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Lexicon -- Technical Information Format of the COHERENT manual pages The COHERENT manual pages use a unique format, which we call ``the Lexicon.'' Under this format, each function, each command, and each term has its own entry in the manual. All manual entries are printed together, instead of being divided into segments. The purpose of this format is to make it easy for you to find the manual entry for any given command or function. Anyone who as struggled with the multiple volumes of UNIX documentation can appreciate this feature of the COHERENT Lexicon. For more details on the Lexicon format, see the introduction to the Lexicon. Changes to the Lexicon The following summarizes the changes made to the Lexicon entries since the manual was last printed. These changes appear in on-line version of Lexicon, which you can view with the command man. Revised Articles The following articles have been heavily revised: backup This has been rewritten to cover tape backups. mail [overview] This article has been rewritten to reflect the fact that COHERENT release 4.2.14 uses release 3.1.28 of smail. tape This has been rewritten to cover the COHERENT implementation of floppy tape. UUCP This has been rewritten to reflect the fact that COHERENT 4.2.14 ships release 1.05 of the Taylor UUCP package. It gives a much fuller of the configuration tables and log files that UUCP uses, which will be helpful in debugging your UUCP installation. New Articles The following articles have been added to the Lexicon: bcmp() Berkeley function to compare to blocks of memory. bcopy() Berkeley function to copy one block of memory to another. bzero() Berkeley function to initialize a block of memory to zero. cdplayer Play audio CDs on a CD-ROM drive. CD-ROM Summarize how to install and use a CD-ROM drive. cdrom.h Header file for CD-ROM structures and ioctls. cdu31 Device driver for Sony CDU31A CD-ROM drives. cdv Script for reading files from a CD-ROM device. cdview Low-level command for reading files from a CD-ROM device. cfgetispeed() A termios routine. cfgetospeed() A termios routine. cfsetispeed() A termios routine. cfsetospeed() A termios routine. checkerr Check mail configuration files for errors. compression Summarize COHERENT commands for compressing data, and their commonly used formats. config General configuration file used by smail. config General configuration file used by Taylor UUCP. directors Describe smail's configuration file for director routines. dbm.h Declare DBM routines. dbm_close() Close an NDBM data base. dbm_delete() Delete records from an NDBM data base. dbm_dirfno() Return the file descriptor for an NDBM .dir file. dbm_fetch() Fetch a record from an NDBM data base. dbm_firstkey() Retrieve the first key from an NDBM data base. dbm_nextkey() Retrieve the next key from an NDBM data base. dbm_open() Open an NDBM data base. dbm_pagfno() Return the file descriptor for an NDBM .pag file. dbm_rdonly() Set an NDBM data base into read-only mode. dbm_store() Store a record into an NDBM data base. dbmclose() Close a DBM data base. dbminit() Open a DBM data base. delete() Delete a record from a DBM data base. drand48() A 48-bit random-number routine. elvprsv Command to preserve modifications made with elvis. elvrc Command to recover modifications made with elvis. endspent() Function for manipulating shadow-password file. endutent() Function for manipulating login logging file. erand48() A 48-bit random-number routine. fetch() Fetch a record from a DBM data base. firstkey() Retrieve the first record from a DBM data base. freemem Device that returns system's free memory. ft Floppy-tape driver. ftbad Manipulate the bad-block list on a floppy-tape cartridge. gdbm.h Declare the GNU DBM routines. gdbm_close() Close a GDBM data base. gdbm_delete() Delete a record from a GDBM data base. gdbm_exists() Check whether a GDBM data base contains a given record. gdbm_fetch() Retrieve a record from a GDBM data base. gdbm_firstkey() Return the first record from a GDBM data base. gdbm_nextkey() Return the next record from a GDBM data base. gdbm_open() Open a GDBM data base. gdbm_reorganize() Reorganize a GDBM data base. gdbm_setopt() Set GDBM options. gdbm_store() Add records to a GDBM data base. gdbm_strerror() Translate a GDBM error code into text. gdbm_sync() Flush buffered GDBM data into its data base. gethostbyaddr() Sockets routine. gethostbyname() Sockets routine. getmap A command to get a routing map for your mail system. getspent() Shadow-password routine. getspnam() Shadow-password routine. gettimeofday() Sockets routine. getutent() Routine for manipulating login logging file. getutid() Routine for manipulating login logging file. getutline() Routine for manipulating login logging file. idbld Reconfigure the COHERENT kernel. ideinfo This command displays information about how an IDE drive is configured. IRQ Interrupts commonly used on the IBM PC. jrand48() A 48-bit random number routine. Latin 1 The ISO Latin 1 table. lcong48() A 48-bit random number routine. libgdbm Library of the GNU DBM routines. lrand48() A 48-bit random number routine. mailq Route or deliver the messages in your mail queue. makeboot Build a bootable floppy disk for COHERENT. makedepend Generate a list of dependencies, to be used in makefile. mcd Driver for Mitsumi CD-ROM drives. makedepend Generate a list of dependencies for a Makefile. mkdbm Create a DBM-style data base from an smail configuration file. mkfnames Generate a data base of users' names, for use by smail. mkhpath Build a pathalias data base. mkline Massage a line of input from one of smail's configuration files, in preparation for being added to a DBM-style data base. mkpath Create a pathalias data base. mksort Sort extremely long lines of text, for use by an smail utility program. mrand48() A 48-bit random number routine. ndbm.h Declare the ``new'' DBM routines. newaliases Build the smail aliases data base. nextkey() Retrieve the next record from a DBM data base. nptx Generate permutations of users' full names, for use by the smail system. nrand48() A 48-bit random number routine. pathalias Generate a set of paths, for use by smail. pathmerge Merge multiple paths files into one, for use by smail. pututline() Routine for manipulating login logging file. recursion Definition of programming technique. regcomp() A regular-expression function. regerror() A regular-expression function. regexec() A regular-expression function. regexp.h The header file used with the regular-expression functions. regsub() A regular-expression function. seed48() A 48-bit random number routine. routers A configuration file for smail. rsmtp Processed batched SMTP-style mail. runq Process mail messages residing in a mail queue. savelog Compress and store smail's log files. setspent() Manipulate shadow-password file. setutent() Routine for manipulating login logging file. shadow.h Declare functions that manipulate shadow-password file. sigaddset() Add a signal to a set of signals. sigdelset() Delete a signal from a set. sigemptyset() Initialize a set of signals. sigfillset() Initialize a set of signals. sigismember() Check if a signal is a member of a set. smtpd Daemon for processing SMTP-style mail. store() Write a record into a DBM data base. sockaddrlen() Sockets routine. srand48() A 48-bit random number routine. tcdrain() A termios routine. tcflow() A termios routine. tcflush() A termios routine. tcgetattr() A termios routine. tcsendbreak() A termios routine. tcsetattr() A termios routine. termios Give an overview of the termios routines. These are the POSIX Standard's extension of the UNIX termio routines for manipulating terminal devices. termios.h The header file that defines the termios functions and macros. tr The ``trace'' driver. Store and dump error messages from the kernel. transports An smail configuration file. uuchk Check UUCP performance. This replaces the command uucheck, which is obsolete. zcmp Compare zipped files. zdiff Compare zipped files. zforce Force suffix onto zipped files. zgrep Look for a string within a zipped file. zmore Display a zipped file page by page. znew Zip compressed files. The following Lexicon entries have been rewritten heavily to reflect changes to this release of COHERENT: backups This has been been rewritten to reflect the availability of floppy tape and SCSI tape. ft The description of the driver ft has been expanded to describe how this driver works in detail. hai All hai modules are now documented. The article has also been rewritten to reflect hai's support for CD-ROM devices, and for tape on Seagate and Future Domain host adapters. tape This has been rewritten to reflect the availability of floppy tape, and a wider variety of SCSI tape devices. UUCP This article has been rewritten and expanded. It now describes in detail all files that UUCP uses. It also reflects changes UUCP that are brought about by Taylor release 1.05. See Also Administering COHERENT, Programming COHERENT, Using COHERENT