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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 29.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 30.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 31.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 32.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 33.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 34.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 35.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 36.\" 37.Dd November 23, 2001 38.Dt UTIL 3 39.Os 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm util 42.Nd system utilities library 43.Sh LIBRARY 44.Lb libutil 45.Sh DESCRIPTION 46The 47.Nm 48library is the system utilities library and contains various 49system-dependent utility routines mostly related to pseudo-terminals 50and login accounting. These routines are 51.Nx Ns -specific 52and are not portable. Their use should be restricted. Declarations 53for these functions may be obtained from the include file 54.Pa \*[Lt]util.h\*[Gt] . 55.Sh LIST OF FUNCTIONS 56.sp 2 57.nf 58.ta \w'getmaxpartitions.3'u+2n +\w'get the maximum number of partitions allowed per disk'u 59\fIName/Page\fP \fIDescription\fP 60.ta \w'getmaxpartitions.3'u+2n +\w'get the maximum number of partitions allowed per disk'u+6nC 61.sp 5p 62forkpty.3 tty utility function 63fparseln.3 return the next logical line from a stream 64getbootfile.3 get the name of the booted kernel file 65getmaxpartitions.3 get the maximum number of partitions allowed per disk 66getrawpartition.3 get the system ``raw'' partition 67login.3 login utility function 68login_close.3 query login.conf database about a user class 69login_getcapbool.3 query login.conf database about a user class 70login_getcapnum.3 query login.conf database about a user class 71login_getcapsize.3 query login.conf database about a user class 72login_getcapstr.3 query login.conf database about a user class 73login_getcaptime.3 query login.conf database about a user class 74login_getclass.3 query login.conf database about a user class 75login_tty.3 tty utility function 76logout.3 login utility function 77logwtmp.3 login utility function 78opendisk.3 open a disk's ``raw'' partition 79openpty.3 tty utility function 80pidfile.3 write a daemon pid file 81pidlock.3 locks based on files containing PIDs 82pw_abort.3 passwd file update function 83pw_copy.3 utility function for interactive passwd file updates 84pw_edit.3 utility function for interactive passwd file updates 85pw_error.3 utility function for interactive passwd file updates 86pw_getconf.3 password encryption configuration access function 87pw_getprefix.3 passwd file update function 88pw_init.3 utility function for interactive passwd file updates 89pw_lock.3 passwd file update function 90pw_mkdb.3 passwd file update function 91pw_prompt.3 utility function for interactive passwd file updates 92pw_scan.3 utility function for interactive passwd file updates 93pw_setprefix.3 passwd file update function 94secure_path.3 determine if a file appears to be ``secure'' 95setclasscontext.3 query login.conf database about a user class 96setusercontext.3 query login.conf database about a user class 97ttyaction.3 ttyaction utility function 98ttylock.3 locks based on files containing PIDs 99ttymsg.3 ttymsg utility function 100ttyunlock.3 locks based on files containing PIDs 101.fi 102.Sh FILES 103.Bl -tag -width /usr/lib/libutil_p.a -compact 104.It Pa /usr/lib/libutil.a 105static util library 106.It Pa /usr/lib/libutil.so 107dynamic util library 108.It Pa /usr/lib/libutil_p.a 109static util library compiled for profiling 110.El 111