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System Management Concepts: Operating System and Devices


File Comparison Table for 4.3 BSD, SVR4, and this Operating System

The following table compares file names and functions between 4.3 BSD, SVR4, and this operating system.

File Comparison Table
4.3 BSD File SVR4 File File for this operating system Database Type (odm/dbm)
L-Devices Devices Devices no

L-dialcodes Dialcodes Dialcodes no

L.cmds Permissions Permissions no

L.sys Systems Systems 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 documentation for this operating system.


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