The AIX Base Operating System licensed program includes the AIX operating system, languages, device drivers, system management tools, utilities, and other packages as listed.
bos.64bit | Base Operating System 64-bit Runtime |
Contains support for 64-bit applications on systems with hardware that supports 64-bit.
bos.acct | Accounting Services |
Contains accounting services that support or enhance the base operating system (BOS).
bos.adt | Base Application Development Toolkit |
Contains commands, files, and libraries required to develop software applications.
bos.alt_disk_install | Base Alternate Disk Installation |
Allows installation of a new version of AIX Version 4.3 to another disk while the operating system is still running.
bos.atm | ATM LAN Emulation Client Support Package |
Contains Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) LAN Emulation client support.
bos.compat | Base Compatibility Function |
Contains those commands, links, and tools that have been marked for removal from the base operating system. These filesets should only be applied as needed since the information and commands they contain will not be available in future releases of AIX.
bos.cns | 7318 Model P10 and S20 Software Support |
Contains the 7318 model P10 and S20 software support.
bos.crypto-priv | Privileged Cryptographic Algorithms |
Contains privileged cryptographic algorithms that can be used with AIX IP Security.
bos.diag | Hardware Diagnostics |
Contains the Diagnostic Controller for the hardware diagnostics package.
bos.dlc | Data Link Controls |
Contains communication layer-2 data link controls that support the AIX Generic Data Link Control (GDLC) interface for wide area and local area networks.
bos.docsearch | Documentation Search Service |
Provides functions that allow users to search HTML documents that are registered with the search service.
bos.dosutil | DOS Utilities |
Contains DOS file and disk utilities for handling DOS diskettes.
bos.games | Games |
Contains games, such as fish and hangman.
bos.iconv | AIX Language Converters |
Converts data from one code set designation to another code set that might be used to represent data in a given locale.
bos.INed | INed Editor |
Contains a full-screen text editor that supports viewing, entering, and revising text at any location in the editor window.
bos.loc | AIX Localization |
Contains support for applications to run using the cultural conventions of a specific language and territory. These conventions include date and time formatting, collation order, monetary and numeric formatting, language for messages, and character classification. Where applicable, additional software such as input methods and fonts, which is required to display and process characters of a specific language, is also included.
bos.lrn | Learning the Basic Operating System |
Contains the learn utility and database that supports or enhances the base operating system.
bos.mh | Mail Handler |
Contains commands to create, distribute, receive, view, process, and store mail messages.
bos.net | Base Operating System Network Facilities |
Provides network support for the operating system. Includes Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), Network File System (NFS), Network Information Services (NIS), UNIX-to-UNIX Copy (UUCP), and Asynchronous Terminal Emulator (ATE).
bos.pci | DOS Server |
Provides a means of accessing files and applications on AIX Version 4.1 systems from a personal computer using a connection over a network.
bos.perf | Base Performance Tools |
Contains two filesets for identifying and diagnosing performance problems.
bos.powermgt | Base Power Management |
Controls electric power consumption features such as system standby, device idle, suspend, and hibernation on models that support these features.
bos.rcs | Remote Customer Support and Services |
Provides customers access to IBMLink from the System Management Interface Tool (SMIT). Customers can connect to this remote customer support system using TCP/IP leased lines, Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) dial-up lines, or SNA.
bos.rte | Base Operating System Run-Time |
Contains the set of commands needed to start, install, and run AIX.
bos.som | SOMobjects Base Toolkit |
Contains a toolkit for creating object-oriented class libraries in C or C++.
bos.sysmgt | System Management Tools and Applications |
Contains system management functions related to installation, system backup, error logging, and trace.
bos.terminfo | Base AIX Terminal Function |
Contains description files, used by curses libraries, for various terminals.
bos.twintail | Twintail SCSI Software Support |
Contains support enhancing concurrent IPL of machines that are connected to a common 7135 RAID Array device.
bos.txt | Text Formatting Services |
Contains services for formatting and printing documents.