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1. Commands

1C. Communications Commands

1G. Graphics Commands

2. System Calls

3. C Library

3C. Compatibility Routines

3F. FORTRAN Library

3M. Math Library

3N. Network Support Library

3S. Standard I/O Library

3X. Miscellaneous Libraries

4. Device Drivers

4F. Network Protocol Families

4N. Network Facilities

4P. Network Protocols

4S. Sun-specific Device Special Files

5. File Formats

6. Games and Demos

7. Miscellaneous Facilities

8. Maintenance Commands

8C. Network Services

8S. Sun-specific Maintenance Commands

Manual — SunOS 1.1

702 entries

1. Commands (intro)

adbdebugger
addbibcreate or extend bibliographic database
adjacentscreensnotify the window driver of the physical relationships of screens
admincreate and administer SCCS files
ararchive and library maintainer
asmc68000 assembler
atexecute commands at a later time
awkpattern scanning and processing language
basenamestrip filename affixes
bcarbitrary-precision arithmetic language
biffmail alarm
/bin/mail, binmailsend or receive mail among users
caldisplay calendar
calendarreminder service
catconcatenate and display
cbC program beautifier
ccC compiler
compact, uncompact, ccatcompress and uncompress files, and cat them
cdchange working directory
cdcchange the delta commentary of an SCCS delta
eqn, neqn, checkeqtypeset mathematics
checknewscheck if user has news on the USENET news network
checknrcheck nroff/troff files
chgrpchange group
chmodchange mode
chshchange default login shell
clearclear workstation or terminal screen
cmpcompare two files
colfilter reverse paper motions
colcrtfilter nroff output for CRT previewing
colrmremove columns from a file
combcombine SCCS deltas
commselect or reject lines common to two sorted files
uncompact, ccat, compactcompress and uncompress files, and cat them
cpcopy files
cpiocopy file archives in and out
cppthe C language preprocessor
cryptencode/decode
csha shell (command interpreter) with C-like syntax
ctagscreate a tags file
datedisplay or 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 free disk space on file systems
diffdifferential file and directory comparator
diff33-way differential file comparison
dusummarize disk usage
echoecho arguments
edtext editor
ex, edittext editor
grep, fgrep, egrepsearch a file for a pattern
xsend, xget, enrollsecret mail
neqn, checkeq, eqntypeset mathematics
erroranalyze and disperse compiler error messages
edit, extext editor
unexpand, expandexpand tabs to spaces, and vice versa
exprevaluate arguments as an expression
eyaccmodified yacc allowing much improved error recovery
f77FORTRAN-77 compiler
true, falseprovide truth values
grep, egrep, fgrepsearch a file for a pattern
filedetermine file type
findfind files
fmtsimple text formatter
foldfold long lines for finite width output device
fprprint Fortran file
fromwho is my mail from? 
fsplitsplit a multi-routine Fortran file into individual files
gcoreget core images of running processes
getget a version of an SCCS file
gprofdisplay call graph profile data
egrep, fgrep, grepsearch a file for a pattern
groupsshow group memberships
headdisplay first few lines of specified files
helpask for help
hostidprint identifier of current host system
hostnameset or print name of current host system
indentindent and format C program source
indxbibmake inverted index to a bibliography lookbib − find references in a bibliography
inewssubmit news articles
installinstall files
introintroduction to commands
joinrelational database operator
killsend a signal to a process, or terminate a process
lastindicate last logins of users and teletypes
lastcommshow last commands executed in reverse order
ldlink editor
leaveremind you when you have to leave
lexgenerator of lexical analysis programs
linta C program verifier
lnmake links
lockscreenmaintain window context until “login”
loginsign on
lookfind lines in a sorted list
indxbib, lookbibmake inverted index to a bibliography lookbib − find references in a bibliography
lorderfind ordering relation for an object library
lpqspool queue examination program
lproff line print
lprmremove jobs from the line printer spooling queue
lslist contents of directory
m4macro processor
mailsend and receive mail
makemaintain program groups
manprint out manual pages; find manual information by keywords
mesgpermit or deny messages
mkdirmake a directory
mkstrcreate an error message file by massaging C source
page, morebrowse through a text file
mtmagnetic tape manipulating program
mvmove or rename files
eqn, checkeq, neqntypeset mathematics
nohup, nicerun a command at low priority (sh only)
nmprint name list
nice, nohuprun a command at low priority (sh only)
nrofftext formatting and typesetting
odoctal, decimal, hex, ascii dump
more, pagebrowse through a text file
pagesizeprint system page size
passwdchange login password
pcPascal compiler
perfmongraphical display of general system statistics
piPascal interpreter code translator
pixPascal interpreter and executor
pmergepascal file merger
postnewssubmit news articles
prprint file(s), possibly in multiple columns
printenvprint out the environment
prmailprint out waiting mail
profdisplay profile data
prsprint an SCCS file
psprocess status
ptiphototypesetter interpreter
ptxpermuted index
pwdprint working directory name
pxPascal interpreter
pxpPascal execution profiler
pxrefPascal cross-reference program
ranlibconvert archives to random libraries
ratforrational Fortran dialect
readnewsread news articles
referfind and insert literature references in documents
resetreset the teletype bits to a sensible state
revreverse lines of a file
rmdir, rmremove (unlink) files or directories
rmdelremove a delta from an SCCS file
rm, rmdirremove (unlink) directories or files
roffbibrun off bibliographic database
sactprint current SCCS file editing activity
sccsfront end for the SCCS subsystem
sccsdiffcompare two versions of an SCCS file
scriptmake typescript of terminal session
sedstream editor
for, case, if, while, :, ., break, continue, cd, eval, exec, exit, export, login, newgrp, read, readonly, set, shift, times, trap, umask, wait, shcommand language
sizesize of an object file
sleepsuspend execution for an interval
soelimeliminate .so’s from nroff input
sortsort or merge files
sortbibsort bibliographic database
spellin, spellout, spellfind spelling errors
spell, spellout, spellinfind spelling errors
spell, spellin, spelloutfind spelling errors
splitsplit a file into pieces
stringsfind printable strings in an object, or other binary, file
stripremove symbols and relocation bits
sttyset terminal options
susubstitute user id temporarily
sumsum and count blocks in a file
sunis current machine a sun workstation
suntoolsthe Suntools window environment
syncupdate the super block
syslogmake system log entry
taildisplay the last part of a file
talktalk to another user
tartape archiver
tblformat tables for nroff or troff
teecopy standard output to many files
tektoolTektronix 4014 terminal emulator tool
testcondition command
timetime a command
touchupdate date last modified of a file
trtranslate characters
trofftypeset or format documents
false, trueprovide truth values
tsetestablish terminal characteristics for the environment
tsorttopological sort
ttyget terminal name
uldo underlining
compact, ccat, uncompactcompress and uncompress files, and cat them
expand, unexpandexpand tabs to spaces, and vice versa
ungetundo a previous get of an SCCS file
uniqreport repeated lines in a file
unitsconversion program
uptimeshow how long system has been up
userscompact list of users who are on the system
valvalidate SCCS file
vaxis current machine a vax
vgrindgrind nice listings of programs
viscreen oriented (visual) display editor based on ex
vi, viewview a file without changing it using the vi visual editor
vplotplot graphics on the Versatec
vswapconvert a foreign font file
wwho is on and what they are doing
waitawait completion of process
wallwrite to all users
wcword count
whatidentify the version of files
whatisdescribe what a command is
whereislocate source, binary, and/or manual for program
whichlocate a program file including aliases and paths (csh only)
whowho is on the system
whoamidisplay effective current username
writewrite to another user
xsend, enroll, xgetsecret mail
xget, enroll, xsendsecret mail
xstrextract strings from C programs to implement shared strings
yaccyet another compiler-compiler
yesbe repetitively affirmative

1C. Communications Commands

tip, cuconnect to a remote system
ftpfile transfer program
rcpremote file copy
rloginremote login
rshremote shell
ruptimeshow host status of local machines
rwhowho’s logged in on local machines
telnetuser interface to the TELNET protocol
cu, tipconnect to a remote system
uulog, 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, uulogunix to unix copy
uucp, uulog, uunameunix to unix copy
uusendsend a file to a remote host
uuxunix to unix command execution

1G. Graphics Commands

graphdraw a graph
plotgraphics filters
splineinterpolate smooth curve

2. System Calls (intro)

acceptaccept a connection on a socket
accessdetermine accessibility of file
acctturn accounting on or off
bindbind a name to a socket
sbrk, brkchange data segment size
chdirchange current working directory
fchmod, chmodchange mode of file
fchown, chownchange owner and group of a file
chrootchange root directory
closedelete a descriptor
connectinitiate a connection on a socket
creatcreate a new file
dup2, dupduplicate a descriptor
dup, dup2duplicate a descriptor
execveexecute a file
_exit, exitterminate a process
chmod, fchmodchange mode of file
chown, fchownchange owner and group of a file
fcntlfile control
flockapply or remove an advisory lock on an open file
forkcreate a new process
stat, lstat, fstatget file status
fsyncsynchronize a file’s in-core state with that on disk
truncate, ftruncatetruncate a file to a specified length
getdtablesizeget descriptor table size
getgid, getegidget group identity
getuid, geteuidget user identity
getegid, getgidget group identity
getgroupsget group access list
gethostidget unique identifier of current host
sethostname, gethostnameget/set name of current host
setitimer, getitimerget/set value of interval timer
getpagesizeget system page size
getpeernameget name of connected peer
getpgrpget process group
getppid, getpidget process identification
getpid, getppidget process identification
setpriority, getpriorityget/set program scheduling priority
setrlimit, getrlimitcontrol maximum system resource consumption
getrusageget information about resource utilization
getsocknameget socket name
setsockopt, getsockoptget and set options on sockets
settimeofday, gettimeofdayget/set date and time
geteuid, getuidget user identity
introintroduction to system calls and error numbers
ioctlcontrol device
killsend signal to a process
killpgsend signal to a process group
linkmake a hard link to a file
listenlisten for connections on a socket
tell, lseekmove read/write pointer
stat, fstat, lstatget file status
mkdirmake a directory file
mknodmake a special file
mmapmap pages of memory
umount, mountmount or remove file system
munmapunmap pages of memory
openopen a file for reading or writing, or create a new file
pipecreate an interprocess communication channel
profilexecution time profile
ptraceprocess trace
quotamanipulate disk quotas
readv, readread input
readlinkread value of a symbolic link
read, readvread input
rebootreboot system or halt processor
recvfrom, recvmsg, recvreceive a message from a socket
recv, recvmsg, recvfromreceive a message from a socket
recv, recvfrom, recvmsgreceive a message from a socket
renamechange the name of a file
rmdirremove a directory file
brk, sbrkchange data segment size
selectsynchronous I/O multiplexing
sendto, sendmsg, sendsend a message from a socket
send, sendto, sendmsgsend a message from a socket
send, sendmsg, sendtosend a message from a socket
setgroupsset group access list
gethostname, sethostnameget/set name of current host
getitimer, setitimerget/set value of interval timer
setpgrpset process group
getpriority, setpriorityget/set program scheduling priority
setquotaenable/disable quotas on a file system
setregidset real and effective group ID
setreuidset real and effective user ID’s
getrlimit, setrlimitcontrol maximum system resource consumption
getsockopt, setsockoptget and set options on sockets
gettimeofday, settimeofdayget/set date and time
shutdownshut down part of a full-duplex connection
sigblockblock signals
sigpauseatomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt
sigsetmaskset current signal mask
sigstackset and/or get signal stack context
sigvecsoftware signal facilities
socketcreate an endpoint for communication
socketpaircreate a pair of connected sockets
lstat, fstat, statget file status
swaponadd a swap device for interleaved paging/swapping
symlinkmake symbolic link to a file
syncupdate super-block
syscallindirect system call
ftruncate, truncatetruncate a file to a specified length
umaskset file creation mode mask
mount, umountmount or remove file system
unlinkremove directory entry
utimesset file times
vadvisegive advice to paging system
vforkspawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way
vhangupvirtually “hangup” the current control terminal
wait3, waitwait for process to terminate or stop
wait, wait3wait for process to terminate or stop
writev, writewrite on a file
write, writevwrite on a file

3. C Library (intro)

abortgenerate a fault
absinteger absolute value
assertprogram verification
atoi, atol, atofconvert ASCII to numbers
bcopy, bcmp, bzero, ffs, bstringbit and byte string operations
setkey, encrypt, cryptDES encryption
localtime, gmtime, asctime, timezone, dysize, ctimeconvert date and time to ASCII
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, iscntrl, isascii, isgraph, toupper, tolower, toascii, ctypecharacter classification and conversion macros
opendir, readdir, telldir, seekdir, rewinddir, closedir, directorydirectory operations
fcvt, gcvt, ecvtoutput conversion
etext, edata, endlast locations in program
execv, execle, execlp, execvp, environ, execlexecute a file
exitterminate a process after flushing any pending output
ldexp, modf, frexpsplit into mantissa and exponent
getdateconvert time and date from ASCII
getenvvalue for environment name
getfsspec, getfsfile, getfstype, setfsent, endfsent, getfsentget file system descriptor file entry
getgrgid, getgrnam, setgrent, endgrent, getgrentget group file entry
getloginget login name
getpassread a password
getpwget name from uid
getpwuid, getpwnam, setpwent, endpwent, getpwentget password file entry
getwdget current working directory pathname
initgroupsinitialize group access list
remque, insqueinsert/remove element from a queue
introintroduction to library functions
isnan, isinftest for indeterminate floating point values
free, realloc, calloc, cfree, alloca, mallocmemory allocator
mktempmake a unique file name
monstartup, moncontrol, monitorprepare execution profile
nlistget entries from name list
sys_errlist, sys_nerr, errno, perrorsystem error messages
sys_siglist, psignalsystem signal messages
qsortquicker sort
srandom, initstate, setstate, randombetter random number generator; routines for changing generators
re_comp, re_exec, regexregular expression handler
alphasort, scandirscan a directory
setuid, seteuid, setruid, setegid, setrgid, setgidset user and group ID
longjmp, setjmpnon-local goto
seteuid, setruid, setgid, setegid, setrgid, setuidset user and group ID
signalsimplified software signal facilities
sleepsuspend execution for interval
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, index, rindex, stringstring operations
swabswap bytes
openlog, closelog, syslogcontrol system log
systemissue a shell command
isatty, ttyslot, ttynamefind name of a terminal
vallocaligned memory allocator
varargsvariable argument list

3C. Compatibility Routines (intro)

alarmschedule signal after specified time
time, ftimeget date and time
optarg, optind, getoptget option letter from argv
stty, gttyset and get terminal state
introintroduction to compatibility library functions
niceset program priority
pausestop until signal
srand, randrandom number generator
gtty, sttyset and get terminal state
ftime, timeget date and time
timesget process times
tmpnamcreate a name for a temporary file
ulimitget and set user limits
utimeset file times
vlimitcontrol maximum system resource consumption
vtimesget information about resource utilization

3F. FORTRAN Library (intro)

abortterminate abruptly with memory image
accessdetermine accessability of a file
alarmexecute a subroutine after a specified time
chdirchange default directory
chmodchange mode of a file
exitterminate process with status
flushflush output to a logical unit
forkcreate a copy of this process
intro, fortranintroduction to FORTRAN library functions
ftell, fseekreposition a file on a logical unit
iargc, getargreturn command line arguments
fgetc, getcget a character from a logical unit
getcwdget pathname of current working directory
getenvget value of environment variables
getfdget the file descriptor of an external unit number
getlogget user’s login name
getpidget process id
getgid, getuidget user or group ID of the caller
hostnmget name of current host
itime, idatereturn date or time in numerical form
rindex, lnblnk, len, indextell about character objects
introintroduction to FORTRAN library functions
ioinitchange f77 I/O initialization
killsend a signal to a process
symlnk, linkmake a link to an existing file
locreturn the address of an object
gerror, ierrno, perrorget system error messages
fputc, putcwrite a character to a FORTRAN logical unit
qsortquick sort
flmin, flmax, dflmin, dflmax, inmax, rangereturn extreme values
renamerename a file
signalchange the action for a signal
sleepsuspend execution for an interval
systemexecute a UNIX command
tclose, tread, twrite, trewin, tskipf, tstate, topenf77 tape I/O
fpecnt, trpfpetrap and repair floating point faults
isatty, ttynamfind name of a terminal port
unlinkremove a directory entry
waitwait for a process to terminate

3M. Math Library (intro)

log, log10, pow, sqrt, expexponential, logarithm, power, square root
fabs, ceil, floorabsolute value, floor, ceiling functions
gammalog gamma function
cabs, hypotEuclidean distance
introintroduction to mathematical library functions
j1, jn, y0, y1, yn, j0bessel functions
cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, atan2, sintrigonometric functions
cosh, tanh, sinhhyperbolic functions

3N. Network Support Library (intro)

htonl, htons, ntohl, ntohs, byteorderconvert values between host and network byte order
gethostbyaddr, gethostbyname, sethostent, endhostent, gethostentget network host entry
getnetbyaddr, getnetbyname, setnetent, endnetent, getnetentget network entry
getprotobynumber, getprotobyname, setprotoent, endprotoent, getprotoentget protocol entry
getservbyport, getservbyname, setservent, endservent, getserventget service entry
inet_addr, inet_network, inet_makeaddr, inet_lnaof, inet_netof, inet_ntoa, inetInternet address manipulation
introintroduction to network library functions
rresvport, ruserok, rcmdroutines for returning a stream to a remote command
rexecreturn stream to a remote command

3S. Standard I/O Library (intro)

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

3X. Miscellaneous Libraries (intro)

cursesscreen functions with “optimal” cursor motion
dbminit, fetch, store, delete, firstkey, nextkey, dbmdata base subroutines
introintroduction to other libraries
itom, madd, msub, mult, mdiv, min, mout, pow, gcd, rpow, mpmultiple precision integer arithmetic
openpl, erase, label, line, circle, arc, move, cont, point, linemod, space, closepl, plotgraphics interface
tgetent, tgetnum, tgetflag, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs, termcapterminal independent operation routines

4. Device Drivers (intro)

bkline discipline for machine-machine communication
drumpaging device
introintroduction to special files and hardware support
kmem
mtioUNIX magnetic tape interface
nulldata sink
ptypseudo terminal driver
ttygeneral terminal interface

4F. Network Protocol Families

inetInternet protocol family

4N. Network Facilities

ifgeneral properties of network interfaces
losoftware loopback network interface
routingsystem supporting for local network packet routing

4P. Network Protocols

arpAddress Resolution Protocol
icmpInternet Control Message Protocol
ipInternet Protocol
ndnetwork disk driver
tcpInternet Transmission Control Protocol
udpInternet User Datagram Protocol

4S. Sun-specific Device Special Files

arArchive 1/4 inch Streaming Tape Drive
bwoneSun one black and white frame buffer
bwtwoSun two black and white frame buffer
cgoneSun-1 color graphics interface
consdriver for Sun console
dkiogeneric disk control operations
ec3Com 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
enSun 3 Mb/s experimental Ethernet interface
fbdriver for Sun console frame buffer
fbiogeneral properties of frame buffers
ipDisk driver for Interphase 2180 SMD Disk Controller
kbSun keyboard
mbMultibus
mem, kmem, mbmem, mbiomain memory and I/O space
mem, kmem, mbio, mbmemmain memory and I/O space
kmem, mbmem, mbio, memmain memory and I/O space
mouseSun mouse
mtiSystech MTI-800/1600 multi-terminal interface
octCentral Data octal serial card
sdDisk driver for Adaptec ST-506 Disk Controllers
stDriver for Sysgen SC 4000 (Archive) Tape Controller
tmtapemaster 1/2 inch tape drive
vpIkon 10071-5 Multibus Versatec parallel printer interface
vpcSystech VPC-2200 Versatec printer/plotter and Centronics printer interface
winSun window system
xyDisk driver for Xylogics SMD Disk Controllers
zszilog 8530 SCC serial comunications driver

5. File Formats

a.outassembler and link editor output
acctexecution accounting file
aliasesaliases file for sendmail
ararchive (library) file format
coreformat of memory image file
cpioformat of cpio archive
crontabtable of times to run periodic jobs
dirformat of directories
dumpdates, dumpincremental dump format
environuser environment
fcntlfile control options
inode, fsformat of file system volume
fstabstatic information about the filesystems
gettytabterminal configuration data base
groupgroup file
hostshost name data base
kbdkeyboard translation table format and default table
mtabmounted file system table
networksnetwork name data base
newsUSENET network news article, utility files
newsrcinformation file for readnews(1) and checknews(1)
passwdpassword file
phonesremote host phone number data base
plotgraphics interface
printcapprinter capability data base
protocolsprotocol name data base
remoteremote host description file
sccsfileformat of SCCS file
serversinet server data base
servicesservice name data base
tartape archive file format
termterminal driving tables for nroff
termcapterminal capability data base
tpDEC/mag tape formats
ttysterminal initialization data
ttytypedata base of terminal types by port
typesprimitive system data types
wtmp, utmplogin records
uuencodeformat of an encoded uuencode file
vfontfont formats
utmp, wtmplogin records

6. Games and Demos

adventurean exploration game
arithmeticprovide drill in number facts
backgammonthe game of backgammon
bannerprint large banner on printer
bcdconvert to antique media
bdemosdemonstrate Sun Monochrome Bitmap Display
boggleplay the game of boggle
bsuncubeview 3-D Sun logo
cfscores, canfieldthe solitaire card game canfield
chaseTry to escape to killer robots
chingthe book of changes and other cookies
colordemosdemonstrate Sun Color Graphics Display
cribbagethe card game cribbage
drawinteractive graphics drawing
fishplay “Go Fish”
fortuneprint a random, hopefully interesting, adage
hangmanComputer version of the game hangman
milleplay Mille Bornes
monopMonopoly game
numberconvert Arabic numerals to English
quiztest your knowledge
rainanimated raindrops display
sailmulti-user wooden ships and iron men
snscore, snakedisplay chase game
snake, snscoredisplay chase game
trektrekkie game
wormPlay the growing worm game
wormsanimate worms on a display terminal
wumpthe game of hunt-the-wumpus

7. Miscellaneous Facilities (intro)

asciimap of ASCII character set
eqncharspecial character definitions for eqn
hierfile system hierarchy
miscellaneous, intromiscellaneous useful information pages
mailaddrmail addressing description
manmacros to typeset manual
memacros for formatting papers
mstext formatting macros

8. Maintenance Commands (intro)

aclogin accounting
sa, acctonsystem accounting
adbgengenerate adb script
adduserprocedure for adding new users
analyzeVirtual UNIX postmortem crash analyzer
catmancreate the cat files for the manual
chownchange owner
clriclear i-node
configbuild system configuration files
cronclock daemon
dcheckfile system directory consistency check
dmesgcollect system diagnostic messages to form error log
dumpincremental file system dump
dumpfsdump file system information
expireremove outdated news articles
fasthalt, fastbootreboot/halt the system without checking the disks
fsckfile system consistency check and interactive repair
gettyset terminal mode
haltstop the processor
htableconvert NIC standard format host tables
icheckfile system storage consistency check
inetdinternet services daemon
initprocess control initialization
introintroduction to system maintenance and operation commands
iostatreport I/O statistics
kgmongenerate a dump of the operating system’s profile buffers
lpcline printer control program
lpdline printer daemon
MAKEDEV, makedevmake system special files
makekeygenerate encryption key
mkfsconstruct a file system
mknodbuild special file
mkprotoconstruct a prototype file system
umount, mountmount and dismount file system
ncheckgenerate names from i-numbers
netstatshow network status
newaliasesrebuild the data base for the mail aliases file
newfsconstruct a new file system
pacprinter/plotter accounting information
pstatprint system facts
quotsummarize file system ownership
rccommand script for auto-reboot and daemons
rdateset system date from a remote host
rebootUNIX bootstrapping procedures
recnewsreceive unprocessed articles via mail
renicealter priority of running processes
restoreincremental file system restore
rmailhandle remote mail received via uucp
accton, sasystem accounting
savecoresave a core dump of the operating system
sendmailsend mail over the internet
sendnewssend news articles via mail
shutdownclose down the system at a given time
stickyexecutable files with persistent text
swaponspecify additional device for paging and swapping
syncupdate the super block
sysloglog systems messages
tunefstune up an existing file system
mount, umountmount and dismount file system
updateperiodically update the super block
uurecreceive processed news articles via mail
vipwedit the password file
vmstatreport virtual memory statistics

8C. Network Services

arpaddress resolution display and control
comsatbiff server
ftpdDARPA Internet File Transfer Protocol server
gettableget NIC format host tables from a host
ifconfigconfigure network interface parameters
ndnetwork disk control
rexecdremote execution server
rlogindremote login server
rmtremote magtape protocol module
routemanually manipulate the routing tables
routednetwork routing daemon
rshdremote shell server
rwhodsystem status server
telnetdDARPA TELNET protocol server
tftpdDARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
timedDARPA Time server
trpttransliterate protocol trace
uucleanuucp spool directory clean-up

8S. Sun-specific Maintenance Commands

crashwhat happens when the system crashes
diagGeneral-purpose stand-alone utility package
gxteststand alone test for the Sun video graphics board
imemteststand alone memory test

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