lfs-book/appendixa/utillinux-shortdesc.xml

<sect2><title>Contents of Util-linux</title>

<para>(Last checked against version &util-linux-contversion;.)</para>

<para>The Util-linux package contains a number of miscellaneous
utility programs. Some of the more prominent utilities are used
to mount, unmount, format, partition and manage disk drives,
open tty ports and fetch kernel messages.</para>

<para>Util-linux installs the following:</para>

<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
<para>agetty, arch, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chkdupexe, col, colcrt,
colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, cytune, ddate, dmesg, elvtune, fdformat, fdisk,
fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize, line, logger,
look, losetup, mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap, more, mount,
namei, parse.bash, parse.tcsh, pg, pivot_root, ramsize (link to rdev),
raw, rdev, readprofile, rename, renice, rev, rootflags (link to rdev),
script, setfdprm, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, swapoff (link to swapon), swapon,
test.bash, test.tcsh, tunelp, ul, umount, vidmode (link to rdev), whereis
and write</para></sect3>

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