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AIX Version 4.3 Commands Reference, Volume 6

General Operations

Commands List: Devices and Terminals

adfutil
                          Provides the capability to merge Micro Channel information for PS/2 adapters with the AIX Version 3 Configuration Database.
bterm
                          Emulates terminals in bidirectional bus (BIDI) mode.
cancel
                          Cancels requests to a line printer.
captoinfo
                          Converts a termcap file to a terminfo descriptor file.
cfgmgr
                          Configures devices by running the programs specified in the Configuration Rules object class.
chcons
                          Redirects the system console to a specified device or file to be effective on the next start of the system.
chdev
                          Changes the characteristics of a device.
chdisp
                          Changes the display used by the low function terminal (LFT) subsystem .
chfont
                          Changes the default font for a display.
chkbd
                          Changes the default keyboard map used by the high function terminal Subsystem at system startup.
clear
                          Clears the terminal screen.
devnm
                          Names a device.
diag
                          Performs hardware problem determination.
digest
                          Converts the ASCII form of the /etc/qconfig file into the /etc/qconfig.bin file, a binary version of the queue configuration used by the qdaemon command.
dscreen
                          Starts the Dynamic Screen utility.
enable
                          Enables a printer queue
fdformat
                          Formats diskettes.
flcopy
                          Copies to and from diskettes.
fold
                          Folds long lines for finite-width output device.
format
                          Formats diskettes.
getty
                          Sets the characteristics of ports.
hplj
                          Post-processes the troff command output for the HP LaserJet Series printers.
ibm3812
                          Post-processes the troff command output for the 3816 Pageprinter and the 3812 Model 2 Pageprinter.
ibm3816
                          Post-processes the troff command output for the 3816 Pageprinter and the 3812 Model 2 Pageprinter.
ibm5587G
                          Post-processes troff command output for the 5587G printer with the (32x32/24x24) cartridge installed.
iconv
                          Converts the encoding of characters from one code page encoding scheme to another.
infocmp
                          Manages terminfo descriptions.
iostat
                          Reports Central Processing Unit (CPU) statistics and input/output statistics for tty, disks, and CD-ROMs.
keycomp
                          Compiles a keyboard mapping file into an input method keymap file.
keymaps
                          Displays INed command key layout for all keyboards.
lp
                          Sends requests to a line printer.
lpr
                          Enqueues print jobs.
lpstat
                          Displays line printer status information.
lptest
                          Generates the line printer ripple pattern.
lsattr
                          Displays attribute characteristics and possible values of attributes for devices in the system.
lscfg
                          Displays diagnostic information about a device.
lsconn
                          Displays the connections a given device, or kind of device, can accept.
lscons
                          Writes the name of the console device to standard output.
lsdev
                          Displays devices in the system and their characteristics.
lsdisp
                          Lists the displays currently available on the system.
lsdsmitd
                          Displays an alpha-ordered list of the domains for DSMIT.
lsdsmitm
                          Displays an alphabetically ordered list of machines in DSMIT.
lsfont
                          Lists the fonts available for use by the display.
lskbd
                          Lists the keyboard maps currently available to the Low Function Terminal (LFT) subsystem.
lsparent
                          Displays the possible parent devices that accept a specified connection type or device.
mkdev
                          Adds a device to the system.
mkfont
                          Adds the font code associated with a display to the system.
mknod
                          Creates a special file.
mt (BSD)
                          Gives subcommands to streaming tape device.
panel20
                          Diagnoses activity between an HIA and the 5080 Control Unit.
pdelay
                          Enables or reports the availability of delayed login ports.
pdisable
                          Disables login ports.
penable
                          Enables or reports the availability of login ports.
phold
                          Disables or reports the availability of login ports on hold.
pioattred
                          Provides a way to format and edit attributes in a virtual printer.
piobe
                          Print job manager for the printer backend.
pioburst
                          Generates burst pages (header and trailer pages) for printer output.
piocnvt
                          Expands or contracts a predefined definition or virtual printer definition.
piodigest
                          Digests attribute values for a virtual printer definition into memory image and stores the memory image in a file.
piofontin
                          Copies fonts from a multilingual font diskette.
pioformat
                          Drives a printer formatter.
piofquote
                          Converts certain control characters destined for PostScript printers.
pioout
                          Printer backend's device driver interface program.
piopredef
                          Creates a predefined printer data stream definition.
portmir
                          Allows one TTY stream (monitor) to attach to another TTY stream (target) and monitor the user session that is taking place on that stream.
pr
                          Writes a file to standard output.
pshare
                          Enables or reports the availability of shared login ports.
pstart
                          Enables or reports the availability of login ports (normal, shared, and delayed).
pstat
                          Interprets the contents of the various system tables and writes it to standard output.
reset
                          Initializes terminals.
rmdev
                          Removes a device from the system.
rmt
                          Allows remote access to magnetic tape devices.
script
                          Makes a typescript of a terminal session.
setmaps
                          Sets terminal maps or code setmaps.
splp
                          Changes or displays printer driver settings.
stty
                          Sets, resets, and reports workstation operating parameters.
stty-cxma
                          Sends and reports the terminal options for 128-port asynchronous controllers.
swapon
                          Specifies additional devices for paging and swapping.
swcons
                          Redirects, temporarily, the system console output to a specified device or file.
sysdumpdev
                          Changes the primary or secondary dump device designation in a running system.
tabs
                          Sets tab stops on terminals.
tapechk
                          Performs consistency checking of the streaming tape device.
tcopy
                          Copies a magnetic tape.
tctl
                          Gives commands to a streaming tape device.
termdef
                          Queries terminal characteristics.
tput
                          Queries the terminal discriptor files in the terminfo database.
tset
                          Initializes terminals.
tsm
                          Provides terminal state management.
tty
                          Writes to standard output the full pathname of your terminal.

Commands List: Documentation and Education

apropos
                          Locates commands by keyword lookup.
catman
                          Creates the cat files for the manual.
explain
                          Provides an interactive thesaurus.
help
                          Provides information for new users.
learn
                          Provides computer-aided instruction courses and practice for using files, editors, macros, and other features.
man
                          Displays manual entries online.
mergenote
                          Combines multiple InfoExplorer note files into a single notes file.

Commands List: File Systems

automount
                          Mounts NFS file systems automatically.
chfs
                          Changes attributes of a file system.
chps
                          Changes attributes of a paging space.
chvfs
                          Changes entries in the /etc/vfs file.
crfs
                          Adds a file system.
crvfs
                          Creates entries in the /etc/vfs file.
defrags
                          Increases a file system's contiguous free space.
df
                          Reports information about space on file systems.
dfsck
                          Checks file system consistency and interactively repairs the file system.
dosformat
                          Formats a DOS diskette.
dumpfs
                          Dumps file system information.
ff
                          Lists the file names and statistics for a file system.
fsck
                          Checks file system consistency and interactively repairs the file system.
fsdb
                          Debugs file systems.
istat
                          Examines i-node numbers.
lsfs
                          Displays the characteristics of file systems.
mkfs
                          Makes a file system.
mklost+found
                          Creates a lost and found directory for the fsck command.
mkproto
                          Constructs a prototype file system.
mount
                          Makes a file system available for use.
ncheck
                          Generates path names from i-node numbers.
proto
                          Constructs a prototype file for a file system.
rmfs
                          Removes a file system, any logical volume on which it resides, and the associated stanza in the /etc/filesystems file.
rrestore
                          Copies previously backed up file systems from a remote machine's device to the local machine.
skulker
                          Cleans up file systems by removing unwanted files.
umount
                          Unmounts a previously mounted file system, directory, or file.
unmount
                          Unmounts a previously mounted file system, directory, or file.
update
                          Periodically updates the super block.

Commands List: Games

arithmetic
                          Tests arithmetic skills.
bj
                          Starts the blackjack game.
craps
                          Starts the craps game.
fish
                          Plays the go fish card game.
fortune
                          Displays a random fortune from a database of fortunes.
hangman
                          Starts the hangman word-guessing game.
moo
                          Starts the number-guessing game.
number
                          Displays the written form of a number.
quiz
                          Tests your knowledge.
ttt
                          Starts the tic-tac-toe game.
turnoff
                          Sets the permission codes off for files in the /usr/games directory.
turnon
                          Sets the permission codes on for the files in the /usr/games directory.
wump Starts the hunt the wumpus game.

Commands List: License Use Management

drm_admin
                          Administers servers based on the Data Replication Manager (DRM), such as glbd, the replicated version of the global location broker (GLB).
glbd
                          Manages the global location broker database.
lb_admin
                          Monitors and administers Location Broker registrations.
lb_find
                          Gets a list of global location broker (GLB) server daemons and their attributes.
llbd
                          Manages the information in the Local Location Broker database.
ls_admin
                          Displays and edits the license server database.
ls_dpass
                          Create passwords for License Use Management-licensed software from compound licenses.
ls_rpt
                          Reports on network license server events
ls_stat
                          Displays the status of the license server system.
ls_tv
                          Verifies that license servers are working.
monitord
                          Communicates with the License Use Management server and requests an AIX Version 4 concurrent-use license for each countable login.
netlsd
                          Starts the license server.
nrglbd
                          Manages the Global Location Broker database.

Commands List: Logical Volumes

chlv
                          Changes only the characteristics of a logical volume.
chpv
                          Changes the characteristics of a physical volume in a volume group.
chvg
                          Sets the characteristics of a volume group.
cplv
                          Copies the contents of a logical volume to a new logical volume.
exportvg
                          Exports the definition of a volume group from a set of physical volumes.
extendlv
                          Increases the size of a logical volume by adding unallocated physical partitions from within the volume group.
extendvg
                          Adds physical volumes to a volume group.
importvg
                          Imports a new volume group definition from a set of physical volumes.
lslv
                          Displays information about a logical volume.
lspv
                          Displays information about a physical volume within a volume group.
lsvg
                          Displays information about volume groups.
migratepv
                          Moves allocated physical partitions from one physical volume to one or more other physical volumes.
mirrorvg
                          Mirrors all the logical volumes that exist on a given volume group.
mklv
                          Creates a logical volume.
mklvcopy
                          Provides copies of data within the logical volume.
mkvg
                          Creates a volume group.
mkvgdata
                          Creates a file containing information about a volume group for use by the savevg and restvg commands.
redefinevg
                          Redefines the set of physical volumes of the given volume group in the device configuration database.
reducevg
                          Removes physical volumes from a volume group.
reorgvg
                          Reorganizes the physical partition allocation for a volume group.
restvg
                          Restores the user volume group and all it containers and files, as specified in the /tmp/vgdata/vgname/vgname.data file contained within the backup image created by the savevg command.
rmlv
                          Removes logical volumes from a volume group.
rmlvcopy
                          Removes copies from a logical volume.
savevg
                          Finds and backs up all file belonging to a specified volume group.
synclvodm
                          Synchronizes or rebuilds the logical volume control block, the device configuration database, and the volume group descriptor areas on the physical volumes.
syncvg
                          Synchronizes logical volume copies that are not current.
unmirrorvg
                          Removes the mirrors that exist on volume groups or specified disks.
varyoffvg
                          Deactivates a volume group.
varyonvg
                          Activates a volume group.

Commands List: Network Install Management (NIM)

lsnim
                          Displays information about the Network Install Manager (NIM) environment.
nim
                          Performs operations on Network Install Manager (NIM) objects.
nimclient
                          Allows Network Installation Manager (NIM) operations to be performed from a NIM client.
nimconfig
                          Initializes the Network Install Manager (NIM) client package.
niminit
                          Displays information about the Network Install Manager (NIM) environment.
xinstallm
                          Starts Install and Update Software Manager or Easy Install, two of the Visual System Management (VSM) applications.
xnim
                          Starts the Network Installation Management (NIM) graphical user interface.

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