HP B2355-92068 Instruction Manual

HP-UX Reference

Section 1M: System Administration Commands

(A-M)

HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2007 Update

Volume 3 of 10

Manufacturing Part Number : B2355-92068

E1207

Printed in USA

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Preface

HP-UX is the Hewlett-Packard Company’s implementation of a UNIX

operating system that is compatible with various industry standards. It

is based on the System V Release 4 operating system and includes

important features from the Fourth Berkeley Software Distribution.

The ten volumes of this manual contain the system reference

documentation, made up of individual entries called manpages, named

for the man command (see man (1)) that displays them on the system.

The entries are also known as manual pages or reference pages.

General

Introduction

For a general introduction to HP-UX and the structure and format of the

manpages, please see the introduction (9) manpage in volume 10.

Section

Introductions

The manpages are divided into sections that also have introduction

(intro) manpages that describe the contents. These are:

intro (1) Section 1: User Commands

(A-M in volume 1; N-Z in volume 2)

intro (1M) Section 1M: System Administration Commands

(A-M in volume 3; N-Z in volume 4)

intro (2) Section 2: System Calls

(in volume 5)

intro (3C) Section 3: Library Functions

(A-M in volume 6; N-Z in volume 7)

intro (4) Section 4: File Formats

(in volume 8)

intro (5) Section 5: Miscellaneous Topics

(in volume 9)

intro (7) Section 7: Device (Special) Files

(in volume 10)

intro (9) Section 9: General Information

(in volume 10)

Index Index, All Volumes

(in volume 10)

Typographical Conventions

audit (5) An HP-UX manpage reference. For example, audit is

the name and 5is the section in the HP-UX Reference.

On the web and on the Instant Information CD or

DVD, it may be a hyperlink to the manpage itself. From

the HP-UX command line, you can enter “man audit”

or “man 5 audit” to view the manpage. See man (1).

Book Title The title of a book. On the web and on the Instant

Information CD or DVD, it may be a hyperlink to the

book itself.

Command A command name or qualiﬁed command phrase.

ComputerOutput Text displayed by the computer.

Emphasis Text that is emphasized.

Emphasis Text that is strongly emphasized.

ENVIRONVAR The name of an environment variable.

[ERRORNAME] The name of an error number, usually returned in the

errno variable.

KeyCap The name of a (usually) nonprinting keyboard key, such

as Ctrl-X or Tab. Note that Return and Enter both refer to

the same key.

Replaceable

The name for a value that you replace in a command or

function, or information in a display that represents

several possible values.

Term The deﬁned use of an important word or phrase.

UserInput Commands and other text that you type.

$User command prompt.

#Superuser (root) command prompt.

Command Syntax

Literal A word or character that you enter literally.

Replaceable

A word or phrase that you replace with an appropriate

value.

chars

One or more grouped command options, such as -ikx.

The

chars

are usually a string of literal characters

that each represent a speciﬁc option. For example, the

entry -ikx is equivalent to the individual options -i,

-k, and -x. The plus character (+) is sometimes used as

an option preﬁx.

word

A single command option, such as -help. The

word

is a

literal keyword. The difference from -

chars

is usually

obvious and is clariﬁed in an Options description. The

plus character (+) and the double hyphen (--) are

sometimes used as option preﬁxes.

[ ] The bracket metacharacters enclose optional content in

formats and command descriptions.

{ } The brace metacharacters enclose required content in

formats and command descriptions.

| The bar metacharacter separates alternatives in a list

of choices, usually in brackets or braces.

... The ellipsis metacharacter after a token (

abc

...) or a

right bracket ([ ]...) or a right brace ({ }...)

metacharacter indicates that the preceding element

and its preceding whitespace, if any, may be repeated

an arbitrary number of times.

... Ellipsis is sometimes used to indicate omitted items in

a range.

Function Synopsis and Syntax

HP-UX functions are described in a deﬁnition format rather than a

usage format. The deﬁnition format includes type information that is

omitted when the function call is actually included in a program.

The function syntax elements are the same as for commands, except for

the options; see “Command Syntax” on page 7.

Function General

Deﬁnition

The general deﬁnition form is:

type func

(

type param

]... );

For example:

int setuname ( const char *

name

, size_t

namelen

);

Function Usage The usage form is:

func

(

param

]... );

For example:

setuname (

name

namelen

]... );

Publishing History

Revisions of the HP-UX Reference are published with each initial version

release and at signiﬁcant update milestones for each release. The

contents are current as of the publication dates. Since manpages are

often updated in software patches, you can ﬁnd the latest version of a

manpage on an appropriately patched system, using the man command.

The list below is in reverse order of the date of publication.

Part Number Release; Date; Format; Distribution

B3921-60631 HP-UX 11i Version 2; December 2007 Update; one

volume HTML; http://docs.hp.com and Instant

Information.

B2355-92066-75 HP-UX 11i Version 2; December 2007 Update; ten

volumes PDF; http://docs.hp.com and print.

B2355-60130 HP-UX 11i Version 3; February 2007 Release; one

volume HTML; http://docs.hp.com and Instant

Information.

B2355-91017-26 HP-UX 11i Version 3; February 2007 Release; ten

volumes PDF; http://docs.hp.com, Instant Information

and print.

B2355-60127 HP-UX 11i Version 1; September 2005 Update; one

volume HTML; http://docs.hp.com and Instant

Information.

B2355-90902-11 HP-UX 11i Version 1; September 2005 Update; ten

volumes PDF; http://docs.hp.com and print.

B2355-60105 HP-UX 11i Version 2; September 2004 Update; one

volume HTML; http://docs.hp.com and Instant

Information.

B2355-90839-48 HP-UX 11i Version 2; September 2004 Update; ten

volumes PDF; http://docs.hp.com and print.

B2355-60103 HP-UX 11i Version 2; August 2003 Release; one volume

HTML; http://docs.hp.com and Instant Information.

B2355-90779-87 HP-UX 11i Version 2; August 2003 Release; nine

volumes PDF; http://docs.hp.com and print.

B9106-90010 HP-UX 11i Version 1.6; June 2002 Release; one volume

HTML; http://docs.hp.com and Instant Information.

B9106-90007-13 HP-UX 11i Version 1.5; June 2001 Release; seven

volumes HTML; http://docs.hp.com and Instant

Information.

B2355-90689-97 HP-UX 11i Version 1; December 2000 Release; nine

volumes PDF and HTML; http://docs.hp.com, Instant

Information and print.

B2355-90680-84 HP-UX 11.0; October 1997 Release; ﬁve volumes

HTML; http://docs.hp.com.

B2355-90166 HP-UX 11.0; October 1997 Release; ﬁve volumes PDF;

http://docs.hp.com.

B2355-90128-31 HP-UX 10.X; July 1996 Release; ﬁve volumes PDF and

HTML; http://docs.hp.com.

B2355-90052 HP-UX 10.0; July 1995 Release; four volumes PDF.

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