util-linux

util-linux is a standard package distributed by the Linux Kernel Organization for use as part of the Linux operating system. A fork,util-linux-ng (withng meaning "next generation"), was created when development stalled, but as of January 2011 has been renamed back toutil-linux, and is the official version of the package.

Contents

Included

It includes the following utilities:

Removed

Utilities formerly included, but removed as of 1 July 2015:

  • arch
  • chkdupexe
  • clock
  • cytune
  • ddate
  • elvtune
  • fastboot
  • fasthalt
  • halt
  • initctl
  • ramsize
  • rdev
  • reboot
  • rootflags
  • shutdown
  • simpleinit
  • tailf
  • vidmode

See also

Notes

References

Uses material from the Wikipedia article util-linux, released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.