PWB1/usr/man/man0/contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. COMMANDS AND APPLICATION PROGRAMS
450 ................ handle special functions of DASI450 terminal
adb .................................................... debugger
admin ..................................... administer SCCS files
ar ............................... archive and library maintainer
as .................................................... assembler
banner ................................... print in block letters
bas ....................................................... basic
bc ..................... arbitrary precision interactive language
bdiff .................................................. big diff
bfs ............................................ big file scanner
cal .............................................. print calendar
cat ....................................... concatenate and print
cb ................................................. C beautifier
cc ................................................... C compiler
cd ..................................... change working directory
cdb .................................................. C debugger
chdir .................................. change working directory
chghist ............... change the history entry of an SCCS delta
chgrp .............................................. change group
chmod ............................................... change mode
chown .............................................. change owner
cmp ........................................... compare two files
col ................................... filter reverse line feeds
comb ........................................ combine SCCS deltas
comm ............................ print lines common to two files
cp ......................................................... copy
cpio .............................. copy file archives in and out
cpx ......................................... copy a file exactly
cref ............................... make cross reference listing
crypt ............................................. encode/decode
csplit ............................................ context split
date ..................................... print and set the date
db ........................................................ debug
dc .............................................. desk calculator
dd ...................................... convert and copy a file
delta ........................................ make an SCCS delta
deroff .................. remove nroff, troff, and eqn constructs
df ....................................... report disk free space
diff ............................... differential file comparator
diff3 ........................ 3-way differential file comparison
diffmark ................ mark changes between versions of a file
dsw ........................................ delete interactively
du ......................................... summarize disk usage
echo ............................................. echo arguments
ed .................................................. text editor
egrep .............. search a file for lines containing a pattern
eqn ......................................... typeset mathematics
= (equals) ............................. shell assignment command
exit ..................................... terminate command file
expr .............. evaluate arguments as an algebraic expression
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fc ............................................. Fortran compiler
fd2 .............. redirect file descriptor 2 (diagnostic output)
fgrep ............... search a file for lines containing keywords
file ........................................ determine file type
find ................................................. find files
gath .............................. gather real and virtual files
get ............................... get generation from SCCS file
goto ........................................... command transfer
graph .............................................. draw a graph
grep ................................ search a file for a pattern
gsi ................. handle special functions of GSI300 terminal
help ............................................... ask for help
hp ................. handle special functions of HP 2640 terminal
if .......................................... conditional command
kill ........................................ terminate a process
ld .................................................. link editor
lex .................. generate programs for simple lexical tasks
ln .................................................. make a link
login ............................................ sign onto UNIX
logname, logdir, logtty .................. information from login
ls ................................... list contents of directory
m4 .............................................. macro processor
mail .............................. send mail to designated users
make ............................................. make a program
man ................................. print on-line documentation
mesg .................................... permit or deny messages
mkdir .......................................... make a directory
mm ................................. run off document with PWB/MM
mv ........................................ move or rename a file
neqn ............................ typeset mathematics on terminal
newgrp .................................... log in to a new group
next ..................... new standard input for shell procedure
nice .............................. run a command at low priority
nm .............................................. print name list
nohup ........................... run a command immune to hangups
nroff, troff .................................... text formatters
od ................................................... octal dump
onintr ......................... handle interrupts in shell files
passwd .................................... change login password
plot: t300, t300s, t450 ........................ graphics filters
pr ................................................... print file
prof ....................................... display profile data
prt ............................................. print SCCS file
ps ............................................... process status
ptx .............................................. permuted index
pump ................................ Shell data transfer command
pwd ...................................... working directory name
quiz ........................................ test your knowledge
rc .............................................. Ratfor compiler
reform ....................................... reformat text file
regcmp ............................... regular expression compile
rgrep ............................... search a file for a pattern
rjestat ................................ RJE status and enquiries
rm ........................................ remove (unlink) files
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rmdel .......................... remove a delta from an SCCS file
rmdir .......................................... remove directory
roff ................................................ format text
rsh ...................... restricted shell (command interpreter)
sccsdiff ................... compare two versions of an SCCS file
sed ............................................... stream editor
send ............................................. submit RJE job
sh .................................. shell (command interpreter)
shift .................................... adjust Shell arguments
size ..................................... size of an object file
sleep ......................... suspend execution for an interval
sno .......................................... Snobol interpreter
sort ........................................ sort or merge files
spell ...................................... find spelling errors
spline ................................. interpolate smooth curve
split .................................. split a file into pieces
strip ........................ remove symbols and relocation bits
stty ....................................... set terminal options
su ....................................... become privileged user
sum .................................... print checksum of a file
switch ........................... shell multi-way branch command
sync ..................................... update the super block
tabs ....................................... set tabs on terminal
tail ............................ deliver the last part of a file
tbl ............................ format tables for nroff or troff
tee ................................................ pipe fitting
time ............................................. time a command
tp ............................... manipulate DECtape and magtape
tr ................................................ transliterate
troff ............................................ text formatter
tty ........................................... get terminal name
typo ........................................ find possible typos
uname ................................ print name of current UNIX
uniq ............................ report repeated lines in a file
units ........................................ conversion program
vp ............................................... Versatec print
wait ................................ await completion of process
wc ................................................... word count
what ............................................. identify files
whatsnew ........................ compare file modification dates
while ................................... shell iteration command
who ........................................ who is on the system
write ..................................... write to another user
xargs ............ construct argument list(s) and execute command
yacc .............................. yet another compiler-compiler
II. SYSTEM CALLS
intro .............................. introduction to system calls
access .......................... determine accessibility of file
alarm ...................... schedule signal after specified time
break, brk, sbrk ......................... change core allocation
chdir .................................. change working directory
chmod ....................................... change mode of file
chown .......................... change owner and group of a file
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close .............................................. close a file
creat ......................................... create a new file
csw ....................................... read console switches
dup ........................... duplicate an open file descriptor
exec, execl, execv ............................... execute a file
exit .......................................... terminate process
fork .......................................... spawn new process
fstat ................................... get status of open file
getgid ................................ get group identifications
getpid ............................... get process identification
getuid ................................. get user identifications
gtty ........................................ get terminal status
indir ...................................... indirect system call
kill ................................... send signal to a process
link ............................................. link to a file
logname, logdir, logtty, logpost .............. login information
mknod ........................ make a directory or a special file
mount ......................................... mount file system
nice ....................................... set program priority
open ................................ open for reading or writing
pause ........................................... indefinite wait
pipe ............................. create an interprocess channel
profil ................................... execution time profile
ptrace ............................................ process trace
read ............................................. read from file
seek .................................... move read/write pointer
setgid ..................................... set process group ID
setpgrp ................................ set process group number
setuid ...................................... set process user ID
signal .................................. catch or ignore signals
stat ............................................ get file status
stime .................................................. set time
stty ....................................... set mode of terminal
sync ......................................... update super-block
tell ............................................ get file offset
time .......................................... get date and time
times ......................................... get process times
udata ......................................... get per-user data
umount ..................................... dismount file system
uname .............................. get name of current PWB/UNIX
unlink ................................... remove directory entry
ustat ................................ get file system statistics
utime ...................................... update times in file
wait .............................. wait for process to terminate
write ........................................... write on a file
III. SUBROUTINES
abort ..................................... generate an IOT fault
abs, fabs ........................................ absolute value
alloc, free ...................................... core allocator
atan, atan2 ................................ arc tangent function
atof .................................. convert ASCII to floating
atoi ................................... convert ASCII to integer
cgetpid ..................... return character form of process ID
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crypt ......................................... password encoding
ctime, localtime, gmtime ......... convert date and time to ASCII
descend ..................... search UNIX file system directories
ecvt, fcvt .................................... output conversion
end, etext, edata ..................... last locations in program
exp ........................................ exponential function
floor, ceil ......................... floor and ceiling functions
fmod ................................... floating modulo function
fptrap ............................... floating point interpreter
gamma ........................................ log gamma function
getarg, iargc ................ get command arguments from Fortran
getc, getw, fopen ................................ buffered input
getchar .......................................... read character
getpw ......................................... get name from UID
gmatch .......... match a string with a pattern (like glob(VIII))
hmul ......................................... high-order product
ierror ..................................... catch Fortran errors
ldiv, lrem ........................................ long division
locv ..................................... long output conversion
log ........................................... natural logarithm
monitor ............................... prepare execution profile
nargs ............................................ argument count
nlist ................................ get entries from name list
perror, sys_errlist, sys_nerr, errno ............ system messages
pexec ............................ path search and execute a file
plot: openpl et al. .......................... graphics interface
pow ..................................... floating exponentiation
printf .......................................... formatted print
putc, putw, fcreat, fflush ...................... buffered output
putchar, flush .................................. write character
qsort .............................................. quicker sort
rand, srand ............................. random number generator
regcmp, regex ........... compile and execute regular expressions
reset, setexit ........................... execute non-local goto
setfil ................................ specify Fortran file name
setjmp, longjmp .......................... execute non-local goto
sin, cos ................................ trigonometric functions
sleep ............................ suspend execution for interval
sqrt ....................................... square root function
strcpy, strcat, strcmp, strlen ...... operations on ASCII strings
ttyn ............................ return name of current terminal
IV. SPECIAL FILES
cat ................................... phototypesetter interface
dh ............................. DH-11 communications multiplexer
dn .......................................... DN-11 ACU interface
dp ...................... DP-11, DU-11 synchronous line interface
hp .............................. RP04/RP05/RP06 moving-head disk
hs .................................... RS03/RS04 fixed-head disk
ht ....................................... TU16 magtape interface
kl ........................ KL-11 or DL-11 asynchronous interface
lp ................................................. line printer
mem, kmem, null ..................................... core memory
rje ...................... DQS-11B interface for remote job entry
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rp .................................. RP-11/RP03 moving-head disk
tm .................................. TM11/TU10 magtape interface
tty .................................. general terminal interface
V. FILE FORMATS AND CONVENTIONS
a.out .......................... assembler and link editor output
ar ................................ archive (library) file format
ascii ................................ map of ASCII character set
checklist ............... list of file systems processed by check
core .................................. format of core image file
cpio ..................................... format of cpio archive
directory ................................. format of directories
dump ............................... incremental dump tape format
ebcdic .............................................. file format
fs ................................. format of file system volume
fspec ........................ format specification in text files
greek .......... graphics for extended TELETYPE Model 37 type-box
group ................................................ group file
master .......................... master device information table
mnttab ................................ mounted file system table
passwd ............................................ password file
plot ......................................... graphics interface
sccsfile .................................... format of SCCS file
sha ....................................... Shell accounting file
tp .............................................. mag tape format
ttys ............................... terminal initialization data
utmp ........................................... user information
wtmp ......................................... user login history
VI. GAMES
azel ...................................... satellite predictions
bio .......................................... biorhythm analysis
bj ....................................... the game of black jack
chess ......................................... the game of chess
cubic ............................. three dimensional tic-tac-toe
factor ....................... discover prime factors of a number
moo ............................................... guessing game
othello ............................ a game of dramatic reversals
sky .......................................... obtain ephemerides
ttt ..................................... the game of tic-tac-toe
wump ................................ the game of hunt-the-wumpus
VII. MISCELLANEOUS
terminals ............... descriptions of commonly-used terminals
DASI450 .............. DASI450, DIABLO 1620, XEROX 1700 terminals
GSI300 ........... GSI300 (DTC300 or DASI300) hard-copy terminals
HP2640 ................. Hewlett-Packard 2640 CRT terminal family
TermiNet ................... GE TermiNet 300 (and 1200) terminals
TI700 ............................ TI 745, 735, and 725 terminals
tmac.name ............... standard nroff and troff macro packages
VIII. SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
70boot ............................... 11/70 bootstrap procedures
ac ............................................. login accounting
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bcopy ........................................... disk block copy
check ............................. file system consistency check
clri ............................................... clear i-node
clrm ....................................... clear mode of i-node
config ....................................... configure a system
crash ........................ what to do when the system crashes
cron ............................................... clock daemon
cu .................................................... call UNIX
dcat ................................ read/write synchronous line
dcheck .................. file system directory consistency check
devnm ............................................... device name
diskboot ................................ disk bootstrap programs
dump ............................... incremental file system dump
fsdb ....................................... file system debugger
getty ......................................... set terminal mode
glob ................................. generate command arguments
hasp .............................. PWB/UNIX IBM Remote Job Entry
icheck .................... file system storage consistency check
init ............................. process control initialization
lastcom ......................... search shell accounting records
mkfs .................................... construct a file system
mknod ........................................ build special file
mount ......................................... mount file system
ncheck ............................ generate names from i-numbers
patchup .......................... patch up a damaged file system
regen ............................. regenerate system directories
restor .......................... incremental file system restore
rmall ................................................ remove all
romboot ........................... special ROM bootstrap loaders
sa ............................................. Shell accounting
setmnt ................................... establish mnttab table
setuid ................................... set user id of command
shutdown ............................... terminate all processing
tapeboot ....................... magnetic tape bootstrap programs
umount ..................................... dismount file system
unixboot ....................... UNIX startup and boot procedures
volcopy, labelit ........... copy filesystems with label checking
wall ......................................... write to all users
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