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AIX Version 4.3 System Management Guide: Operating System and Devices

File Comparison Table for 4.3 BSD, SVR4, and AIX

The following table compares file names and functions between the 4.3 BSD, SVR4, and AIX operating systems.

File Comparison Table
4.3 BSD File SVR4 File AIX File Database Type (odm/dbm)
L-Devices Devices Devices no
L-dialcodes Dialcodes Dialcodes no
L.cmds Permissions Permissions no
L.sys Systems Systen no
USERFILE Permissions Permissions no
aliases mail/namefiles aliases aliasesDB/DB dbm
fstab vfstab filesystems no
ftpusers ftpusers ftpusers no
gettytab
N/A

group group group no
hosts hosts hosts no
hosts.equiv hosts.equiv hosts.equiv no
inetd.conf inetd.conf inetd.conf no
map3270 N/A map3270 no
motd motd motd no
mtab mnttab N/A no
named.boot named.boot named.boot no
named.ca
named.ca no
named.hosts
named.data (See note) no
named.local
named.local no
named.pid named.pid named.pid no
named.rev
named.rev no
networks networks networks no
passwd passwd passwd no
printcap qconfig qconfig

protocols
protocols no
remote remote remote no
resolv.conf resolv.conf resolv.conf no
sendmail.cf sendmail.cf sendmail.cf sendmail.cfDB neither
services
services no
shells shells N/A

stab
N/A

syslog.conf
syslog.conf no
syslog.pid
syslog.pid no
termcap terminfo terminfo

ttys ttys N/A yes odm
types
N/A

utmp utmp utmp

vfont
N/A

vgrindefs
vgrindefs

wtmp wtmp wtmp

Note: The file names named.ca, named.hosts, named.local, and named.rev are user definable in the named.boot file. However, these are the names used for these files in the AIX documentation.

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