Minix-vmd Manual Pages
acd (1) - a compiler driver
ar (1) - create and maintain library archives
arx (1) - 'ar xv' for a V7 archive.
ash, sh, ., break, case, cd, command, continue, eval, exec, exit, export, for, getopts, hash, if, jobs, local, read, readonly, return, set, setvar, shift, trap, umask, unset, wait, while (1) - a shell
at, atrun (1) - execute commands at a later time
banner (1) - print a banner
basename, dirname (1) - strip off file prefixes and suffixes
bc (1) - An arbitrary precision calculator language
bsfilt, colcrt (1) - a colcrt-like backspace filter
btoa (1) - binary to ascii conversion
cal (1) - print a calendar
calendar (1) - reminder service
cat (1) - concatenate files and write them to stdout
catman (1) - preformat a manual page tree
cawf, nroff (1) - C version of the nroff-like, Amazingly Workable (text) Formatter
cc, pc, m2, acc, apc, am2, gcc, kcc (1) - Minix C, Pascal, and Modula-2 compilers
cdplay (1) - play audio compact disks
chat (1) - Automated conversational script with a modem
chgrp (1) - change group
chmem (1) - change memory allocation
chmod (1) - change access mode for files
cksum (1) - display file checksum and size
clear, clr (1) - clear the screen
cmp (1) - compare two files
comm (1) - print lines common to two sorted files
compress, uncompress, zcat (1) - compress a file using modified Lempel-Ziv coding
cp, mv, rm, ln, cpdir, clone (1) - copy, move, remove, link
crc (1) - print the checksum of the file data
ctags (1) - Generates "tags" and (optionally) "refs" files
cut (1) - select out columns of a file
date (1) - print or set the date and time
dd (1) - disk dumper
df (1) - report on free disk space
dhrystone (1) - integer benchmark
diff (1) - differential file and directory comparator
diff3 (1) - 3-way differential file comparison
du (1) - print disk usage
echo (1) - produce message in a shell script
ed (1) - editor
eject (1) - eject removable media
elvis, ex, vi (1) - The editor
elvrec (1) - Recover the modified version of a file after a crash
expand (1) - convert tabs to spaces
expr, test, [ (1) - evaluate expressions
factor (1) - factor an integer less than 2**31
file (1) - make a guess as to a file's type based on contents
find (1) - find files meeting a given condition
finger (1) - user information lookup program
flex, lex (1) - fast lexical analyzer generator
flexdoc (1) - fast lexical analyzer generator
fmt (1) - adjust line-length for paragraphs of text
fold (1) - fold long lines
format (1) - format a PC floppy diskette
fortune (1) - print a fortune
fsck (1) - perform file system consistency check
fsck1, fsck1f, fsck2, fsck2f (1) - perform file system consistency check
gather (1) - gather up the files in a directory for transmission
grep, egrep, fgrep (1) - print lines matching a pattern
gzip, gunzip, gzcat (1) - compress or expand files
head (1) - print the first few lines of a file
host (1) - look up host names using domain server
hostaddr (1) - show ethernet address, IP address or hostname
id (1) - print the uid and gid
ifdef (1) - remove #ifdefs from a file
install (1) - install files
isodir (1) - list ISO9660 or High Sierra directories
isoinfo (1) - list an ISO9660 or High Sierra volume descriptor
isoread (1) - read a file in ISO9660 or High Sierra format
joe (1) - Joe's Own Editor
join (1) - relational database operator
kill (1) - send a signal to a process
last (1) - display recent on-line session records
less, more (1) - opposite of more
lesskey (1) - specify key bindings for less
logger (1) - make entries in the system log
login (1) - log into the computer
look (1) - find lines in a sorted list
lp, lpd (1) - copy a file to the line printer
ls (1) - list the contents of a directory
make (1) - a program for maintaining large programs
makewhatis (1) - build the whatis(5) database
man (1) - display online manual pages
mattrib (1) - change MSDOS file attribute flags
mcd (1) - change MSDOS directory
mcopy (1) - copy MSDOS files to/from Unix
mdel (1) - delete an MSDOS file
mdeltree (1) - remove an MSDOS directory tree
mdir (1) - display an MSDOS directory
mesg (1) - permit or deny messages
mformat (1) - add an MSDOS filesystem to a low-level formatted diskette.
mixer (1) - manipulate mixer settings on a sound card
mkdir (1) - make a directory
mkfifo (1) - make a named pipe
mkfs (1) - make a file system
mkfs1 (1) - make a file system
mkmanifest (1) - create a shell script to restore Unix filenames
mkproto (1) - create a MINIX prototype file
mlabel (1) - make an MSDOS volume label
mmd (1) - make an MSDOS subdirectory
mmove (1) - moves or renames an existing MSDOS file or subdirectory
modem (1) - switch the modem and getty state
mount, umount (1) - mount or unmount a file system
mrd (1) - remove an MSDOS subdirectory
mren (1) - rename or move an existing MSDOS file or subdirectory
mt (1) - magnetic tape control
mtools (1) - a collection of tools for manipulating MSDOS files
mtype (1) - display contents of an MSDOS file
ncftp, ftp (1) - Internet file transfer program
nice, nohup (1) - run a command at low priority
nm (1) - print name list
od (1) - octal dump
passwd, chfn, chsh (1) - change a login password, full name or shell
paste (1) - paste multiple files together
patch (1) - apply a diff file to an original
patchtree (1) - patch up a directory tree
pathto, uupath (1) - calculate mail paths
perl (1) - Practical Extraction and Report Language
pkginfo (1) - Give information about optional packages
playwave (1) - play an audio file in MicroSoft PCM wave format
pr (1) - print a file
prep (1) - prepare a text file for statistical analysis
pretty (1) - MINIX pretty printer
ps (1) - process status
pwd (1) - print working directory
ranlib (1) - convert archives to random libraries
rcp (1) - remote file copy
readall (1) - read a device quickly to check for bad blocks
readfs (1) - read a MINIX file system
recwave (1) - record an audio file in MicroSoft PCM wave format
ref (1) - Display a C function header
remsync (1) - remotely synchronize file trees
rev (1) - reverse the characters on each line of a file
rget, rput (1) - network pipe
rlogin (1) - remote login
rmdir (1) - remove a directory
rsh (1) - remote shell
rz (1) - receive a file using the zmodem protocol
screen (1) - screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation
sed (1) - stream editor
shar (1) - shell archiver
size (1) - print text, data, and bss size of a program
sleep (1) - suspend execution for a given number of seconds
sort (1) - sort a file of ASCII lines
spell (1) - print all words in a file not present in the dictionary
split (1) - split a large file into several smaller files
stat, lstat (1) - provide a shell interface to the stat(2) system call
strings (1) - print all the strings in a binary file
strip (1) - remove symbol table from executable file
stty (1) - set terminal parameters
su (1) - temporary become superuser or another user
sum (1) - compute the checksum and block count of a file
synctree (1) - synchronize directory trees.
sysenv (1) - request system boot parameter
sz (1) - send a file using the zmodem protocol
tail (1) - print the last few lines of a file
tar (1) - tape (or other media) file archiver
tee (1) - divert stdin to a file
telnet (1) - user interface to the TELNET protocol
term (1) - turn PC into a dumb terminal [IBM]
tget (1) - get termcap values
time (1) - report how long a command takes
tip, cu (1) - connect to a remote system
touch (1) - update a file's time of last modification
tr (1) - translate character codes
true, false (1) - exit with the value true or false
tsort (1) - topological sort [IBM]
tty (1) - print the device name of this tty
uname, arch, hostname (1) - display system info
unexpand (1) - convert spaces to tabs
uniq (1) - delete consecutive identical lines in a file
utime, stime (1) - interactively change the modified time
uud, uudecode (1) - decode a binary file encoded with uue
uue, uuencode (1) - encode a binary file to ASCII (e.g., for mailing)
uuwho (1) - show map entry for a site
vol (1) - split input on or combine output from several volumes
wc (1) - count characters, words, and lines in a file
whatis, apropos (1) - give single line descriptions for manual pages
which (1) - examine $PATH to see which file will be executed
who (1) - print list of currently logged in users
whoami (1) - print current user name
write (1) - send a message to a logged-in user
xargs (1) - construct argument list(s) and execute utility.
yacc (1) - an LALR(1) parser generator
yap (1) - yet another pager
yes (1) - an endless stream of the same word
zexec (1) - decompress and execute a compressed binary
access (2) - determine accessibility of file
alarm (2) - schedule signal after specified time
brk, sbrk (2) - change data segment size
chdir (2) - change current working directory
chmod (2) - change mode of file
chown (2) - change owner and group of a file
chroot (2) - change root directory
close (2) - delete a descriptor
creat (2) - create a new file
dup, dup2 (2) - duplicate a descriptor
execve (2) - execute a file
exit, _exit (2) - terminate a process
fcancel (2) - cancel an asynchronous I/O operation
fcntl (2) - miscellaneous file descriptor control functions
fork (2) - create a new process
fwait (2) - wait for asynchronous I/O operations to complete
getgid, getegid (2) - get group identity
getgroups, setgroups (2) - get or set supplementary group id's
getpid, getppid (2) - get process identification
getuid, geteuid (2) - get user identity
intro, errno (2) - introduction to system calls and error numbers
ioctl (2) - control device
kill (2) - send signal to a process
link (2) - make a hard link to a file
lseek (2) - move read/write pointer
mkdir (2) - make a directory file
mknod, mkfifo (2) - make a special file
mount, umount (2) - mount or umount a file system
nice (2) - set program priority
open (2) - open a file for reading or writing, or create a new file
pause (2) - stop until signal
pipe (2) - create an interprocess communication channel
ptrace (2) - process trace
read (2) - read input
readlink (2) - read value of a symbolic link
reboot (2) - close down the system or reboot
rename (2) - change the name of a file
rmdir (2) - remove a directory file
setsid, getpgrp (2) - create process group, get process group id
setuid, setgid (2) - set user or group ID's
sigaction, signal (2) - manage signal state and handlers
sigpending (2) - report pending signals
sigprocmask (2) - manipulate the signal mask
sigsuspend (2) - suspend until signalled
stat, lstat, fstat (2) - get file status
svrctl (2) - special server control functions
symlink (2) - make symbolic link to a file
sync (2) - update super-block
time, stime (2) - get/set date and time
times (2) - get process times
umask (2) - set file creation mode mask
uname, sysuname (2) - get or set system info
unlink (2) - remove directory entry
utime (2) - set file times
wait, waitpid (2) - wait for process to terminate
write (2) - write output
abort (3) - generate a fault
abs (3) - integer absolute value
asinh, acosh, atanh (3) - inverse hyperbolic functions
assert (3) - program verification
asynchio, asyn_init, asyn_read, asyn_read, asyn_write, asyn_ioctl, asyn_wait, asyn_synch (3) - asynchronous I/O
atof, atoi, atol (3) - convert ASCII to numbers
bstring, bcopy, bcmp, bzero, ffs (3) - bit and byte string operations
crypt (3) - one-way password encryption function
ctime, localtime, gmtime, asctime, tzset (3) - convert date and time to ASCII
ctype, isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, toupper, tolower, toascii (3) - character classification macros
curses (3) - screen/window management library
directory, opendir, readdir, rewinddir, closedir, telldir, seekdir (3) - directory routines
editline (3) - command-line editing library with history
end, etext, edata (3) - last locations in program
erf, erfc (3) - error functions
execl, execv, execle, execlp, execvp, exec, environ (3) - execute a file
exit, atexit (3) - terminate a process after flushing any pending output
exp, expm1, log, log10, log1p, pow (3) - exponential, logarithm, power
fclose, fflush (3) - close or flush a stream
ferror, feof, clearerr, fileno (3) - stream status inquiries
floor, ceil, fabs, rint (3) - floor, ceiling, absolute value, and round-to-nearest functions
fopen, freopen, fdopen (3) - open a stream
fread, fwrite (3) - buffered binary input/output
fseek, ftell, rewind (3) - reposition a stream
ftruncate, truncate (3) - truncate a file
getc, getchar, fgetc, getw (3) - get character or word from stream
getcwd (3) - get current working directory pathname
getenv (3) - value for environment name
getgrent, getgrnam, getgrgid, setgrent, endgrent, setgrfile (3) - group file routines
gethostbyname, gethostbyaddr, gethostent, sethostent, endhostent, herror (3) - get network host entry
getlogin (3) - get login name
getmntent, getmntany, hasmntopt, putmntent (3) - interface to /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab
getopt (3) - get option letter from argv
getpass (3) - read a password
getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, setpwent, endpwent, setpwfile (3) - password file routines
gets, fgets (3) - get a string from a stream
getttyent, getttynam, setttyent, endttyent (3) - interface to /etc/ttytab
hton, htons, htonl, ntohs, ntohl (3) - host to network byte order conversion
hypot (3) - Euclidean distance
ieee, copysign, remainder, finite, logb, ilogb, scalb (3) - copysign, remainder, exponent manipulations
initgroups (3) - initialize the supplementary group id's from /etc/group
int64, add64, add64u, add64ul, sub64, sub64u, sub64ul, diff64, cvu64, cvul64, cv64u, cv64ul, div64u, rem64u, mul64u, cmp64, cmp64u, cmp64ul, ex64lo, ex64hi, make64 (3) - 64 bit disk offset computations
j0, j1, jn, y0, y1, yn (3) - bessel functions
lockf (3) - advisory record locking on files
malloc, free, realloc, calloc, alloca (3) - memory allocator
math (3) - introduction to mathematical library functions
nlist (3) - get namelist entries
oneC_sum (3) - One's complement internet checksum
popen, pclose (3) - initiate I/O to/from a process
printf, fprintf, sprintf, snprintf, vprintf, vfprintf, vsprintf, vsnprintf (3) - formatted output conversion
putc, putchar, fputc, putw (3) - put character or word on a stream
puts, fputs (3) - put a string on a stream
qsort (3) - quicker sort
rand, srand (3) - random number generator
random, srandom, initstate, setstate (3) - better random number generator; routines for changing generators
rcmd, rresvport, ruserok (3) - routines for returning a stream to a remote command
regex, regcomp, regexec, regerror, regfree (3) - regular-expression library
resolver, res_query, res_search, res_mkquery, res_send, res_init, dn_comp, dn_expand (3) - resolver routines
scanf, fscanf, sscanf, vscanf, vfscanf, vsscanf (3) - formatted input conversion
sdbm, dbm_open, dbm_prep, dbm_close, dbm_fetch, dbm_store, dbm_delete, dbm_firstkey, dbm_nextkey, dbm_hash, dbm_rdonly, dbm_error, dbm_clearerr, dbm_dirfno, dbm_pagfno (3) - data base subroutines
setbuf, setvbuf (3) - assign buffering to a stream
sigset, sigaddset, sigdelset, sigemptyset, sigfillset, sigismember (3) - manipulate signal sets
sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, atan2 (3) - trigonometric functions and their inverses
sinh, cosh, tanh (3) - hyperbolic functions
sleep (3) - suspend execution for interval
sqrt, cbrt (3) - square root, cube root
stdarg (3) - variable argument list
stdio (3) - standard buffered input/output package
string, strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strerror, memcmp, memcpy, memmove, memchr, memset, index, rindex (3) - string operations
syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask (3) - control system log
system (3) - issue a shell command
termcap, tgetent, tgetnum, tgetflag, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs (3) - terminal independent operation routines
termios, tcgetattr, tcsetattr, cfgetispeed, cfgetospeed, cfsetispeed, cfsetospeed, tcsendbreak, tcdrain, tcflush, tcflow (3) - change terminal attributes
ttyname (3) - file descriptor to terminal device name
ttyslot, fttyslot (3) - utmp slot number
ungetc (3) - push character back into input stream
console, keyboard, kbd, kbdaux, log, profile, vga (4) - system console
dev (4) - device files in /dev
dosd (4) - MS-DOS file as a virtual disk
fd (4) - floppy disk
hd (4) - winchester hard disk
ip, eth, psip, udp, tcp (4) - Internet Protocol server devices and definitions
lp (4) - line printer
mtio (4) - magnetic tape commands
sd, st, sg (4) - SCSI hard disk / tape / generic
tty, termios (4) - terminals
vd (4) - virtual disk
TZ (5) - Time zone environment variable
dir, dirent (5) - directory layout
ethers (5) - ethernet address to hostname database
fstab, mtab (5) - list of file systems to mount, mounted file system table.
hosts (5) - hostname to IP address database
keymap (5) - keyboard maps
passwd, group, shadow (5) - user and group databases, shadow passwords
resolv.conf (5) - Domain Name System resolver configuration
resolver (5) - resolver configuration file
rhosts, hosts.equiv (5) - trusted remote users or hosts
smail (5) - configuration files used by smail
tar (5) - tape (or other media) archive file format
termcap (5) - terminal capability data base
ttytab (5) - table of login terminals
tzfile (5) - time zone information
utmp, wtmp (5) - logged in users, login and logout history
vdisk.conf (5) - Virtual Disk configuration file
whatis (5) - database of online manual pages
advent, adventure (6) - an exploration game
ACK (7) - Additional information on the Amsterdam Compiler Kit compilers
ascii (7) - the ASCII character set.
environ (7) - user environment
hier (7) - file system hierarchy
man (7) - nroff macro package for manual pages
re_format (7) - POSIX 1003.2 regular expressions
@build, @clone, @ls, @make, @sh (8) - manage build trees
MAKEDEV, DESCRIBE (8) - make/describe device files
adduser (8) - add a new user to the system
badblocks (8) - put a list of bad blocks in a file
boot (8) - from power on to the login prompt
build (8) - compile and install the kernel
checkerr (8) - check for serious errors encountered by smail
checkhier (8) - check the directory hierarchy
chown (8) - change owner
cleantmp (8) - clean out a tmp dir
cron (8) - clock daemon
elvprsv (8) - Preserve the the modified version of a file after a crash.
fingerd, in.fingerd (8) - remote user information server
ftpd, in.ftpd, setup.anonftp (8) - DARPA Internet File Transfer Protocol server
getmap (8) - unshar USENET map articles into a map directory
getty (8) - system login banner
halt (8) - abruptly stop the system
ifconfig (8) - configure a TCP/IP device
inet (8) - TCP/IP server
inetd (8) - internet ``super\-server''
init (8) - grandparent of all processes
installboot (8) - make a device bootable
intr (8) - run a command with interrupts enabled
irdpd (8) - internet router discovery protocol daemon
mkaliases (8) - build the aliases database for smail from the ASCII source file
mkdbm (8) - build a DBM file suitable for use by smail
mkhpath (8) - produce path data from an /etc/hosts file
mkline (8) - fold an alias file, paths file or mailing list into one-line records
mknod (8) - create a special file
mkpath (8) - make a pathalias output file
mksort (8) - sort the standard input, allowing arbitrarily long lines
mkuuwho (8) - make a database suitable for the uuwho command
monitor, edparams (8) - load and start Minix, modify boot parameters
nonamed (8) - not a name daemon, but acts like one
part (8) - partition table editor
partition (8) - make a partition table
patchdos (8) - patch up a relocated DOS partition
pathalias, makedb, arpatxt (8) - mail routing tools
pathmerge (8) - merge sorted paths files
pkgadd, pkgrm, pkgclean (8) - Manage optional packages
pwdauth (8) - password authentication program
rarpd (8) - reverse address resolution protocol daemon
rdate (8) - set time and date from a remote host
readclock (8) - read the AT's real time clock
reboot (8) - reboot the system immediately
repartition (8) - load a partition table
rlogind, in.rld (8) - remote login server
rmt (8) - remote magtape protocol module
rshd (8) - remote shell server
savelog (8) - cycle and truncate log files
screendump (8) - write current console screen to standard output
set_net_default (8) - select the default TCP/IP network
shutdown (8) - graciously close the system down
smail, sendmail, mailq, runq, rmail, rsmtp, smtpd, newaliases (8) - mail delivery system
sync (8) - flush the cache to disk
syslogd (8) - log systems messages
update (8) - periodically write the buffer cache to disk
usage (8) - installing and using Minix-vmd
vdisk_ctrl (8) - control virtual disk devices
zdump (8) - time zone dumper
zic (8) - time zone compiler
awk (9) - pattern matching language
de (9) - disk editor
elvis (9) - clone of the Berkeley vi editor
indent (9) - reformat the layout of a program
kermit (9) - transfer a file using the kermit protocol
m4 (9) - macro processor
mined (9) - MINIX editor