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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