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1. Commands

1C. Communications Commands

2. System Calls

2X. Extended System Calls

3. Subroutines and Libraries

3F. FORTRAN Library

3N. Network Library

3X. Miscellaneous Libraries

4. Special Files

4F. Network Protocol Families

4N. Network Facilities

4P. Network Protocols

5. File Formats

7. Miscellaneous Facilities

8. Maintenance Commands

8C. Communications Maintenance Commands

Manual — UNIX 2.9BSD

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network

1. Commands

ansiANSI standard tape handler
aplapl interpreter
aplcvtconvert APL workspaces between PDP-11 and VAX formats
checknewscheck to see if user has news
compcompose a message
cpmread and write CP/M® floppy disks
distredistribute a message to additional addresses
filefile message(s) in (an)other folder(s)
folderset/list current folder/message
forwforward messages
getsysprread tables from kernel profiler
grabget files from filesystems
hostidset or print identifier of current host system
hostnameset or print name of current host system
incincorporate new mail
inewssubmit news articles
lpqshow lineprinter queue
lprline printer spooler
lprmdelete jobs from the lineprinter queue
netstatshow network status
newshellNew C shell with tenex-like file name and command completion
nextshow the next message
nohup, nicerun a command at low priority
pickselect messages by content
postnewssubmit news articles
prevshow the previous message
prompterprompting editor front end
psdisplay process status
readnewsread news articles
replreply to a message
rinstallremotely install programs over the internet
rmfremove folder
rmmremove messages
scanproduce a one-line-per-message scan listing
sendsend a message
showshow (list) messages
xedeXtended text EDitor − V7.15

1C. Communications Commands

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
tipconnect to a remote system

2. System Calls

sethostid, gethostidget/set unique identifier of current host
setblevset scheduling priority level for specified process

2X. Extended System Calls (intro)

acceptaccept a connection on a socket
connectinitiate a connection on a socket
gethostnameget name of current host
errno, introintroduction to system calls and error numbers
ioctlnewdescription of some new ioctls
receivereceive message from a socket
selectsynchronous i/o multiplexing
sendsend message from a socket
setgrpset/get group access
sethostnameset name of host cpu
socketcreate an endpoint for communication
socketaddrreturn address associated with a socket

3. Subroutines and Libraries

getdateconvert time and date from ASCII

3F. FORTRAN Library

accessdetermine accessability of a file
chdirchange default directory
dtime, etimereturn elapsed execution time
fdatereturn date and time in an ASCII string
flushflush output to a file
forkcreate a copy of this process
fseekposition a file ftell − return the current position of a file
getargreturn a command line argument iargc − return the number of command line arguments
fgetc, getcget a character from a logical unit
getenvget environment variables
getlogget user’s login name
getpidget process id
getgid, getuidget user or group ID of the caller
itime, idatereturn date or time in numerical form
killsend a signal to a process
linkmake a link to an existing file
locreturn the address of an object
perrorwrite an error message to the standard error file gerror − return an error message in a character string ierrno − return the last system error code
fputc, putcwrite a character to a fortran logical unit
qsortquick sort
signalchange the action for a signal
sleepsleep for awhile
fstat, statget file status
systemexecute a unix command
timereturn system time ctime − convert a system time to a string ltime, gmtime − disect system time
unlinkremove a directory entry
waitwait for a process to terminate

3N. Network 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_ntoa, inet_makeaddr, inet_lnaof, inet_netof, inetInternet address manipulation routines
introintroduction to network library functions

3X. Miscellaneous Libraries

rresvport, ruserok, rcmdroutines for returning a stream to a remote command
rexecreturn stream to a remote command

4. Special Files

losoftware loopback network interface
ptypseudo terminal driver

4F. Network Protocol Families

inetInternet protocol family
pupXerox PUP-I protocol family

4N. Network Facilities (intro)

networking, introintroduction to networking facilities

4P. Network Protocols

impIMP raw socket interface
ipInternet Protocol
pupraw PUP socket interface
tcpInternet Transmission Control Protocol
udpInternet User Datagram Protocol

5. File Formats

ddate, dumpincremental dump format
hostshost name data base
networksnetwork name data base
newsUSENET network news article, utility files
newsrcinformation file for readnews(1) and checknews(1)
phonesremote host phone number data base
printcapprinter capability data base
protocolsprotocol name data base
remoteremote host description file
servicesservice name data base

7. Miscellaneous Facilities

mailaddrmail addressing description

8. Maintenance Commands

dumpincremental file system dump
expireremove outdated news articles
htableconvert NIC standard format host tables
recnewsreceive unprocessed articles via mail
sendnewssend news articles via mail
ulfuniversal lineprinter filter
uurecreceive processed news articles via mail

8C. Communications Maintenance Commands

comsatbiff server
ftpdDARPA Internet File Transfer Protocol server
gettableget NIC format host tables from a host
implogIMP log interpreter
implogdIMP logger process
rdumpfile system dump across the network
rexecdremote execution server
rlogindremote login server
rmtremote magtape protocol module
routemanually manipulate the routing tables
routednetwork routing daemon
rrestorrestore a file system dump across the network
rshdremote shell server
rwhodsystem status server
telnetdDARPA TELNET protocol server
tftpdDARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
trpttransliterate protocol trace

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