Table of Solaris2.x commands and their Solaris1.x equivalents?

		
		SunOS 4.x          SunOS 5.x             
		Command            Equivalent               
		
		add_services       pkgadd                      
		arch               uname -m                  
				   Note: This returns the kernel architecture.
		bar                Not available. Use   
		                   cpio -H bar to retrieve
				   4.x archives.
		
		biff -y            chmod o+x /dev/tty
		biff -n            chmod o-x /dev/tty
		cc                 Not available
		dbxtool            debugger
		devinfo		   prtconf
		df                 df -k
		dkctl              Not available
		dkinfo             prtvtoc
		du                 du -k
		dump               /usr/sbin/ufsdump
		dumpfs             Not available
		etherfind          snoop
		exportfs           share
		extract_files      Not available
		extract_patch      Not available
		extract_unbundled  pkgadd
		fastboot           reboot or init 6
		fasthalt           init O
		hostid             sysdef -h
		hostname           uname -n
		intr               Not available
		leave              Use cron and at
		lint               Not available
		load          	   pkgadd
		loadc         	   pkgadd
		load_package  	   Not available
		lpc           	   lpadmin
		lpd           	   lpsched
		lpq           	   lpstat
		lpr           	   lp
		lprm          	   cancel
		lptest        	   Not available
		mach          	   uname  -p
		modstat       	   modinfo
		mount         	   mount  -F  [options]
		mount -a	   mountall
		mount_tfs     	   mount  -F 
		pax           	   cpio
		paxcpio       	   cpio
		portmap       	   rpcbind
		printenv      	   env
		ps -a         	   ps -e
		ps -aux       	   ps -el
 		Note: when ps is  invoked without the "-f" flag, the SV
		     "ps" prints  only the first N characters of the name 
		     of the program being run. You have to pass the "-f" 
		     flag to get the full command line. For example, try
		     ps -fe.

		pstat         	   sar
		pstat -s      	   swap -s
		rdump         	   /usr/sbin/ufsdump
		restore       	   /usr/sbin/ufsrestore
		rm_client     	   admintool
		rm_services   	   Not available
		rpc.etherd    	   Not available
		rpc.lockd          /usr/lib/nfs/lockd         
		rpc.mountd         /usr/lib/nfs/mountd        
		rpc.rexd           /usr/sbin/rpc.rexd
		rpc.rquotad        /usr/sbin/rpc.rquotad
		rpc.showfhd        Not available
		rpc.statd          /usr/lib/nfs/statd         
		rpc.user_agentd    Not available 
		rpc.yppasswdd      Not available 
		rpc.ypupdated      ypupdated     
		rrestore     	   /usr/sbin/ufsrestore    
		rusage             Not available 
		trace		   truss
		showmount          dfmounts 
		swapon         	   swap -a        
		sys-config	   admintool
		umount -a 	   umountall  	   
		umount_tfs	   umount -F 
		unload      	   pkgrm
		update      	   fsflush
		uptime     	   who -b
		users       	   who -q
		vipw        	   Not available
		wall        	   /usr/sbin/wall
		whereis     	   Not available
		whoami      	   id
		ypbatchupd  	   Not available
		yppasswd    	   Use nispasswd for NIS+
		ypserv      	   Not available

	Notes:  A NIS server is no longer available under Solaris2.x
		without purchasing the NSKIT from Sun.

		Under Solaris 2.x look in the /usr/sbin and /usr/lib/nfs 
		for useful programs and commands. Finally, some of
		missing commands are in the BSD Compatibility package.

	

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