is a standard package distributed by the
Linux Kernel Organization
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for use as part of the
Linux
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. A
fork
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, (with meaning "next generation"), was created when development stalled, but has been renamed back to , and is the official version of the package.
Contents
Included
It includes the following utilities:
Removed
Utilities formerly included, but removed :
* arch
* chkdupexe
* clock
* cytune
*
ddate
The Discordian or Erisian calendar is an alternative calendar used by some adherents of Discordianism. It is specified on page 00034 of the ''Principia Discordia''.
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(removed from default build before being removed altogether)
* elvtune
* fastboot
* fasthalt
* halt
* initctl
* ramsize (formerly a symlink to rdev)
* rdev
* reboot
* rootflags (formerly a symlink to rdev)
*
shutdown
Shutdown or shut down may refer to:
* Government shutdowns in the United States
* Shutdown (computing)
* Shutdown (economics)
* Shutdown (nuclear reactor)
Arts and entertainment Music
* "Shut Down" (The Beach Boys song), 1963
* ''Shut Down Volu ...
* simpleinit
* tailf
* vidmode (formerly a symlink to rdev)
See also
*
BusyBox
BusyBox is a software suite that provides several Unix utilities in a single executable file. It runs in a variety of POSIX environments such as Linux, Android, and FreeBSD, although many of the tools it provides are designed to work with in ...
*
cat (Unix)
cat is a standard Unix utility that reads files sequentially, writing them to standard output. The name is derived from its function to (con)catenate files (from Latin ''catenare'', "to chain"). It has been ported to a number of operating syste ...
*
CUPS
CUPS (formerly an acronym for Common UNIX Printing System) is a modular printing system for Unix-like computer operating systems which allows a computer to act as a print server. A computer running CUPS is a host that can accept print jobs ...
*
GNU Core Utilities
The GNU Core Utilities or coreutils is a package of GNU software containing implementations for many of the basic tools, such as cat, ls, and rm, which are used on Unix-like operating systems.
In September 2002, the ''GNU coreutils'' were ...
*
Toybox
Toybox is a free and open-source software implementation of over 200 Unix command line utilities such as '' ls'', '' cp'', and '' mv''. The Toybox project was started in 2006, and became a 0BSD licensed BusyBox alternative. Toybox is used for mo ...
*
uname
uname (short for ''unix name'') is a computer program in Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems that prints the name, version and other details about the current machine and the operating system running on it.
History
The uname system cal ...
References
External links
The util-linux code repository.pub/linux/utils/util-linuxon
Kernel.org
kernel.org is the main distribution point of source code for the Linux kernel, which is the base of the Linux operating system.
Website
The website and related infrastructure, which are operated by the Linux Kernel Organization, host the reposi ...
util-linux development discussion and bug reporting mailing listKarel Zak's blog the blog of the current maintainer
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