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- <sect1 id="ch-system-util-linux" role="wrap">
- <?dbhtml filename="util-linux.html"?>
- <sect1info condition="script">
- <productname>util-linux</productname>
- <productnumber>&util-linux-version;</productnumber>
- <address>&util-linux-url;</address>
- </sect1info>
- <title>Util-linux-&util-linux-version;</title>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux">
- <primary sortas="a-Util-linux">Util-linux</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <sect2 role="package">
- <title/>
- <para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs.
- Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles, partitions,
- and messages.</para>
- <segmentedlist>
- <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
- <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>&util-linux-ch6-sbu;</seg>
- <seg>&util-linux-ch6-du;</seg>
- </seglistitem>
- </segmentedlist>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 role="installation">
- <title>FHS compliance notes</title>
- <para>The FHS recommends using the <filename
- class="directory">/var/lib/hwclock</filename> directory instead of the
- usual <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> directory as the
- location for the <filename>adjtime</filename> file. To make the
- <command>hwclock</command> program FHS-compliant, run the
- following:</para>
- <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e 's@etc/adjtime@var/lib/hwclock/adjtime@g' \
- $(grep -rl '/etc/adjtime' .)
- mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 role="installation">
- <title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
- <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure</userinput></screen>
- <para>Compile the package:</para>
- <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
- <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
- <para>Install the package:</para>
- <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="contents-utillinux" role="content">
- <title>Contents of Util-linux</title>
- <segmentedlist>
- <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
- <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
- <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>addpart, agetty, blkid, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chcpu, chkdupexe,
- chrt, col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, cytune, delpart,
- dmesg, fallocate, fdformat, fdisk, findfs, findmnt, flock, fsck,
- fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, i386,
- ionice, ipcmk, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize, ldattach, linux32, linux64,
- logger, look, losetup, lsblk, lscpu, mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs,
- mkfs.minix, mkswap, more, mount, mountpoint, namei, partx, pg, pivot_root,
- prlimit, raw, readprofile, rename, renice, rev, rtcwake, script, scriptreplay,
- setarch, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, swaplabel, swapoff (link to swapon),
- swapon, switch_root, tailf, taskset, tunelp, ul, umount, unshare,
- uuidd, uuidgen, wall, whereis, wipefs, and x86_64</seg>
- <seg>libblkid.{a,so}, libmount.{a,so}, libuuid.{a,so}</seg>
- <seg>/usr/include/blkid, /usr/include/libmount, /usr/include/uuid,
- /usr/share/getopt, /var/lib/hwclock</seg>
- </seglistitem>
- </segmentedlist>
- <variablelist>
- <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
- <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
- <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
- <varlistentry id="addpart">
- <term><command>addpart</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Informs the Linux kernel of new partitions</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux addpart">
- <primary sortas="b-addpart">addpart</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="agetty">
- <term><command>agetty</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
- and then invokes the <command>login</command> program</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux agetty">
- <primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="blkid">
- <term><command>blkid</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A command line utility to locate and print block device
- attributes</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkid">
- <primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="blockdev">
- <term><command>blockdev</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command
- line</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blockdev">
- <primary sortas="b-blockdev">blockdev</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="cal">
- <term><command>cal</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Displays a simple calendar</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cal">
- <primary sortas="b-cal">cal</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="cfdisk">
- <term><command>cfdisk</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cfdisk">
- <primary sortas="b-cfdisk">cfdisk</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="chcpu">
- <term><command>chcpu</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Modifies the state of CPUs</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chcpu">
- <primary sortas="b-chcpu">chcpu</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="chkdupexe">
- <term><command>chkdupexe</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Finds duplicate executables</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chkdupexe">
- <primary sortas="b-chkdupexe">chkdupexe</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="chrt">
- <term><command>chrt</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Manipulates real-time attributes of a process</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chrt">
- <primary sortas="b-chrt">chrt</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="col">
- <term><command>col</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Filters out reverse line feeds</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux col">
- <primary sortas="b-col">col</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="colcrt">
- <term><command>colcrt</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Filters <command>nroff</command> output for terminals
- that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colcrt">
- <primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="colrm">
- <term><command>colrm</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Filters out the given columns</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colrm">
- <primary sortas="b-colrm">colrm</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="column">
- <term><command>column</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Formats a given file into multiple columns</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux column">
- <primary sortas="b-column">column</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="ctrlaltdel">
- <term><command>ctrlaltdel</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a
- hard or a soft reset</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ctrlaltdel">
- <primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="cytune">
- <term><command>cytune</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Tunes the parameters of the serial line drivers for
- Cyclades cards</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cytune">
- <primary sortas="b-cytune">cytune</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="delpart">
- <term><command>delpart</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Asks the Linux kernel to remove a partition</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux delpart">
- <primary sortas="b-delpart">delpart</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="dmesg">
- <term><command>dmesg</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Dumps the kernel boot messages</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux dmesg">
- <primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="fallocate">
- <term><command>fallocate</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Preallocates space to a file</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fallocate">
- <primary sortas="b-fallocate">fallocate</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="fdformat">
- <term><command>fdformat</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Low-level formats a floppy disk</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdformat">
- <primary sortas="b-fdformat">fdformat</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="fdisk">
- <term><command>fdisk</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Manipulates the paritition table of the given device</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdisk">
- <primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="findfs">
- <term><command>findfs</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier
- (UUID)</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findfs">
- <primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="findmnt">
- <term><command>findmnt</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Is a command line interface to the libmount library
- for work with mountinfo, fstab and mtab files</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findmnt">
- <primary sortas="b-findmnt">findmnt</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="flock">
- <term><command>flock</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Acquires a file lock and then executes a command with the lock
- held</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux flock">
- <primary sortas="b-flock">flock</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="fsck">
- <term><command>fsck</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck">
- <primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="fsck.cramfs">
- <term><command>fsck.cramfs</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the
- given device</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.cramfs">
- <primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="fsck.minix">
- <term><command>fsck.minix</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the
- given device</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.minix">
- <primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="fsfreeze">
- <term><command>fsfreeze</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Is a very simple wrapper around FIFREEZE/FITHAW ioctl
- kernel driver operations</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsfreeze">
- <primary sortas="b-fsfreeze">fsfreeze</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="fstrim">
- <term><command>fstrim</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Discards unused blocks on a mounted filesystem</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fstrim">
- <primary sortas="b-fstrim">fstrim</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="getopt">
- <term><command>getopt</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Parses options in the given command line</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux getopt">
- <primary sortas="b-getopt">getopt</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="hexdump">
- <term><command>hexdump</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given
- format</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hexdump">
- <primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="hwclock">
- <term><command>hwclock</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called
- the Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
- clock</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hwclock">
- <primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="i386">
- <term><command>i386</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux i386">
- <primary sortas="b-i386">i386</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="ionice">
- <term><command>ionice</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Gets or sets the io scheduling class and priority for a program</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ionice">
- <primary sortas="b-ionice">ionice</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="ipcmk">
- <term><command>ipcmk</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Creates various IPC resources</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcmk">
- <primary sortas="b-ipcmk">ipcmk</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="ipcrm">
- <term><command>ipcrm</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcrm">
- <primary sortas="b-ipcrm">ipcrm</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="ipcs">
- <term><command>ipcs</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Provides IPC status information</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcs">
- <primary sortas="b-ipcs">ipcs</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="isosize">
- <term><command>isosize</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Reports the size of an iso9660 file system</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux isosize">
- <primary sortas="b-isosize">isosize</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="ldattach">
- <term><command>ldattach</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Attaches a line discipline to a serial line</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ldattach">
- <primary sortas="b-ldattach">ldattach</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="linux32">
- <term><command>linux32</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux32">
- <primary sortas="b-linux32">linux32</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="linux64">
- <term><command>linux64</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux64">
- <primary sortas="b-linux64">linux64</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="logger">
- <term><command>logger</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Enters the given message into the system log</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux logger">
- <primary sortas="b-logger">logger</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="look">
- <term><command>look</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Displays lines that begin with the given string</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux look">
- <primary sortas="b-look">look</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="losetup">
- <term><command>losetup</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Sets up and controls loop devices</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux losetup">
- <primary sortas="b-losetup">losetup</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="lsblk">
- <term><command>lsblk</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Lists information about all or selected block devices in
- a tree-like format.</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsblk">
- <primary sortas="b-lsblk">lsblk</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="lscpu">
- <term><command>lscpu</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Prints CPU architechture information</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lscpu">
- <primary sortas="b-lscpu">lscpu</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="mcookie">
- <term><command>mcookie</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for
- <command>xauth</command></para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mcookie">
- <primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="mkfs">
- <term><command>mkfs</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk
- partition)</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs">
- <primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="mkfs.bfs">
- <term><command>mkfs.bfs</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Creates a Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.bfs">
- <primary sortas="b-mkfs.bfs">mkfs.bfs</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="mkfs.cramfs">
- <term><command>mkfs.cramfs</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Creates a cramfs file system</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.cramfs">
- <primary sortas="b-mkfs.cramfs">mkfs.cramfs</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="mkfs.minix">
- <term><command>mkfs.minix</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Creates a Minix file system</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.minix">
- <primary sortas="b-mkfs.minix">mkfs.minix</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="mkswap">
- <term><command>mkswap</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap
- area</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkswap">
- <primary sortas="b-mkswap">mkswap</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="more">
- <term><command>more</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A filter for paging through text one screen at a time</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux more">
- <primary sortas="b-more">more</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="mount">
- <term><command>mount</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified
- directory in the file-system tree</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mount">
- <primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="mountpoint">
- <term><command>mountpoint</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Checks if the directory is a mountpoint</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mountpoint">
- <primary sortas="b-mountpoint">mountpoint</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="namei">
- <term><command>namei</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux namei">
- <primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="partx">
- <term><command>partx</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk
- partitions</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux partx">
- <primary sortas="b-partx">partx</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="pg">
- <term><command>pg</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Displays a text file one screen full at a time</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pg">
- <primary sortas="b-pg">pg</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="pivot_root">
- <term><command>pivot_root</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Makes the given file system the new root file system of the
- current process</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pivot_root">
- <primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="prlimit">
- <term><command>prlimit</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Get and set a process' resource limits</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux prlimit">
- <primary sortas="b-prlimit">prlimit</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="raw">
- <term><command>raw</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Bind a Linux raw character device to a block device</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux raw">
- <primary sortas="b-raw">raw</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="readprofile">
- <term><command>readprofile</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Reads kernel profiling information</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux readprofile">
- <primary sortas="b-readprofile">readprofile</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="rename">
- <term><command>rename</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Renames the given files, replacing a given string with
- another</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rename">
- <primary sortas="b-rename">rename</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="renice">
- <term><command>renice</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Alters the priority of running processes</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux renice">
- <primary sortas="b-renice">renice</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="rev">
- <term><command>rev</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Reverses the lines of a given file</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rev">
- <primary sortas="b-rev">rev</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="rtcwake">
- <term><command>rtcwake</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Used to enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup
- time</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rtcwake">
- <primary sortas="b-rtcwake">rtcwake</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="script">
- <term><command>script</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Makes a typescript of a terminal session</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux script">
- <primary sortas="b-script">script</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="scriptreplay">
- <term><command>scriptreplay</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Plays back typescripts using timing information</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptreplay">
- <primary sortas="b-scriptreplay">scriptreplay</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="setarch">
- <term><command>setarch</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Changes reported architecture in a new program environment and
- sets personality flags</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setarch">
- <primary sortas="b-setarch">setarch</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="setsid">
- <term><command>setsid</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Runs the given program in a new session</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setsid">
- <primary sortas="b-setsid">setsid</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="setterm">
- <term><command>setterm</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Sets terminal attributes</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setterm">
- <primary sortas="b-setterm">setterm</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="sfdisk">
- <term><command>sfdisk</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A disk partition table manipulator</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sfdisk">
- <primary sortas="b-sfdisk">sfdisk</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="swaplabel">
- <term><command>swaplabel</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Allows to change swaparea UUID and label</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swaplabel">
- <primary sortas="b-swaplabel">swaplabel</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="swapoff">
- <term><command>swapoff</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Disables devices and files for paging and swapping</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapoff">
- <primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="swapon">
- <term><command>swapon</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Enables devices and files for paging and swapping and
- lists the devices and files currently in use</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapon">
- <primary sortas="b-swapon">swapon</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="switch_root">
- <term><command>switch_root</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Switches to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux switch_root">
- <primary sortas="b-switch_root">switch_root</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="tailf">
- <term><command>tailf</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Tracks the growth of a log file. Displays the last 10 lines
- of a log file, then continues displaying any new entries in the
- log file as they are created</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux tailf">
- <primary sortas="b-tailf">tailf</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="taskset">
- <term><command>taskset</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Retrieves or sets a process' CPU affinity</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux taskset">
- <primary sortas="b-taskset">taskset</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="tunelp">
- <term><command>tunelp</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Tunes the parameters of the line printer</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux tunelp">
- <primary sortas="b-tunelp">tunelp</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="ul">
- <term><command>ul</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A filter for translating underscores into escape sequences
- indicating underlining for the terminal in use</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ul">
- <primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="umount">
- <term><command>umount</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux umount">
- <primary sortas="b-umount">umount</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="unshare">
- <term><command>unshare</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Runs a program with some namespaces unshared from parent</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux unshare">
- <primary sortas="b-unshare">unshare</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="uuidd">
- <term><command>uuidd</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A daemon used by the UUID library to generate time-based
- UUIDs in a secure and guranteed-unique fashion.</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidd">
- <primary sortas="b-uuidd">uuidd</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="uuidgen">
- <term><command>uuidgen</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered
- unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
- systems, in the past and in the future</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidgen">
- <primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="wall">
- <term><command>wall</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Displays the contents of a file or, by default, its standard
- input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wall">
- <primary sortas="b-wall">wall</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="whereis">
- <term><command>whereis</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page
- for the given command</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis">
- <primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="wipefs">
- <term><command>wipefs</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Wipes a filesystem signature from a device</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wipefs">
- <primary sortas="b-wipefs">wipefs</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="x86_64">
- <term><command>x86_64</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux x86_64">
- <primary sortas="b-x86_64">x86_64</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="libblkid">
- <term><filename class="libraryfile">libblkid</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Contains routines for device identification and token
- extraction</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libblkid">
- <primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="libuuid">
- <term><filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects
- that may be accessible beyond the local system</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libuuid">
- <primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
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