util-linux
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| Maintainer | Karel Zak |
| Current version | 2.32 (March 21, 2018) |
| operating system | Linux |
| programming language | C and Python |
| category | Utility software |
| License | Partly under GNU General Public License v2 + or just v2 and the BSD license |
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https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/ https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git |
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util-linux is a standard package in the Linux operating system . A fork , util-linux-ng - with ng which stands for "next generation" - was created after the maintenance of the original package was halted. In January 2011 it was renamed back to "util-linux" and became the official version of the package.
Programs included
The package consists of the following utilities:
- addpart
- agetty
- blkdiscard
- blkid
- blockdev
- cal
- cfdisk
- chcpu
- chfn
- chmem
- chrt
- chsh
- col (legacy)
- colcrt
- colrm
- column
- ctrlaltdel
- delpart
- dmesg
- eject
- fallocate
- fdformat
- fdisk
- findfs
- findmnt
- flock
- fsck
- fsck . cramfs
- fsck . minix
- fsfreeze
- fstab
- fstrim
- topped
- hexdump
- hwclock (querying and setting the real-time clock [RTC])
- ionice
- ipcmk
- ipcrm
- ipcs
- isosize
- kill
- load
- ldattach
- line (legacy)
- logger
- Log in
- look
- losetup
- lsblk
- lscpu
- lslocks
- lslogins
- lsmem
- mcookie
- mesg
- mkfs (legacy)
- mkfs . bfs
- mkfs . cramfs
- mkfs . minix
- mkswap
- more
- mount
- mountpoint
- namei
- newgrp
- nologist
- nsenter
- partx
- pg (legacy)
- pivot_root
- prlimit
- raw
- readprofile
- rename
- renice
- reset (legacy)
- resizepart
- rev
- RTC alarm
- runuser
- script
- scriptreplay
- setarch (including architecture symlinks like i386, linux32, linux64, x86_64, etc.)
- setpriv
- setsid
- setterm
- sfdisk
- see below
- sulogin
- swaplabel
- swapoff
- swapon
- switch_root
- tailf (legacy)
- taskset
- tunelp (deprecated)
- ul
- umount
- unshare
- utmpdump
- uuidd
- uuidgen
- vipw (including the symlink to vigr)
- wall
- wdctl
- whereis
- wipefs
- write
- zramctl
Discontinued programs
Utilities that have been discontinued since July 1, 2015:
- arch
- chkdupexe
- clock
- cytune
- ddate (removed from the standard build)
- elvtune
- fastboot
- almost halt
- stop
- initctl
- ramsize (previously a symlink to rdev)
- rdev
- reboot
- rootflags (previously a symlink to rdev)
- shut down
- simpleinit
- vidmode (previously a symlink to rdev)
See also
Web links
- util-linux code repository.
- pub / linux / utils / util-linux at Kernel.org
- util-linux development discussion and bug reporting mailing list
- Blog from Karel Zak , the current project supervisor
Individual evidence
- ↑ README.licensing . In: util-linux source tree . Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ↑ LKML: Karel Zak: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng. lkml.org, December 18, 2006, accessed October 28, 2016 .
- ↑ LKML: Karel Zak: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux without -ng. lkml.org, December 1, 2010, accessed October 28, 2016 .
- ↑ blkdiscard on man7.org.
- ↑ a b c d e f Documentation / deprecated.txt . In: util-linux . April 7, 2014. Accessed July 1, 2015.
- ↑ lscpu ( Memento from July 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Karel Zak: prlimit (1) . January 25, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ↑ Sami Kerola: tunelp: deprecation: remove command from default build . In: util-linux . December 16, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ↑ Karel Zak: arch: remove the command, deprecated since 2.13, use coreutils version on git.kernel.org, March 14, 2013.
- ↑ Karel Zak: chkdupexe: remove, deprecated for years. on git.kernel.org, March 14, 2013.
- ↑ Karel Zak: clock: Dropped entirely.
- ↑ Sami Kerola: cytune: remove from util-linux. on git.kernel.org, May 11, 2014.
- ↑ Karel Zak: build-sys: add --enable-ddate. on git.kernel.org, August 18, 2011.
- ↑ Sami Kerola: ddate: remove from util-linux. on git.kernel.org October 8, 2012.
- ↑ Sami Kerola: build-sys: complete elvtune removal. on git.kernel.org, August 17, 2013.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Karel Zak: simpleinit: remove this deprecated set of utils. on git.kernel.org, June 8, 2011.
- ↑ a b c d Karel Zak: rdev: remove this deprecated command. on git.kernel.org, May 13, 2010.