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.Dd November 23, 2001 .Dt UTIL 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm util .Nd system utilities library .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libutil .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm library is the system utilities library and contains various system-dependent utility routines mostly related to pseudo-terminals and login accounting. These routines are .Nx Ns -specific and are not portable. Their use should be restricted. Declarations for these functions may be obtained from the include file
Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
All rights reserved.
This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
by Gregory McGarry.
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.Dd November 23, 2001 .Dt UTIL 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm util .Nd system utilities library .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libutil .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm library is the system utilities library and contains various system-dependent utility routines mostly related to pseudo-terminals and login accounting. These routines are .Nx Ns -specific and are not portable. Their use should be restricted. Declarations for these functions may be obtained from the include file
a \*[Lt]util.h\*[Gt] . .Sh LIST OF FUNCTIONS
Name/Page Description disklabel_dkcksum.3 compute the checksum of a disklabel disklabel_scan.3 scan a buffer for a valid disklabel forkpty.3 tty utility function fparseln.3 return the next logical line from a stream getbootfile.3 get the name of the booted kernel file getmaxpartitions.3 get the maximum number of partitions allowed per disk getrawpartition.3 get the system ``raw'' partition login.3 login utility function login_close.3 query login.conf database about a user class login_getcapbool.3 query login.conf database about a user class login_getcapnum.3 query login.conf database about a user class login_getcapsize.3 query login.conf database about a user class login_getcapstr.3 query login.conf database about a user class login_getcaptime.3 query login.conf database about a user class login_getclass.3 query login.conf database about a user class login_tty.3 tty utility function logout.3 login utility function logwtmp.3 login utility function opendisk.3 open a disk's ``raw'' partition openpty.3 tty utility function pidfile.3 write a daemon pid file pidlock.3 locks based on files containing PIDs pw_abort.3 passwd file update function pw_copy.3 utility function for interactive passwd file updates pw_edit.3 utility function for interactive passwd file updates pw_error.3 utility function for interactive passwd file updates pw_getconf.3 password encryption configuration access function pw_getprefix.3 passwd file update function pw_init.3 utility function for interactive passwd file updates pw_lock.3 passwd file update function pw_mkdb.3 passwd file update function pw_prompt.3 utility function for interactive passwd file updates pw_scan.3 utility function for interactive passwd file updates pw_setprefix.3 passwd file update function secure_path.3 determine if a file appears to be ``secure'' setclasscontext.3 query login.conf database about a user class setusercontext.3 query login.conf database about a user class ttyaction.3 ttyaction utility function ttylock.3 locks based on files containing PIDs ttymsg.3 ttymsg utility function ttyunlock.3 locks based on files containing PIDs.Sh FILES l -tag -width /usr/lib/libutil_p.a -compact t Pa /usr/lib/libutil.a static util library t Pa /usr/lib/libutil.so dynamic util library t Pa /usr/lib/libutil_p.a static util library compiled for profiling .El
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