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Utilities Summary

The sections below group the QNX Neutrino utilities into these categories:

Configuration files

TCP/IP files

/etc/acl.conf
Specify permitted operations on a defined SNMP context
/etc/autoconnect
Automatic TCP/IP connection-configuration script
/etc/bootptab
Boot protocol server configuration file
/etc/context.conf
Context definitions for SNMPv2
/etc/dhcpd.conf
Specify DHCP configuration details
/etc/exports
Define remote mountpoints for NFS mount requests
/etc/ftpchroot
Access control file for ftpd
ftpd.conf
Configuration file for ftpd
/etc/ftpusers
Deny FTP access
/etc/gateways
Specify Internet routing information to routed
/etc/hosts
Hostname database
/etc/hosts.equiv
System-wide list of trusted remote hosts and users
/etc/inetd.conf
Super-server configuration file (UNIX)
/etc/mib.txt
Format for specifying variable names for SNMP utilities
/etc/named.conf
Configuration file for named
/etc/networks
Network name database
/etc/nfsstart
Start NFS server daemons
/etc/party.conf
Configuration file for SNMPv2 party definitions
/etc/pcnfsd.conf
Configuration file for pcnfsd definitions
/etc/protocols
Protocol name database
/etc/racoon/racoon.conf
Configuration file for IKE (ISAKMP/Oakley) key management daemon racoon
/etc/resolv.conf
Resolver configuration file
~/.rhosts
Individual users' list of trusted remote users
/etc/rpc
RPC program number database
/etc/rtadvd.conf
Configuration file for router advertisement daemon rtadvd
/etc/services
Service name database
/etc/snmpd.conf
Default SNMP configuration file
/etc/socks.conf
SOCKS clients configuration file
/etc/view.conf
View definitions for SNMPv2

Miscellaneous files

/etc/syslog.conf
Configuration file for syslogd logging
/usr/share/misc/magic
Magic number file for the file command (UNIX)
/etc/printcap
Printer capability database

Managers

These managers are divided into the following categories:

Common access method (cam-*)

cam-cdrom.so
CD-ROMs
cam-disk.so
Hard disks
cam-optical.so
Optical disks

Audio drivers (deva-*)

deva-ctrl-4dwave.so
Sound driver for the Trident 4DWave
deva-ctrl-audiopci.so
Sound driver for the AudioPCI chip family
deva-ctrl-cs4281.so
Sound driver for the CS4281
deva-ctrl-cs46xx.so
Sound driver for the CS46xx family of chips
deva-ctrl-cyberpro5.so
Sound driver for the CyberPro5XXX family of chips
deva-ctrl-ess1938.so
Sound driver for the ESS1938
deva-ctrl-geode.so
Sound driver for the AMD Geode family of chips
deva-ctrl-i8x0.so
Sound driver for the Intel 8X0
deva-ctrl-nmg6.so
Sound driver for the NeoMagic 6 family of chips
deva-ctrl-sb.so
Driver for Sound Blaster 16 and compatible sound cards
deva-ctrl-tahoe.so
Sound driver for the Tahoe add-on I/O board for the SH4 7750 Aspen Application Development System board
deva-ctrl-via686.so
Sound driver for the VIA686
deva-ctrl-vortex.so
Sound driver for the Aureal Vortex
deva-ctrl-ymfds1.so
Sound driver for the Yamaha DS1
deva-mixer-ac97.so
Mixer DLL for the Intel Audio Codec '97 (AC'97)
deva-mixer-ak4531.so
Mixer DLL for the ASAHI KASEI AK4531 CODEC
deva-util-restore.so
Shared object used to restore an audio driver's state

Block-oriented drivers (devb-*)

devb-adpu320
Adaptec 7901/7902-based SCSI apapters
devb-aha2
Adaptec 6260/6360/6370-based SCSI host adapters
devb-aha4
Adaptec 154x and compatible SCSI host adapters
devb-aha7
Adaptec AIC-7770 based SCSI adapters
devb-aha8
Adaptec AIC-7870/7880 based SCSI adapters
devb-amd
AMD 53c974/79C974 PCI SCSI host adapters
devb-btmm
BusLogic/Mylex Multimaster host adapters
devb-eide
EIDE filesystem
devb-fdc
Floppy disk interface
devb-ncr8
NCR 53c810, 815, 820, 825, 860, 875, 885, 895, and 896 PCI SCSI host adapter
devb-ram
RAM disk interface
devb-umass
USB Mass Storage interface

Character I/O drivers (devc-*)

devc-amctap
Serial communications manager for AMC WireTAP/PowerTAP
devc_amctap_host
Windows host server for devc-amctap
devc-con
Simple console and keyboard I/O
devc-hspi
Serial driver for Renesas protocol interface
devc-netrom540
Serial communications manager for the AMC NetROM 5xx ROM emulator
devc-par
Parallel port
devc-pty
Pseudo-tty communications
devc-ser2681
2681 serial communications
devc-ser403
PowerPC 403 serial communications
devc-ser8250
8250 serial communications
devc-ser8250-ixp2400
8250 serial communications for IXP2400
devc-serdsiu
DSIU serial communications
devc-sergt64260
Serial communications
devc-serppc800
PowerPC 80x serial communications
devc-sersci
Serial driver for Renesas 7750/7751 SCI and SCIF ports
devc-serzscc
Zilog SCC serial communications
devc-tcon
Tiny console and keyboard I/O
devc-tser2681
Tiny 2681 serial communications
devc-tser403
Tiny PowerPC 403 serial communications
devc-tser8250
Tiny 8250 serial communications
devc-tser8250-ixp2400
Tiny 8250 serial communications for IXP2400
devc-tserdsiu
Tiny DSIU serial communications
devc-tserppc800
Tiny PowerPC 80x serial communications
devc-tserzscc
Tiny Zilog SCC serial communications

Flash filesystems (devf-*)

devf-800fads
800FADS eval board
devf-aspen
SH4 7750 Aspen eval board
devf-bigsur
SH4 7751 Big Sur eval board
devf-brh
ADI BRH eval board
devf-generic
Generic driver
devf-i365sl
82365SL-compatible PCMCIA host adapter
devf-ixdp2400
Intel XScale IXDP2400 driver
devf-ixdp425
Intel XScale IXDP425 driver
devf-mtx600-w8
Motorola MTX600 series motherboards
devf-p5064
Algorithmics P-5064 single-board computer
devf-ppaq
PowerPaq eval board
devf-ram
RAM disk
devf-rpx-lite
RPCG RPX Lite
devf-sc400
AMD sc400 eval board
devf-vr41xx
MIPS VR41xx eval board

Graphics drivers (devg-*)

devg-ati_rage128.so
Graphics driver for ATI Rage 128/128 Pro chipsets
devg-banshee.so
Graphics driver for 3dfx VooDoo chipsets
devg-chips.so
Graphics driver for Chips and Technologies graphics
devg-coral.so
Graphics driver for Fujitsu Coral chipsets
devg-flat.so
Graphics driver for unaccelerated flat frame buffers.
devg-geode.so
Graphics driver for AMD Geode and Media GX chipsets
devg-i810.so
Graphics driver for Intel I810 and I815 chipsets
devg-i830.so
Graphics driver for Intel I830 and I845 chipsets
devg-igs5000.so
Graphics driver for Tvia CyberPro 50xx chipsets
devg-mach64.so
Graphics driver for ATI Mach64 chipsets
devg-matrox.so
Graphics driver for Matrox Millenium, Mystique, and G100 chipsets
devg-matroxg.so
Graphics driver for Matrox Millenium G-series chipsets
devg-mq200.so
Graphics driver for MediaQ MQ-200 chipsets
devg-neomagic.so
Graphics driver for NeoMagic chipsets
devg-orchid.so
Graphics driver for Fujitsu MB86292 graphics controller
devg-pxa250.so
Graphics driver for Intel PXA250 LCD controller
devg-q2sd.so
Graphics driver for Renesas Q2SD display controller
devg-radeon.so
Graphics driver for ATI RADEON chipsets
devg-rage.so
Graphics driver for ATI RAGE chipsets
devg-ravin.so
Graphics driver for NEC Ravin chipsets
devg-rotate90.so
Graphics driver that rotates the display 90 degrees counterclockwise
devg-rotate270.so
Graphics driver that rotates the display 270 degrees counterclockwise
devg-rpxlite.so
Graphics driver for RPX-lite development board
devg-s3.so
Graphics driver for S3 Vision, Virge, and Trio chipsets
devg-s3_savage.so
Graphics driver for S3 Savage chipsets
devg-sa1110.so
Graphics driver for SA1100 LCD controller
devg-sis630.so
Graphics driver for SIS graphics chipsets
devg-smi5xx.so
Graphics driver for Silicon Motion chipset SM501
devg-smi7xx.so
Graphics driver for Silicon Motion Lynx controller
devg-stpc.so
Graphics driver for STPC graphics chipsets
devg-svga.so
Generic graphics driver (SVGA)
devg-tnt.so
Graphics driver for NVIDIA chipsets
devg-tvia.so
Graphics driver for TVIA CyberPro chipsets
devg-vesabios.so
Generic graphics driver (Vesa 2.0)
devg-vga.so
Generic graphics driver (VGA)
devgt-iographics
Start a trapper

HID drivers (devh-*)

devh-usb.so
Driver for USB-compliant human-interface devices (HID)
devh-ps2ser.so
Driver for serial and PS2 human-interface devices (HID)

Input drivers (devi-*)

devi-ahl
Gunze AHL Input Manager for Photon
devi-carrol
Carrol Touch input manager for Photon
devi-dyna
Dyna input manager for Photon
devi-elo
Elographics input manager for Photon
devi-hid
Universal Photon input manager for keyboards and mice
devi-hirun
Photon "high runner" input manager
devi-microtouch
Microtouch input manager for Photon
devi-tahoe
Tahoe input manager for Photon

Network drivers (devn-*)

devn-artesyn.so
Artesyn Ethernet adapter
devn-bcm43xx.so
Broadcom-based 802.11b/g wireless Ethernet controller
devn-cpci-mcp750.so
CPCI-MCP750 Ethernet controller
devn-crys8900.so
Crystal 89xx Ethernet adapters
devn-dm9102.so
Davicom DM9102 Ethernet controllers
devn-eepro.so
Intel Ether Express Pro ISA Ethernet adapters
devn-el509.so
3Com 509 ISA Ethernet adapters
devn-el589.so
3Com 589 PCMCIA Ethernet adapter
devn-el900.so
3Com 90x Network Interface Cards
devn-epic.so
SMC-9432 (EPIC) Ethernet adapters
devn-fd.so
File-descriptor interface driver
devn-gt64260.so
Galileo Discovery Ethernet controllers
devn-i82544.so
Intel Ethernet LAN adapters
devn-klsi.so
Kawasaki LSI USB Ethernet adapters
devn-lance.so
AMD LANCE (AMD-79c96x) compatible Ethernet adapters
devn-ne2000.so
NE-2000 compatible Ethernet adapters
devn-ne2000-403.so
NE-2000 403 eval board Ethernet adapters
devn-ns83815.so
National Semiconductor MacPHYTER NS83815 Ethernet adapters
devn-orinoco.so
ORiNOCO wireless Ethernet controller
devn-pcnet.so
AMD PCNET (AMD-79c97x) compatible Ethernet adapters
devn-pegasus.so
SMC EZ Connect and other USB Ethernet adapters based on Pegasus chipset
devn-ppc405.so
Driver for IBM PPC405 on-chip Ethernet controllers
devn-ppc800-ads.so
PowerPC 800 ADS eval board compatible Ethernet adapters
devn-ppc800-cllf.so
PowerPC 800 Embedded Planet's CLLF 860T board
devn-ppc800-mbx.so
PowerPC 800 MBX 8xx platform
devn-ppc800-rpxlite.so
PPC800 RPX Lite Ethernet adapters and compatibles
devn-ppc8260.so
PPC8260 Fast Ethernet controller
devn-ppc860_mii.so
PPC860 Fast Ethernet controller
devn-prism.so
PRISM-based wireless Ethernet controller
devn-rtl.so
Realtek 8139 PCI cards
devn-sis9.so
SiS900 Ethernet controller and compatibles
devn-smc9000.so
SMC 91c92/91c100 compatible Ethernet adapters
devn-speedo.so
Intel 82557, 82558, and 82559 Fast Ethernet LAN controllers
devn-tigon3.so
Broadcom BCM570X Ethernet controller
devn-tulip.so
DEC 21x4x (Tulip) compatible Ethernet adapters
devn-tulip-p5064.so
Tulip Algorithmics P-5064 eval board onboard chip only
devn-via-rhine.so
VIA Rhine
devn-wd.so
SMC 8003/8013 and compatibles

PCMCIA/Cardbus servers (devp-*)

devp-pccard
PCMCIA/CardBus (PC Card)

USB drivers and managers (devu-*)

devu-ehci.so
USB manager for Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) controllers (USB 2.0)
devu-kbd
Class driver for USB keyboards
devu-mouse
Class driver for USB mice
devu-ohci.so
USB manager for Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI) controllers (USB 2.0)
devu-prn
Class Driver for USB printers
devu-uhci.so
USB manager for Universal Host Controller Interface (UHCI) controllers (USB 2.0)

Filesystem drivers (fs-*)

fs-cd.so
ISO-9660, with Rock Ridge extensions
fs-cifs
Common Internet Filesystem or SMB client filesystem
fs-dos.so
DOS
fs-ext2.so
Linux Ext2
fs-nfs2
NFS 2 client filesystem
fs-nfs3
NFS 3 client filesystem
fs-pkg
Package filesystem (QNX Neutrino)
fs-qnx4.so
QNX 4

Input/output drivers (io-*)

io-audio
Audio I/O
io-blk.so
Block I/O
io-hid
HID I/O
io-net
Network I/O
io-usb
USB I/O

Network protocol modules (npm-*)

npm-pppmgr.so
Provide IP-to-PPP services
npm-pppoe.so
Provide PPP-to-Ethernet services
npm-qnet.so
Native network manager
npm-qnet-compat.so
Native QNX Neutrino network manager -- backward-compatible version
npm-qnet-l4_lite.so
Lightweight version of native QNX Network manager
npm-tcpip.so
Full TCP/IP stack
npm-tcpip-v4.so
Original full TCP/IP stack
npm-tcpip-v6.so
Full TCP/IP stack for IPv6 packets
npm-ttcpip.so
Tiny TCP/IP stack

Peripheral Component Interconnect (pci-*)

pci
Display PCI devices
pci-artesyn440
Provide support for the PCI Artesyn PM/PPC 440
pci-artesyn750fx
Provide support for the PCI Artesyn PM/PPC 750fx
pci-bios
Provide support for the PCI BIOS
pci-brh
Provide support for the ADI BRH development board
pci-cpc700
PCI server for hardware that utilizes the CPC700 Host/PCI controller
pci-ixc1100
PCI support for the Intel XScale IXDP425 and IXCDP1100 development board
pci-ixp2400
PCI support for the Intel XScale IXDP2400 development board
pci-mpc8266
PCI support for the MPC8266ADS-PCI reference board
pci-p5064
PCI support for the Algorithmics P-5064 single-board computer (MIPS)
pci-ppc440rb
PCI support for the IBM PPC440 reference board
pci-raven
PCI support for MTX60x (ATX) and MCP750 (compact PCI) Motorola boards
pci-sandpoint
PCI support for the Motorola Sandpoint evaluation board (PowerPC)
pci-yellowknife
PCI support for the Motorola Yellowknife evaluation board (PowerPC)

Photon print drivers (phs-to-*)

phs-to-bjc
Convert .phs output for a Canon printer
phs-to-bmp
Convert .phs output to a bitmap file
phs-to-escp2
Convert .phs output for an Epson ESC/P2 printer
phs-to-ijs
Photon IJS printing client
phs-to-pcl
Convert .phs output for a Hewlett-Packard PCL compatible printer
phs-to-ps
Convert .phs output for PostScript

Microkernel and process managers (procnto*)

procnto-400
PowerPC 400 processors
procnto-600
PowerPC 600, 700 processors
procnto-800
PowerPC 800 processors
procnto
Other processors
procnto-smp
Symmetric multiprocessing

Startup programs (startup-*)

startup-403evb
Startup for PowerPC 403 Evaluation Board Kit
startup-603evb
Startup for EM603e/603e evaluation kit (PowerPC)
startup-79s465
Startup for IDT 79S465 evaluation board (MIPS)
startup-800fads
Startup for 800f Application Development System board (PowerPC)
startup-8260ads
Startup for PPC 8260ADS board (PowerPC)
startup-artesyn
Startup for Artesyn evaluation board (PowerPC)
startup-artesyn750fx
Startup for Artesyn750FX evaluation board (PowerPC)
startup-aspen
Startup for Renesas Aspen evaluation board (SH)
startup-bigsur
Startup for Renesas Big Sur evaluation board (SH)
startup-bios
Startup for PC-compatible systems with a BIOS (x86)
startup-cpci-6750
Startup for CPCI-6750 board (PowerPC)
startup-ddb-vrc5074
Startup for NEC DDB-VRC5074 evaluation board (MIPS)
startup-integrator
Startup for ARM Integrator Evaluation board (ARM)
startup-malta
Startup for Malta evaluation board (MIPS)
startup-mbx800
Startup for Motorola MBX series embedded controller (PowerPC)
startup-mcp750
Startup for PowerPC 750 CPU compact PCI chassis
startup-mcpn765
Startup for MCPN765 board (PowerPC)
startup-mtx600
Startup for Motorola MTX600 series motherboards (PowerPC)
startup-mvme
Startup for the Motorola PowerPC MVME series VME boards
startup-mvp
Startup for the MVP Motorola SPS evaluation platform (PowerPC)
startup-p5064
Startup for Algorithmics P-5064 single-board computer (MIPS)
startup-rpx-lite
Startup for RPCG RPX Lite (823/850)
startup-sandpoint
Startup for PowerPC Sandpoint evaluation board
startup-sa1100-mm
Startup for the ARM SA1100 multimedia development board (ARM)
startup-sa1110-db
Startup for the Intel SA1110 development board
startup-sengine
Startup for the SolutionEngine board (SH)
startup-vme603
Startup for MVME2600 series single-board computer (PowerPC)
startup-vr41xx
Startup for NEC Vr4102/Vr4111/VrC4171 unified evaluation board (MIPS)
startup-walnut
Startup for PPC 405 evaluation board (PowerPC)

Miscellaneous managers

enum-devices
Device-enumerator manager
fpemu.so
Support for floating-point emulation
mq, mqueue
POSIX 1003.1b message-queue manager
pipe
Pipe manager
random
Source of secure random data
tracelogger
Log instrumented kernel trace data
waitfor
Wait until a path exists

Utilities

These utilities are divided into the following categories:

Adaptive partitioning

aps
Manage adaptive scheduler partitions

Archivers

ar
Create and maintain library archives (POSIX)
bunzip2
Decompress files
bz2cat
Decompress files to standard output
bzip2
Compress and uncompress files
cpio
Copy file archives in and out (UNIX)
fcat
Display compressed (frozen) files.
freeze
Compress and uncompress files (UNIX)
gunzip
Uncompress files
gzip
Compress or expand files
melt
Uncompress files -- see freeze
pax
Portable archive interchange (POSIX)
tar
Read and write tape archive files (UNIX)
unzip
Extract files from a zip archive
zcat
Concatenate compressed files
zip
Compress and package files

Audio and multimedia

mixer
Audio mixer
mmplay
Multimedia player
phplay
Media player
phrecord
Photon sound recorder
playaudio
Play an audio stream
playAudioCd
Play an audio CD
qnxplayer
Play sound files and CDs

Communication

chat
Automated conversational script with a modem
phdialer
Modem dialer
phditto
Access a Photon workspace on a remote node
phrelay
Support remote connectivity with phindows and phditto clients
qcp
QNX communications protocol (QNX)
qtalk
Talk over a communications line (QNX)
stty
Set tty attributes

Configuration and startup

bkgdmgr
Photon Background Manager
calib
Calibrate a touchscreen
cron
Clock server (UNIX)
crontab
Schedule periodic background work (POSIX)
crttrap
Detect video hardware and start the correct driver
date
Display or set the date and time
diskboot
Boot the system
infocmp
Output the contents of a terminfo capability file (UNIX)
input-cfg
Configure the mouse or pointer
inputtrap
Detect input devices and start the input manager
io-graphics
Start a graphics driver
mesg
Enable, disable, or query broadcast messages
mkkbd
Generate a binary keyboard table from a textual keyboard definition
mount
Mount a block special device or remote filesystem
ntpd
Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon
ntpdate
Set the local time and date by polling NTP servers
ntpdc
Query the NTP daemon
ntpq
Monitor the NTP daemon and determine its performance
ntptrace
Trace a chain of NTP servers
packager
Create packages for use with the package installer
pccard-launch
Automatically start drivers when PC Cards are inserted
ph
Launch the Photon window system
phabmsg
Photon message database editor
phgrafx
Choose display preferences for your workstation
phlip
Photon TCP/IP and dialup configuration tool
phlocale
Localization utility (timezone, language, keyboard)
phmenu
Photon window manager menu editor
Photon
Start the Photon server
ptermcs
Create character set files for pterm
pwmopts
Photon Window Manager options
qconfig
Query and display QNX installations and configurations on Neutrino, Linux, and Solaris
qnxinstall
GUI-based QNX Software Installer (QSI)
QWinCfg
Query and display QNX installations and configurations on Windows
rtc
Set or get date from realtime clock
savercfg
Photon screensaver options
seedres
Seed system resources on x86 platforms
tic
Terminfo compiler (UNIX)
tinit
Terminal initialization (QNX)
umount
Unmount a device
usb
Display USB device configuration

Debugging

coreinfo
Display information about a core file
dumper
Dump postmortem state of a program
errno
Explain errno numbers
ntoarm-gdb
Debugger -- see gdb
ntomips-gdb
Debugger -- see gdb
ntoppc-gdb
Debugger -- see gdb
ntosh-gdb
Debugger -- see gdb
ntox86-gdb
Debugger -- see gdb
pdebug
Process-level debugger
traceprinter
Display contents of the instrumented kernel trace file

Development

addvariant
Add a new OS, CPU, or VARIANT directory structure to a source tree
appbuilder
Photon Application Builder (PhAB)
bindres
Bind widget resources into an executable (PhAB)
CC, cc
C++, C compilers
dumpifs
Dump an image filesystem (QNX)
gcc
Compile and link a program (GNU)
gcov
Gather code coverage data (GNU)
gprof
Code profiler (GNU)
icc
Intel C and C++ compiler
ld
Linker command (POSIX)
ldrel
Relocate an executable file
make
Maintain, update, and regenerate groups of programs (POSIX)
mkasmoff
Create an assembler include file from an ELF or COFF file
mkifs
Build an OS image (QNX)
mkimage
Build a socket image from individual files (QNX)
mkrec
Convert a binary image into ROM format (QNX)
mksbp
Build a QNX System Builder project
mkxfs
See mkefs and mkifs
nm
List symbols from object files (POSIX)
objcopy
Copy the contents of one object file to another (GNU)
objdump
Display information about one or more object files (GNU)
phablang
PhAB Language editor
qcc
Compile command (QNX)
qde
Launch QNX development environment (QNX)
sendnto
Send an OS image to a target over a serial or parallel port (QNX4)
size
List section and total sizes for an archive or object file (POSIX)
strip
Remove unnecessary information from executable files (POSIX)

Disks

chkfsys
Check an entire QNX filesystem for consistency
chkdosfs
Check a DOS (FAT-12/16/32) filesystem for consistency
dcheck
Check a disk for bad blocks
df
Report free disk space (POSIX)
dinit
Disk initialization
dloader
Write a boot loader to a disk
du
Estimate disk space usage
fdformat
Format floppy diskettes
fdisk
Manage disk partitions
mkdosfs
Format a DOS (FAT-12/16/32) filesystem (QNX Neutrino)
spatch
Fullscreen patch utility
sync
Update filesystems to match cached data (UNIX)

Editing

elvis
Visual interface editor clone
ped
Photon editor
qed
QNX fullscreen Editor
vi
Visual interface editor clone
view
Visual interface editor clone

Email, HTML, and browsing

helpviewer
Photon Helpviewer
netfront
NetFront server
voyager
Voyager browser
vserver
Voyager server

File and directory manipulation

basename
Return nondirectory portion of pathname
cat
Concatenate and print files
chgrp
Change file group ownership
chmod
Change file modes
chown
Change file ownership
cksum
Display file checksums and block counts
cp
Copy files
ctags
Generate tags files (POSIX)
dd
Convert a file while copying it
dirname
Return directory portion of pathname
expand
Convert tabs to spaces
file
Determine file type (UNIX)
find
Find files
fmt
Format concatenated input
fold
Fold lines (POSIX)
fullpath
Display network-qualified pathnames (QNX)
hd
Display files in decimal, hex, octal, or ASCII
head
Copy the first part of files
info
Read documentation in Info format
less
Display files on a page-by-page basis
link
Call the link() function
ln
Create links to (aliases for) files
ls
List directory contents
mkdir
Make directories
mkfifo
Make FIFO special files
more
Display files on a page-by-page basis
mv
Move files
od
Dump a file in various formats (POSIX)
pfm
Photon file manager
phfind
Photon file search
pr
Break a file into pages and/or columns for printing
pwd
Print working directory name
rm
Remove files
rmdir
Remove directories
split
Split files into pieces (POSIX)
strings
Find printable strings in files (POSIX)
tail
Copy the last part of a file
textto
Convert text files to QNX 2, QNX 4, or DOS format
touch
Change file access and modification times
umask
Get or set the file mode creation mask
unexpand
Convert spaces to tabs
unlink
Call the unlink() function to delete a file
uud
Decode a file that was encoded with uue
uue
Encode a binary file into ASCII
wc
Count words, lines, and bytes
zap
Destroy a damaged file

Flash filesystems

deflate
Compress files for flash filesystems
flashctl
Manage a flash filesystem
flashcmp
Compress files for a flash filesystem
inflator
Inflate previously deflated files
mkefs
Build an embedded file system (QNX)

Information handling

bc
"Bench calculator" arbitrary-precision arithmetic language (POSIX)
cmp
Compare two files
cut
Cut out selected fields of each line of a file
diff
Compare two files, line by line (GNU)
diff3
Show differences among three files (GNU)
egrep
Extended regular expression grep
flex
Generate programs for lexical tasks
fgrep
Fixed string grep
gawk
Pattern scanning and processing language (POSIX)
grep
Search for string patterns
join
Merge sorted files
phcalc
Photon calculator
sed
Stream editor (POSIX)
sort
Sort, merge, or sequence-check text files
tr
Translate characters
uniq
Report or filter out repeated lines in a file

Photon fonts

bdftophf2
Convert BDF fonts to Photon fonts
fontadmin
Font configuration utility
fontsleuth
Automatic font installer
fontview
Font viewer
mkfontdir
Create font server index files
phfont
Photon font server

Printing

lpd
Line printer spooler daemon
lpr
Remote printing utility
lprc
Line printer control utility
lprq
Spool queue examination utility
lprrm
Remove jobs from the line printer spooling queue
preview
View a .phs file
prjobs
Spool manager
spooler
Handle requests for a printer's resources

Process manipulation

env
Set environment for command invocation
kill
Terminate or signal processes
nice
Run a program at an altered priority
nohup
Invoke a command immune to hangups
on
Execute a command on another tty
renice
Adjust the priorities of running processes
slay
Kill or modify a process by name
sleep
Suspend execution for an interval
tee
Duplicate standard input
time
Determine the execution time of a command (UNIX)
use
Print a usage message
usemsg
Change usage message for a command
which
Locate a program file
xargs
Construct argument list(s) and invoke program

Shell programming

echo
Write arguments to standard output
expr
Evaluate arguments as an expression
false
Return false value
printf
Write formatted output
true
Return true value

Shells (command interpreters)

esh
Embedded shell
fesh
Fat embedded shell
ksh
Public domain Korn shell command interpreter
sh
Public domain Korn shell command interpreter
uesh
Micro-embedded shell

System information

getconf
Get system configuration values (POSIX)
hogs
List the processes that are hogging the CPU
logger
Make entries in the system log
nicinfo
Display information about a network interface controller
phin
Provide Photon system information
pidin
Display system statistics
pin
Display PC Card information
pkgctl
Extract information from the package filesystem
ps
Report process status (POSIX)
psin
Display system information in a Photon window
setconf
Set a configuration string
show_vesa
Display mode information for VESA BIOSes
sin
Display system information
slogger
System logger
sloginfo
Print messages from the system log
syslogd
Log system messages
tty
Return the user's terminal name
uname
Return the name of the operating system

TCP/IP utilities

arp
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) display and control
bootpd
Internet boot protocol server
dhcp.client
DHCP host configuration utility
dhcpd
DHCP server
/var/state/dhcp/dhcpd.leases
Store information on DHCP leases
dhcprelay
DHCP relay agent
ds
Data server that maintains a shared state among processes
ftp
ARPANET file transfer program
ftpd
DARPA internet file transfer protocol daemon
gns
Advertise, lookup and use (connect) a service across a network
hostname
Set or print name of current host system
ifconfig
Configure network interface parameters
if_up
Ensure a TCP/IP interface is available
inetd
Internet super-server
ipf
Alter packet filtering lists for IP packet input and output
ipfs
Save and restore information for NAT and state tables
ipfstat
Report on packet filter statistics and filter list
ipmon
Monitor /dev/ipl for logged packets
ipnat
User interface to Network Address Translation (NAT)
lsm-ipfilter-v4.so, lsm-ipfilter-v6.so
Provide IP filter services
lsm-sctp.so
Provide SCTP services
mrouted
IP multicast routing daemon
mstrip
Strip Management Information Base (MIB) modules from an RFC
named
Internet domain name server
named-xfer
Ancillary agent for inbound zone transfers
ndp
Control the IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol
netmanager
TCP/IP Configuration Manager
netstat
Show network status
nfm-autoip.so
AutoIP negotiation module for link-local addresses
nfsd
NFS version 2 and MOUNT version 1 server
nslookup
Query Internet name servers interactively
omshell
Connect, query, and change ISC DHCP server's state
pcnfsd
Unix authenticator for NFS
ping
Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
ping6
Send ICMPv6 ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts (UNIX)
pppd
Point-to-Point protocol daemon for a serial IP network link
pppoed
Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet (PPPOE) daemon
qconn
Provide service support to remote IDE components
racoon
IKE (ISAKMP/Oakley) key management daemon
rcp
Remote file copy
rftp
SOCKS client version of ftp
rlogin
Remote login
rlogind
Remote login daemon
route6d
RIP6 routing daemon
route
Manually manipulate the routing tables
routed
Network routing daemon
rpcbind
Map RPC program numbers into universal addresses
rpcgen
An RPC protocol compiler
rpcinfo
Report RPC information
rsh
Remote shell
rshd
Remote shell daemon
rtadvd
Router advertisement daemon
rtelnet
SOCKS client version of telnet
rtquery
Query routing daemons for their routing tables
rtsold
Router solicitation daemon
ruptime
Show host status of local machines
rwho
Who is logged in on local machines
rwhod
System status daemon
setkey
Manually manipulate the IPsec databases
showmount
Show remote NFS mounts on host
slinger
Small WWW server
smic
Management Information Base (MIB) compiler
snmpbulkwalk
Query for a tree of information about a network entity
snmpd
Simple Network Management Protocol agent daemon
snmpget
Communicate with a network entity using SNMP GET requests
snmpgetnext
Communicate with a network entity using SNMP GET NEXT requests
snmpnetstat
Show network status using SNMP
snmpset
Communicate with a network entity using SNMP SET requests
snmpstatus
Retrieve information from a network entity
snmptest
Monitor and manage information on a network entity
snmptranslate
Get the dot notation of an object ID from the symbolic name or vice versa
snmptrap
Send an SNMP TRAP message to a host
snmptrapd
Receive SNMP TRAP messages
snmpwalk
Query for a tree of information about a network entity
sysctl
Get or set the state of the socket manager
telnet
User interface to the TELNET protocol
telnetd
DARPA TELNET protocol daemon
tftp
Trivial file transfer program
tftpd
DARPA trivial file transfer protocol daemon
traceroute
Print the route packets take to network host
traceroute6
Print the route IPv6 packets take to the destination

User and Group IDs

id
Return userid
login
Log in
logout
Log out
newgrp
Change to a new group
passwd
Change the login password or create new user names
phlogin
Log into Photon
phlogin2
Log into Photon
phuser
Graphically change the login password or create new user names
su
Switch user ID (UNIX)

Version control

cvs
Concurrent version-control system

Miscellaneous

clear
Clear the screen.
gri-photon.so
Photon event manager
hidview
Display HID device information
phshutdown
Shut down and reboot the system
phview
Display regions used on a Photon server
pterm
Photon Terminal window
pv
Display a screen image
pwm
Photon Window Manager
script
Create a typescript of a terminal session
shutdown
Shut down and reboot the system
snapshot
Capture a screen image

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