List of Minix manual pages

## Minix Manual Pages

M, U (1) - conveniently mount and unmount
acd (1) - a compiler driver
anm (1) - print name list
ar, aal (1) - archivers
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
asize (1) - report the size of an object file
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
cal (1) - print a calendar
calendar (1) - reminder service
cat (1) - concatenate files and write them to stdout
cawf, nroff (1) - C version of the nroff-like, Amazingly Workable (text) Formatter
cc, pc, m2 (1) - Minix C, Pascal, and Modula-2 compilers
cdiff (1) - context diff
cgrep (1) - grep and display context
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
crontab (1) - User crontab manipulation
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) - convert and copy a file
df (1) - report on free disk space
dhrystone (1) - integer benchmark
diff (1) - print differences between two files
dosdir (1) - list an MS-DOS directory [IBM]
dosread (1) - read a file from an MS-DOS diskette [IBM]
doswrite (1) - write a file onto an MS-DOS diskette [IBM]
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
env (1) - set environment for command
expand (1) - convert tabs to spaces
expr, test, [ (1) - evaluate expressions
factor (1) - factor an integer less than 2**31
fgrep (1) - fixed grep
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, fsck1 (1) - perform file system consistency check
grep (1) - search a file for lines containing a given pattern
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
join (1) - relational database operator
kill (1) - send a signal to a process
last, uptime (1) - display recent on-line session records, show uptime
leave (1) - warn when it is time to go home
loadfont (1) - load a font into the video card
loadkeys (1) - load a keyboard map into the keyboard driver
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
mail (1) - send and receive electronic mail
make (1) - a program for maintaining large programs
makewhatis (1) - build the whatis(5) database
man (1) - display online manual pages
mesg (1) - permit or deny messages
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
mkproto (1) - create a MINIX prototype file
modem (1) - switch the modem and getty state
mount (1) - mount a file system
mt (1) - magnetic tape control
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
playwave (1) - play an audio file in MicroSoft PCM wave format
postmort (1) - perform post-mortem on PC Minix core files
pr (1) - print a file
prep (1) - prepare a text file for statistical analysis
ps (1) - process status
pwd (1) - print working directory
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
rlogin (1) - remote login
rmdir (1) - remove a directory
rsh (1) - remote shell
rz (1) - receive a file using the zmodem protocol
sed (1) - the 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) - temporarily log in as superuser or another user
sum (1) - compute the checksum and block count of a file
svc, ci, co, svclog (1) - shell version control system
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 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]
termcap (1) - print the current termcap entry
tget (1) - get termcap values
time (1) - report how long a command takes
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
umount (1) - unmount a mounted file system
uname, arch (1) - system info
unexpand (1) - convert spaces to tabs
uniq (1) - delete consecutive identical lines in a file
uud, uudecode (1) - decode a binary file encoded with uue
uue, uuencode (1) - encode a binary file to ASCII (e.g., for mailing)
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
whereis (1) - examine system directories for a given file
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, more (1) - yet another pager
yes (1) - an endless stream of the same word
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
fcntl (2) - miscellaneous file descriptor control functions
fork (2) - create a new process
getgid, getegid (2) - get group identity
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
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
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
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 (2) - get 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
assert (3) - program verification
atof, atoi, atol (3) - convert ASCII to numbers
bstring, bcopy, bcmp, bzero, ffs (3) - bit and byte string operations
configfile, config_read, config_delete, config_renewed, config_length, config_issub, config_isatom, config_isstring (3) - generic configuration file functions
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
execl, execv, execle, execlp, execvp, exec, environ (3) - execute a file
exit, atexit (3) - terminate a process after flushing any pending output
fclose, fflush (3) - close or flush a stream
ferror, feof, clearerr, fileno (3) - stream status inquiries
fopen, freopen, fdopen (3) - open a stream
fread, fwrite (3) - buffered binary input/output
fseek, ftell, rewind (3) - reposition a stream
g_h_b_n, gethostbyname, gethostbyaddr, gethostent, sethostent, endhostent, herror (3) - get network host entry
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
getlogin (3) - get login name
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
getservent, getservbyport, getservbyname, setservent, endservent (3) - get service entry
getttyent, getttynam, setttyent, endttyent (3) - interface to /etc/ttytab
hton, htons, htonl, ntohs, ntohl (3) - host to network byte order conversion
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
malloc, free, realloc, calloc, alloca (3) - memory allocator
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
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
servxcheck (3) - Internet service access check
setbuf, setvbuf (3) - assign buffering to a stream
sigset, sigaddset, sigdelset, sigemptyset, sigfillset, sigismember (3) - manipulate signal sets
sleep (3) - suspend execution for interval
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
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, log (4) - system console
controller, disk, tape, at, bios, esdi, aha1540, ncr810, dosfile, fatfile (4) - controllers, disks and tapes
dev (4) - device files in /dev
fd (4) - floppy disk
ip, eth, psip, udp, tcp (4) - Internet Protocol server devices and definitions
lp (4) - line printer
mtio (4) - magnetic tape commands
tty, termios (4) - terminals
TZ (5) - Time zone environment variable
configfile (5) - generic configuration file format
crontab (5) - table of jobs to be performed by cron
dhcp.conf (5) - dynamic host configuration protocol configuration
dir (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
serv.access (5) - Internet service access list
termcap (5) - terminal capability data base
ttytab (5) - table of login terminals
utmp, wtmp (5) - logged in users, login and logout history
whatis (5) - database of online manual pages
advent, adventure (6) - an exploration game
ttt (6) - tic tac toe
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
MAKEDEV, DESCRIBE (8) - make/describe device files
add_route (8) - configure IP routing.
adduser (8) - add a new user to the system
backup (8) - backup files
badblocks (8) - put a list of bad blocks in a file
boot (8) - from power on to the login prompt
checkhier (8) - check the directory hierarchy
chown (8) - change owner
cleantmp (8) - clean out a tmp dir
config (8) - configuring Minix tasks and servers
cron (8) - clock daemon
dhcpd (8) - dynamic host configuration protocol daemon
dosminix, mkfile (8) - Running Minix under DOS
elvprsv (8) - Preserve the the modified version of a file after a crash.
fdisk (8) - partition a hard disk [IBM]
fingerd, in.fingerd (8) - remote user information server
ftpd, in.ftpd, setup.anonftp (8) - DARPA Internet File Transfer Protocol server
getty (8) - system login banner
halt (8) - abruptly stop the system
ifconfig (8) - configure a TCP/IP device
inet (8) - TCP/IP 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
mkdist (8) - make a Minix distribution
mknod (8) - create a special file
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
pr_routes (8) - show IP routing.
printroot (8) - print the name of the root device on standard output
pwdauth (8) - password authentication program
rarpd (8) - reverse address resolution protocol daemon
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
rshd (8) - remote shell server
screendump (8) - write current console screen to standard output
serial-ip (8) - Serial IP (SLIP or PPP) setup
shutdown (8) - graciously close the system down
slip (8) - Serial Line IP
srccrc (8) - compute CRC checksums of the entire source tree
sync (8) - flush the cache to disk
update (8) - periodically write the buffer cache to disk
usage (8) - installing and using MINIX
as (9) - assembler
awk (9) - pattern matching language
de (9) - disk editor
dis88 (9) - disassembler [IBM]
elle (9) - ELLE Looks Like Emacs
elvis (9) - clone of the Berkeley vi editor
kermit (9) - transfer a file using the kermit protocol
m4 (9) - macro processor
mined (9) - MINIX editor