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<sect2>
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<title>Contents</title>
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<para>The Util-linux package contains the arch, dmesg, kill, more,
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mount, umount, agetty, blockdev, cfdisk, ctrlaltdel, elvtune, fdisk,
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fsck.minix, hwclock, kbdrate, losetup, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.minix,
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mkswap, sfdisk, swapoff, swapon, cal, chkdupexe, col, colcrt, colrm,
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column, cytune, ddate, fdformat, getopt, hexdump, ipcrm, ipcs, logger,
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look, mcookie, namei, rename, renice, rev, script, setfdprm, setsid,
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setterm, ul, whereis, write, ramsize, rdev, readprofile, rootflags,
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swapdev, tunelp and vidmode programs.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Description</title>
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<sect3>
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<title>arch</title>
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<para>arch prints the machine architecture.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>dmesg</title>
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<para>dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer (boot
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messages from the kernel).</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>kill</title>
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<para>kill sends a specified signal to the specified process.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>more</title>
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<para>more is a filter for paging through text one screen full at a time.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>mount</title>
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<para>mount mounts a filesystem from a device to a directory (mount
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point).</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>umount</title>
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<para>umount unmounts a mounted filesystem.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>agetty</title>
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<para>agetty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the
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/bin/login command.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>blockdev</title>
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<para>blockdev allows to call block device ioctls from the command
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line</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>cfdisk</title>
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<para>cfdisk is an libncurses based disk partition table manipulator.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>ctrlaltdel</title>
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<para>ctrlaltdel sets the function of the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination (hard
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or soft reset).</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>elvtune</title>
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<para>elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue
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basis.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>fdisk</title>
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<para>fdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>fsck.minix</title>
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<para>fsck.minix performs a consistency check for the Linux MINIX
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filesystem.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>hwclock</title>
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<para>hwclock queries and sets the hardware clock (Also called the RTC or BIOS
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clock).</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>kbdrate</title>
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<para>kbdrate resets the keyboard repeat rate and delay time.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>losetup</title>
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<para>losetup sets up and controls loop devices.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>mkfs</title>
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<para>mkfs builds a Linux filesystem on a device, usually a harddisk
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partition.</para>
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<title>mkfs.bfs</title>
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<para>mkfs.bfs creates a SCO bfs file system on a device, usually a harddisk
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partition.</para>
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<title>mkfs.minix</title>
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<para>mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device, usually a
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harddisk partition.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>mkswap</title>
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<para>mkswap sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>sfdisk</title>
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<para>sfdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>swapoff</title>
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<para>swapoff disables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para>
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<title>swapon</title>
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<para>swapon enables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para>
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<title>cal</title>
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<para>cal displays a simple calender.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>chkdupexe</title>
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<para>chkdupexe finds duplicate executables.</para>
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<title>col</title>
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<para>col filters reverse line feeds from input.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>colcrt</title>
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<para>colcrt filters nroff output for CRT previewing.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>colrm</title>
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<para>colrm removes columns from a file.</para>
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<title>column</title>
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<para>column columnates lists.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>cytune</title>
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<para>cytune queries and modifies the interruption threshold for the Cyclades
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driver.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>ddate</title>
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<para>ddate converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>fdformat</title>
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<para>fdformat low-level formats a floppy disk.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>getopt</title>
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<para>getops parses command options the same way as the getopt C command.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>hexdump</title>
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<para>hexdump displays specified files, or standard input, in a user specified
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format (ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal).</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>ipcrm</title>
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<para>ipcrm removes a specified resource.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>ipcs</title>
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<para>ipcs provides information on IPC facilities.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>logger</title>
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<para>logger makes entries in the system log.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>look</title>
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<para>look displays lines beginning with a given string.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>mcookie</title>
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<para>mcookie generates magic cookies for xauth.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>namei</title>
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<para>namei follows a pathname until a terminal point is found.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>rename</title>
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<para>rename renames files.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>renice</title>
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<para>renice alters priority of running processes.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>rev</title>
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<para>rev reverses lines of a file.</para>
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<title>script</title>
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<para>script makes typescript of terminal session.</para>
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<title>setfdprm</title>
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<para>setfdprm sets user-provides floppy disk parameters.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>setsid</title>
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<para>setsid runs programs in a new session.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>setterm</title>
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<para>setterm sets terminal attributes.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>ul</title>
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<para>ul reads a file and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
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which indicates underlining for the terminal in use.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>whereis</title>
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<para>whereis locates a binary, source and manual page for a command.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>write</title>
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<para>write sends a message to another user.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>ramsize</title>
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<para>ramsize queries and sets RAM disk size.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>rdev</title>
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<para>rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size, or
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video mode.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>readprofile</title>
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<para>readprofile reads kernel profiling information.</para>
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</sect3>
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<title>rootflags</title>
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<para>rootflags queries and sets extra information used when mounting
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root.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>swapdev</title>
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<para>swapdev queries and sets swap device.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>tunelp</title>
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<para>tunelp sets various parameters for the LP device.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>vidmode</title>
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<para>vidmode queries and sets the video mode.</para>
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</sect3>
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