from stream
fgets, getsget a string from a stream
getc, getchar, fgetc, getwget character or word from stream
popen, pcloseinitiate pipe to/from a process
pclose, popeninitiate pipe to/from a process
fprintf, sprintf, printfprint formatted output
putchar, fputc, putw, putcput character or word on a stream
putc, fputc, putw, putcharput character or word on a stream
fputs, putsput a string on a stream
putc, putchar, fputc, putwput character or word on a stream
fseek, ftell, rewindreposition a file pointer in a stream
fscanf, sscanf, scanfconvert formatted input
setbufassign buffering to a stream
printf, fprintf, sprintfprint formatted output
scanf, fscanf, sscanfconvert formatted input
stdiostandard buffered input/output package
systemissue a shell command
tmpnam, tempnamcreate a name for a temporary file
tmpfilecreate a temporary file
tempnam, tmpnamcreate a name for a temporary file
ungetcpush character back into input stream

3X. Miscellaneous Libraries

assertverify program assertion
cursesscreen functions with “optimal” cursor motion
lognamereturn login name of user
regex, regcmpcompile and execute regular expression
regcmp, regexcompile and execute regular expression
setfpeFORTRAN and Pascal floating-point exception handling system
sputl, sgetlaccess long numeric data in a machine independent fashion
sgetl, sputlaccess long numeric data in a machine independent fashion

3c. C Library

encrypt
setkey

3g. IRIX GL Library (intro)

RGBcolorsets the current color in RGB mode
RGBcursorsets the characteristics of the cursor in RGB mode
RGBmodesets a display mode that bypasses the color map
RGBwritemask, RGBwritemasgrants write access to a subset of the available bitplanes
addtopupadds items to an existing popup menu
arcdraws a circular arc
arcfdraws a filled circular arc
attachcursor, attachcursoattaches the cursor to two valuators
backbufferenables updating in the back buffer
backfaceturns on and off backfacing polygon removal
bbox2specifies bounding box and minimum pixel radius for drawing commands
blankscreenturns off screen refresh
blanktimesets the screen blanking timeout
blinkchanges the color map entry at a selectable rate
blkqreadreads multiple entries from the queue
callfunccalls a function from within an object
callobjdraws an instance of an object
rcapture, capturedumps screen images to file or hard copy device
charstrdraws a string of raster characters on the screen
chunksizespecifies minimum object size in memory
circoutlines a circular region
circfdraws a filled circle
clearclears the viewport
clearhitcode, clearhitcodsets the system hitcode to zero
clkoffturns off the keyboard click
clkonturns on the keyboard click
closeobjcloses an object
cmovchanges the current character position
colorsets the color attribute
compactifycompacts the memory storage of an object
crvdraws a curve
crvndraws a series of curves segments
curoriginsets the origin of a cursor
cursoffturns the cursor off
cursonturns the cursor on
curvebasissets the basis matrix used in drawing curves
curveitdraws a curve segment
curveprecision, curveprecissets the number of line segments comprising a curve segment
cyclemapcycles through color maps at a selected rate
dbtextsets the dial and switch box text
defbasisdefines a basis matrix
defcursordefines a cursor glyph
deflinestyle, deflinestyldefines a linestyle
defpatterndefines a texture pattern
defpupdefines a menu
defrasterfont, defrasterfodefines a raster font
delobjdeletes an object
deltagdeletes tags from objects
depthcueturns on and off depth-cue mode
devportassign a serial port to an external graphics device
dopupcalls up the indicated popup menu
doublebuffer, doublebuffesets the display mode to double buffer mode
drawdraws a line
editobjopens an object for editing
endfeedbackturns off feedback mode
endfullscrn, endfullends full screen mode
endpickturns off picking mode
endpupmode, endpupends popup mode
endselectturns off selecting mode
feedbackturns on feedback mode
finishwaits until the terminal command queue and Geometry Pipeline are empty
fontselects a raster font for drawing text strings
foregroundrequests that a process not be put in the background by getport while using the window manager
freepupreturns a menu and its structures to the system
frontbufferenables updating in the front buffer
fudgespecifies fudge values to be added to a graphics port when it is resized
fullscrnenables the entire screen for writing under the window manager
gRGBcolorreturns the current RGB value
gRGBcursorreturns the characteristics of the cursor in RGB mode
gRGBmaskreturns the current RGB writemask
gbegininitializes the IRIS without altering the color map
gconfigreconfigures the IRIS
genobjreturns a unique integer for use as an object name
gentagreturns a unique integer for use as a tag
getbufferindicates which buffers are enabled for writing
getbuttongets the state (up/down) of a button
getcmmodereturns the current color map mode
getcolorreturns the current color
getcposreturns the current character position
getcursorreturns the cursor characteristics
getdcmindicates whether depth-cue mode is on or off
getdepthreturns the parameters of setdepth
getdevread a list of valuators at one time
getdisplaymode, getdisplaymreturns the current display mode
getfontreturns the current raster font number
getgposreturns the current graphics position
getheightreturns the maximum height of the characters in the current raster font
gethitcodereturns the current system hitcode
getlsbackupreturns the status of the linestyle backup mode
getlsrepeatreturns the linestyle repeat count
getlstylereturns the current linestyle
getlwidthreturns the current linewidth
getmapreturns the number of the currently selected color map
getmatrixreturns the current transformation matrix
getmcolorreturns a color map entry
getmemreturns amount of available memory
getmonitorreturns the display monitor type
getopenobjindicates if an object is currently open for editing
getoriginreturns the position of a graphics port in the window manager
getothermonitor, getothermonreturns the non-displayed monitor type
getpatternreturns the index of the currently selected pattern
getplanesreturns the number of available bitplanes
getportcreates a graphics port under the window manager
getresetlsreturns the status of resetls
getscrmaskreturns the current screenmask
getshadereturns the current shade
getsizereturns the size of a graphics port in the window manager
gettpreturns the location of the current textport
getvaluatorreturns the current state of a valuator
getviewportreturns the current viewport
getwritemask, getwritemasreturns the current writemask
getzbufferindicates whether z-buffering is on or off
gexitterminates an IRIS program
gflushforces all unsent commands down the network to the Geometry Pipeline
ginitinitializes the IRIS
gresetresets all global attributes to their initial values
gsyncwaits for a vertical retrace period
imakebackground, imakebackgrmakes a process in charge of drawing the background of the window manager screen
initnamesinitializes the name stack
intro
ismexreturns TRUE if the calling process is running under the window manager
isobjindicates whether a given object name identifies an object
isqueuedindicates if a specific device is queued
istagindicates whether a given tag is in use within the currently open object
keepaspectspecifies the aspect ratio of a graphics port
lampoffturns off display lights on the keyboard
lamponturns on display lights on the keyboard
linewidthspecifies the linewidth
loadmatrixloads a transformation matrix
loadnamereplaces the name on the top of the name stack
lookatdefines a viewing transformation
lsbackupcontrols whether the last two pixels of a line are colored
lsrepeatsets repeat factor for linestyle
makeobjcreates an object
maketagnames the command in the display list
mapcolorchanges a color map entry
mapwmaps a point on the screen into a line in 3D world coordinates
mapw2maps a point on the screen into 2D world coordinates
maxsizespecifies a maximum size for a graphics port in the window manager
minsizespecifies a minimum size for a graphics port in the window manager
movemoves to a specified point
multimaputilizes the color map as sixteen small maps
multmatrixpre-multiplies the current transformation matrix
newpupallocates and initializes a structure for a new menu
noisefilters valuator motion
noportspecifies that a program does not require a graphics port
objdeletedeletes commands from an object
objinsertinserts commands in an object at the chosen location
objreplaceoverwrites existing display list commands with new ones
onemaporganizes the color map as one large map
orthodefines an orthographic projection transformation
pagecolorsets the color of the textport background
pagewritemask, pagewritemasets the writemask for the textport background
passthroughpasses a single token through the Geometry Pipeline
patchdraws a surface patch
patchbasissets current basis matrices
patchcurvessets number of curves used to represent a patch
pclospolygon close
pdrpolygon draw
perspectivedefines a perspective projection transformation
pickputs the system in picking mode
picksizesets the dimensions of the picking window
pmvpolygon move
pntdraws a point
polarviewdefines the viewer’s position in polar coordinates
polfdraws a filled polygon
polyoutlines a polygon
popattributes, popattributpops the attribute stack
popmatrixpops the transformation matrix stack
popnamepops a name off the name stack
popviewportrestores the viewport, screenmask, and setdepth parameters
prefposition, prefpositiospecifies the preferred location and size of a graphics port
prefsizespecifies the preferred size of a graphics port in the window manager
pupcolorspecifies the current popup drawing color
pupmodeprovides access to the popup menu bit planes
pushattributes, pushattribupushes attributes on a stack
pushmatrixpushes down the transformation matrix stack
pushnamepushes a new name on the name stack
pushviewport, pushviewporsave the current viewport, screenmask, and setdepth parameters
qdevicequeues a device (keyboard, button, or valuator)
qentercreates an event queue entry
qreadreads the first entry in the event queue
qresetempties the event queue
qtestchecks the contents of the event queue
rdrrelative draw
readRGBreturns values of specific pixels
readpixelsreturns values of specific pixels
rectoutlines a rectangular region
rectcopycopies a rectangle of pixels on the IRIS screen
rectffills a rectangular area
resetlscontrols the continuity of linestyles
reshapeviewport, reshapeviewsets the viewport to the current dimensions of the graphportin the window manager
ringbellrings the keyboard bell
rmvrelative move
rotrotates graphical primitives
rotaterotates graphical primitives
rpdrrelative polygon draw
rpmvrelative polygon move
scalescales and mirrors objects
screenspaceputs a program in screen space under the window manager
scrmaskdefines a clipping mask for the screen
selectputs the IRIS in selecting mode
setbellsets the duration of the keyboard bell
setcursorsets the cursor characteristics
setdblightssets the lights on the dial and button box
setdepthsets up a 3D viewport
setlinestyle, setlinestylselects a linestyle
setmapchooses one of the sixteen small color maps
setmonitorsets the monitor type
setpatternselects a texture pattern for filling polygons, rectangles, and curves
setshadesets the current polygon shade
setvaluatorassigns an initial value to a valuator
shaderangesets range of color indices used when depthcueing
singlebuffer, singlebuffewrites and displays all the bitplanes
spclosdraws currently open polygon
splfdraws a shaded filled polygon
stepunitspecifies that a graphics port should change size in discrete steps
strwidthreturns the width of the specified text string
swapbuffersswaps the front and back buffers in double buffer mode
swapinterval, swapintervadefines a minimum time between buffer swaps
textcolorsets the color of text drawn in the textport
textinitinitializes the textport
textportallocates an area of the screen for the textport
textwritemask, textwritemagrants write permission for the textport
tieties two valuators to a button
translatetranslates graphical primitives
unqdeviceunqueues a device from the event queue
viewportallocates an area of the screen for an image
winattachattach the input focus to the current graphics port and calling process
winclosecloses the identified graphics port
winconstraints, winconstchanges the constraints associated with the current graphics port
windowdefines a perspective projection transformation
wingetreturns the identifier of the current graphics port
winmovemove the lower left corner of the current graphics port
winopencreates a graphics port under the window manager
winpopmove the current graphics port in front of all other ports
winpositionchange the size and position of the current graphics port
winpushmoves the current graphics port behind all other ports
winsetmake the identified graphics port current
wintitleadd a title bar to the current graphics port
writeRGBpaints a row of pixels on the screen
writemaskgrants write permission to available bitplanes
writepixelspaints a row of pixels on the screen
xfpttransforms points
zbufferstarts or ends z-buffer operation
zclearinitialize the z-buffer

4. Special Files (intro)

TZlocal time zone
a.outassembler and link editor output
acctper-process accounting file format
aliasesaliases file for Mail and rmail
ararchive (library) file format
Bell file system, bellfsformat of Bell file system volume
bellinodeformat of a Bell file system inode
checklistlist of file systems processed by fsck
coreformat of core image file
cpioformat of cpio archive
cshrccsh system-wide .login file
dirformat of directories
Extent file system, efslayout of the Extent file system
efsinodeformat of an Extent file system inode
environuser environment
filehdrfile header for common object files
file system, fsformat of system volumes
fspecformat specification in text files
gettydefsspeed and terminal settings used by getty
gpsgraphical primitive string, format of graphical files
groupgroup file
holidaysholidays of the year
hosts, hosthost name database
hosts.equivhost names for shared accounts
hostshost name data base
ibtabformat of ibtab file
inittabscript for the init process
inodeformat of an inode
introintroduction to file formats
issueissue identification file
linenumline number entries in a common object file
cshrc, loginsetting up a C Shell environment
mnttabmounted file system table
modelmodel identification
motdmessage of the day
netEXOS 8010 TCP/IP protocol module
passwdpassword file
pnchfile format for card images
profilesetting up a Bourne Shell environment at login time
rcsfileformat of RCS file
rhostshost and user names for shared accounts
sccsfileformat of SCCS file
scnhdrsection header for a common object file
stabsymbol table types
sys_idsystem identification
termcapterminal capability data base
ttytypedata base of terminal types by port
tzlocal time zone
wtmp, utmputmp and wtmp entry formats
utmp, wtmputmp and wtmp entry formats

5. File Formats (intro)

asciimap of ASCII character set
eqncharspecial character definitions for eqn and neqn
fcntlfile control options
greekgraphics for the extended TTY-37 type-box
introintroduction to miscellany
manmacros for formatting entries in this manual
memacros for formatting papers
mmthe MM macro package for formatting documents
mosdthe OSDD adapter macro package for formatting documents
mptxthe macro package for formatting a permuted index
mstext formatting macros
mva troff macro package for typesetting view graphs and slides
regexpregular expression compile and match routines
statdata returned by stat system call
termconventional names for terminals
typesprimitive system data types

6. Games and Demos (intro)

adventurean exploration game
aliensthe alien invaders attack the earth
arithmeticprovide drill in number facts
autorobotsescape from the automatic robots
backthe game of backgammon
bcdconvert to antique media
bjthe game of black jack
chasetry to escape the killer robots
crapsthe game of craps
cribbagethe card game cribbage
fishplay “Go Fish”
fortuneprint a random, hopefully interesting, adage
hangmanguess the word
introintroduction to games
lifeplay the game of life
mastermind
mazegenerate a maze
mooguessing game
numberconvert Arabic numerals to English
quiztest your knowledge
rainanimated raindrops display
robotsescape from the robots
rogueexploring the Dungeons of Doom
trektrekkie game
cubic, ttttic-tac-toe
twinkletwinkle stars on the screen
wormplay the growing worm game
wormsanimate worms on a display terminal
wumpthe game of hunt-the-wumpus

7. Miscellaneous Facilities (intro)

autoconfdiagnostics from the autoconfiguration code
drumpaging device
dsdst-506 disk/tape/floppy controller
duarton board serial ports
errlogreroute the board messages
floppyst-506 disk/tape/floppy controller
ibIEEE 488 interface
introintroduction to special files
iphInterphase 2190 smd disk controller
mem, kmemmain memory
loop, losoftware loopback interface
kmem, memmain memory
mtiomagnetic tape interface
nulldata sink
nxXNS Ethernet driver
qicst-506 disk/tape controller
sifInterphase Storager 2 floppy controller
siiInterphase Storager 2 esdi/st-506 disk/tape/floppy controller
siqInterphase Storager 2 qic-02 tape controller
socketEXOS communications end point
tekTektronix 4692 color graphics printer device
termiogeneral terminal interface
ttycontrolling terminal interface
xmemEXOS ethernet front-end processor board memory
xnsinterface to XNS Sequenced Packet Protocol
xtyTELNET/rlogin terminal interface

7P. Network Protocols

arpAddress Resolution Protocol
inetInternet protocol family
ipInternet Protocol
netintroduction to EXOS 8010 networking facilities
tcpInternet Transmission Control Protocol
udpInternet User Datagram Protocol

8. Maintenance Procedures (intro)

bootstartup procedures
crashwhat to do when the system crashes
introintroduction to system maintenance procedures

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