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Mail Sends and receives mail.
m4 Preprocesses files, expanding macro definitions.
machstat Reports the value of the first 4 bits of the power status register.
macref Produces a cross-reference listing of macro files.
mail Sends and receives mail.
mailq Prints the contents of the mail queue.
mailstats Displays statistics about mail traffic.
mailx Sends and receives mail.
make Maintains, updates, and regenerates groups of programs.
makedbm Makes a Network Information Services (NIS) database map.
makedepend Create dependencies in makefiles.
makedev Creates binary description files suitable for reading by the troff command and its postprocessors.
makekey Generates an encryption key.
makemap Creates database maps for sendmail.
man Displays manual entries online.
managefonts Provides the user with a simple menu-based interface to update or change the set of installed font families on the system.
mant Typesets manual pages.
mark Creates, modifies, and displays message sequences.
mergenote Combines multiple InfoExplorer notes files into a single notes file.
mesg Permits or refuses write messages.
mhl Produces formatted listings of messages.
mhmail Sends or receives mail.
mhpath Prints full path names of messages and folders.
migratelp Moves allocated logical partition from one physical partition to another physical partition on a different physical volume.
migratepv Moves allocated physical partitions from one physical volume to one or more other physical volumes.
mirrord Controls and monitors the mirror module for remote maintenance.
mirrorvg Mirrors all the logical volumes that exist on a given volume group. This command only applies to AIX 4.2.1 or later.
mk_niscachemgr Uncomments the entry in the /etc/rc.nfs file for the nis_cachemgr daemon and invokes the daemon by using the startsrc command.
mk_nisd Uncomments the entry in the /etc/rc.nfs file for the rpc.nisd daemon and invokes the daemon by using the startsrc command.
mk_nispasswdd Uncomments the entry in the /etc/rc.nfs file for the rpc.nispasswdd daemon and invokes the daemon by using the startsrc command.
mkboot Creates the boot image, the boot record, and the service record. This command is NOT a user-level command and is NOT supported in AIX 4.2 or later.
mkcatdefs Preprocesses a message source file.
mkcd Creates a multi-volume CD (or CDs) from a mksysb or savevg backup image.
mkcfsmnt Mounts a CacheFS directory..
mkclass Create a Workload Management class.
mkclient Uncomments the entry in the /etc/rc.nfs file for the ypbind daemon and starts the ypbind daemon to configure a client.
mkcondition Creates a new condition definition which can be monitored.
mkcondresp Creates a link between a condition and one or more responses.
mkdev Adds a device to the system.
mkdir Creates one or more new directories.
mkdirhier Creates a hierarchy of directories or a single directory.
mkdsmitd Creates a new domain of machines for the Distributed System Management Interface Tool (DSMIT).
mkfifo Makes first-in-first-out (FIFO) special files.
mkfilt Activates or deactivates the filter rules.
mkfont Adds a font path name to the Object Data Manager (ODM) that is loaded by the low function terminal (LFT) at boot time.
mkfontdir Creates a fonts.dir file from a directory of font files.
mkfs Makes a file system.
mkgroup Creates a new group.
mkhosts Generates the host table file.
mkitab Makes records in the /etc/inittab file.
mkkeyserv Uncomments the entry in the /etc/rc.nfs file for the keyserv daemon and invokes the daemon by using the startsrc command.
mkkrb5clnt Configures a Kerberos client.
mkkrb5srv Configures a Kerberos server.
mklost+found Creates a lost and found directory for the fsck command.
mklv Creates a logical volume.
mklvcopy Provides copies of data within the logical volume.
mkmaster Executes the ypinit command and starts the NIS daemons to configure a master server.
mknamsv Configures TCP/IP-based name service on a host for a client.
mknfs Configures the system to run NFS.
mknfsexp Exports a directory to NFS clients.
mknfsmnt Mounts a directory from an NFS server.
mknod Creates a special file.
mknotify Adds a notify method definition to the Notify object class.
mkodmextract Reads each stanza from the input stanza file and writes an odmdelete command, with appropriate parameters, to standard output.
mkodmupdt Creates executable scripts and stanza files that are used during the installation process to modify the odm database.
mkpasswd Organizes the basic user database for efficient searches.
mkpath Adds another path to a multipath I/O (MPIO) capable device.
mkproto Constructs a prototype file system.
mkprtsv Configures TCP/IP-based print service on a host.
mkps Adds an additional paging space to the system.
mkqos Configures the system to support QoS.
mkque Adds a printer queue to the system.
mkquedev Adds a printer queue device to the system.
mkramdisk Creates a RAM disk using a portion of RAM that is accessed through normal reads and writes.
mkresponse Creates a new response definition with one action.
mkrole Creates new roles. This command applies only to AIX 4.2.1 and later.
mkrsrc Defines a new resource.
mkseckrb5 Migrates existing operating system users to Kerberos.
mksecldap Sets up an AIX cluster to use LDAP for security authentication and data management.
mkserver Adds a subserver definition to the subserver object class.
mkslave Invokes the ypinit command to retrieve maps from an NIS master server and starts the ypserv daemon to configure a slave server.
mkssys Adds a subsystem definition to the subsystem object class.
mkstr Creates an error message file.
mksysb Creates an installable image of the root volume group either in a file or onto a bootable tape.
mkszfile Saves the system state for reinstallation on the current system or another system.
mktcpip Sets the required values for starting TCP/IP on a host.
mktun Activates tunnel(s).
mkuser Creates a new user account.
mkuser.sys Customizes a new user account.
mkvg Creates a volume group.
mkvgdata Creates a file containing information about a volume group for use by the savevg and restvg commands.
mkvirprt Makes a virtual printer.
mm Prints documents formatted with memorandum macros.
mmt Typesets documents.
mmtu Displaying, adding, and deleting maximum transfer unit (MTU) values used for path MTU discovery. This command only applies to AIX 4.2.1 or later.
mon-cxma Monitor status of 128-port asynchronous subsystem and attached devices.
monacct Performs monthly or periodic accounting.
monitord Communicates with the License Use Management server and requests an AIX Version 4 concurrent-use license for each countable login.
moo Starts the number-guessing game.
more Displays the contents of files one screen at a time.
mosy Converts the ASN.1 definitions of Structure and Identification of Management Information (SMI) and Management Information Base (MIB) modules into objects definition files for the snmpinfo command.
mount Makes a file system available for use.
mountd Answers requests from clients for file system mounts.
mpcfg Manages remote maintenance service information.
mpcstat Displays operational information about a Multi-Protocol Over ATM (MPOA) Client.
mrouted Forwards a multicast datagram. This daemon only applies to AIX 4.2.1 or later.
msgchk Checks for messages.
msh Creates a Message Handler (MH) shell.
mt Gives subcommands to streaming tape device.
mv Moves files.
mvdir Moves (renames) a directory.
mvfilt Moves a filter rule.
mvt Typesets English-language view graphs and slides.
mwm Runs the AIXwindows Window Manager (MWM).