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AIX Version 4.3 Commands Reference, Volume 6

Programming Tools

Commands List: Debuggers

adb
                          Provides a general purpose debug program.
dbx
                          Provides an environment to debug and run programs under the AIX system.
od
                          Displays files in a specified format.
prof
                          Displays object file profile data.
savecore
                          Saves a core dump of the operating system.
syscall
                          Performs a specified subroutine call.
trace
                          Records selected system events.
trcdead
                          Extracts the trace buffer from a system dump image.
trcnm
                          Generates a kernel name list.
trcrpt
                          Formats a report from the trace log.
trcstop
                          Stops the trace function.
trcupdate
                          Adds, replaces, or deletes trace report format templates.

Commands List: Messages

dspcat
                          Displays all or part of a message catalog.
dspmsg
                          Displays a selected message from a message catalog.
gencat
                          Creates and modifies a message catalog.
mkcatdefs
                          Preprocesses a message source file.
mkstr
                          Creates an error message file.
runcat
                          Pipes the output data from the mkcatdefs command to the gencat command.
xstr
                          Extracts strings from C programs to implement shared strings.

Commands List: Source Programs

admin
                          Creates and controls SCCS files.
asa
                          Prints FORTRAN files.
cdc
                          Changes the comments in a SCCS delta.
comb
                          Combines SCCS deltas.
ctags
                          Makes a file of tags to help locate objects in source files.
delta
                          Creates a delta in a SCCS file.
get
                          Creates a specified version of a SCCS file.
prs
                          Displays a Source Code Control System (SCCS) file.
rmdel
                          Removes a delta from a SCCS file.
sact
                          Displays current SCCS file-editing status.
sccs
                          Administration program for SCCS commands.
sccsdiff
                          Compares two versions of a SCCS file.
sccshelp
                          Provides information about a SCCS message or command.
unget
                          Cancels a previous get command.
unifdef
                          Removes ifdef'ed lines from a file.
val Validates SCCS files.
vc Substitutes assigned values for identification keywords.
vgrind
                          Formats listings of programs that are easy to read.
whereis
                          Locates source, binary, or manual for program.
which
                          Locates a program file, including aliases and paths (the csh (C shell) command only).

Commands List: Object Files

ld
                          Links object files.
lorder
                          Finds the best order for member files in an object library.
make
                          Maintains up-to-date versions of programs.
nm
                          Displays the symbol table of an object file.
prof
                          Displays object file profile data.
size
                          Displays the section sizes of the Extended Common Object File Format (XCOFF) object files.
slibclean
                          Removes any currently unused modules in kernel and library memory.
strings
                          Finds the printable strings in an object or binary file.
strip
                          Reduces the size of an Extended Common Object File Format (XCOFF) object file by removing information used by the binder and symbolic debug program.

Commands List: Miscellaneous Languages

bc
                          Provides an interpreter for arbitrary-precision arithmetic language.
bs
                          Compiles and interprets modest-sized programs.
m4
                          Preprocesses files, expanding macro definitions.
sno
                          Provides a SNOBOL interpreter.

Commands List: C Tools

cb
                          Puts C source code into a form that is easily read.
cflow
                          Generates a C flow graph of external references.
cpp
                          Performs file inclusion and macro substitution on C Language source files.
cxref
                          Creates a C program cross-reference listing.
execerror
                          Writes error messages to standard error.
indent
                          Reformats a C Language program.
ipcrm
                          Removes message queue, semaphore set, or shared memory identifiers.
lex
                          Generates a C Language program that matches patterns for simple lexical analysis of an input stream.
lint
                          Checks the C Language programs for potential problems.
m4
                          Preprocesses files, expanding macro definitions.
mkstr
                          Creates an error message file.
regcmp
                          Compiles patterns into C Language char declarations.
tic
                          Translates the terminfo descriptor files from source to compiled format.
xstr Extracts strings from C programs to implement shared strings.
yacc Generates a LR(1) parsing program from input consisting of a context-free grammar specification.

Commands List: Assemblers and Compilers

Assembler:

as
                          Assembles a source file.

FORTRAN:

asa
                          Prints FORTRAN files.
fpr
                          Prints FORTRAN files.
fsplit
                          Splits FORTRAN source code into separate routine files.
struct
                          Translates a FORTRAN program into a RATFOR program.

Commands List: Object Data Manager (ODM)

odmadd
                          Adds objects to created object classes.
odmchange
                          Changes the contents of a selected object in the specified object class.
odmcreate
                          Produces the .c (source) and .h (include) files necessary for ODM application development and creates empty object classes.
odmdelete
                          Deletes selected objects from specified object classes.
odmdrop
                          Removes an object class.
odmget
                          Retrieves objects from the specified object classes into an odmadd format.
odmshow
                          Displays an object class definition on the screen.
restbase
                          Reads the base customized information from the boot image and restores it into the Device Configuration database used during system boot phase 1.
savebase
                          Saves information about base-customized devices in the Device Configuration database onto the boot device.

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