GNO/ME Utilities - Systems Administration



cron
Version: x
Author: Phillip Vandry
FTP:
Runs certain processes at certain times. cron is started by init.

eps
Version: 1.0
Author: James Brookes
FTP:
Display extensive process status information.

install
Version: 1.0 (31 Mar 96)
Author: Devin Reade
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Install is similar to cp(1) in that it copies files. It will also create directory hierarchies, and modify some access bits. It is intended for use with Makefiles or other scripts to install files into their destination directories.

machtype
Version: 1.4
Author: Ian Schmidt
FTP: pindarus.cs.uiuc.edu
Gets and prints a wide variety of information on your IIgs system, including memory, versions of GNO, GS/OS, and the ROM, accelerator type if any, and more.

mem
Version: 1.2
Author: Phillip Vandry
FTP:
Shows memory usage statistics in different formats.

ndp
Version: 1.08
Author: Soenke Behrens
FTP: ftp://apple2.caltech.edu/pub/apple2/shellutils/
Merges a FIDO nodediff into a FIDO nodelist

newuser
Version: 1.0
Author: James Brookes
FTP:
Create a home directory with basic gshrc for a new user, and add user into /etc/passwd file for immediate access.

newuserv
Version: 1.0
Author: James Brookes
FTP:
Create a home directory with basic gshrc for new user, and add user to /var/adm/newuser/newusers file for validation by the system operator.

parent
Version: 1.0
Author: Phillip Vandry
FTP:
Shows the current process or a specified process and climbs up to the top level process.

su
Version: 1.0
Author: James Brookes
FTP:
Launch a new shell as another user.

timelimit
Version: 1.2 (10 Jan 96)
Author: Devin Reade
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Limits the run time of a process; when the time is up, it either sends the specified process a series of SIGINTs, or a SIGINT followed by a SIGKILL.

uname
Version: 2.0.2
Author: Ian Schmidt
FTP: ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Prints the name of the UNIX system (in this case GNO/ME) plus various other information such as your hostname if you are running the MU package.

uptime
Version: 1.0
Author: James Brookes
FTP:
Reports the time, amount of time the system has been up, number of users, and system load averages for the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes.

uptimed
Version: 1.0
Author: Robert Hill
FTP:
Keeps track of system load averages for the uptime utility over the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes.

wall
Version: 1.0
Author: Phil Vandry
FTP:
Sends a message to the terminal of every logged on user.

whatis
Version: 3.0 (24 Jul 95)
Author: Devin Reade
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Locate commands by name. Bundled with apropos, catman, makewhatis, and man in the manpack30.shk archive.

whereis
Version: v1.1 (2 Jan 93)
Author: v1.1 update by Devin Reade
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu ground.isca.uiowa.edu
whereis searches certain directories (/bin, /usr/bin, /usr/man, et cetera) and reports the location of source, executables, and man pages.

write
Version: 2.1
Author: Leslie M. Barstow III
FTP:
write is a simple utility which writes a message to a user, no matter what terminal he or she is on. The format is: write username [message] If you do not input a message, you will be prompted for message lines until you enter a blank line.

zsh
Version: 2.0
Author: Leslie M. Barstow III
zsh is a program used to put a user's account in suspension. It prints a message and then exits.