Using the Reference Table

• If an interface is listed as "changed" (C), a brief description of differences between the SunOS 4.x command and the Solaris 2.4 command is provided.
• If an interface is listed as "the same" (S), the Solaris 2.4 interface supports all features of the SunOS 4.x interface. In some cases the interface has been enhanced, but can be considered a complete superset of the SunOS 4.x interface.
• If an interface is listed as "not available" (N), check the Notes section for information about its replacement.

For complete information on all Solaris 2.4 interfaces, see the man Pages(4): File Formats.

System Files

Table D-1

SunOS release 4.x	SunOS release 5.4	Notes
a.out(5)	C	Assembler and link editor output format
acct(5)	S	Execution accounting file
aliases(5)	S	Addresses and aliases for sendmail
ar(5)	S	Archive (library) file format
audit.log(5)	N	The security audit trail file
audit_control(5)	N	Control information for system audit daemon
audit_data(5)	N	Current information on audit daemon
auto.home(5)	C	Automount map for home directories
auto.master(5)	C	Automount map for home directories
auto.vol(5)	S	Automount map for volumes
bar(5)	N	Tape archive file format
boards.pc(5)	N	ATN and XTN compatible boards for DOS windows
bootparams(5)	N	Boot parameter data base
bootservers(5)	N	NIS bootservers file
coff(5)	N	Common assembler and link editor output
cpio(5)	S	Format of cpio archive
crontab(5)	S	Table of times to run periodic jobs
dir(5)	A	Format of directories
dump(5)	C	Incremental dump format
environ(5V)	C	User environment
ethers(5)	S	Ethernet address to hostname database or NIS domain
exports(5)	A	Directories to export to NFS clients
ext_ports(5)	N	External ports file for network printers, terminals, and modems
fbtab(5)	N	Framebuffer table
fcntl(5)	C	File control options
fs(5)	C	Format of a 4.2 (ufs) file system volume

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SunOS release 4.x	SunOS release 5.4	Notes
fspec(5)	S	Format specification in text files
fstab(5)	A	Static filesystem mounting table, mounted filesystems table
ftpusers(5)	S	List of users prohibited by FTP
gettytab(5)	N	Terminal configuration data base
group(5)	S	Group file
group.adjunct(5)	N	Group security data file
help(5)	N	Help file format
help_viewer(5)	N	Help viewer file format
holidays(5)	C	Prime/non-prime table for System V accounting
hosts(5)	S	hHost name data base
hosts.equiv(5)	S	Trusted hosts by system and by user
indent.pro(5)	N	Default options for indent
inetd.conf(5)	S	Internet servers database
internat(5)	N	Key mapping table for internationalization
ipalloc.netrange(5)	N	Range of addresses to allocate
keytables(5)	S	Keyboard table descriptions for loadkeys and dumpkeys
link(5)	N	Link editor interfaces
locale(5)		Locale database
magic(5)	S	File command's magic number file
mtab(5)	A	Mounted file system table
netgroup(5)	S	List of network groups
netmasks(5)	S	Network mask data base
netrc(5)	S	File for ftp remote login data
networks(5)	S	Network name data base
orgrc(5)	N	Organizer configuration and initialization file
passwd(5)	C	Password file
passwd.adjunct(5)	N	User security data file

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SunOS release 4.x	SunOS release 5.4	Notes
phones(5)	N	Remote host phone number data base
plot(5)	N	Graphics interface
pnp.sysnames(5)	N	File used to allocate system names
policies(5)	N	Network administration policies
printcap(5)	A	Printer capability data base
proto(5)	S	Prototype job file for at
protocols(5)	S	Protocol name data base
publickey(5)	S	Public key database
queuedefs(5)	S	Queue description file for at, batch, and cron
rasterfile(5)	S	Sun's file format for raster images
remote(5)	N	Remote host description file
resolv.conf(5)	S	Configuration file for domain name system resolver
rfmaster(5)	N
rgb(5)	N	Available colors (by name) for coloredit
rhosts(5)	S	Trusted hosts by system and by user
rmtab(5)	S	Remote mounted file system table
rootmenu(5)	A	Root menu specification for SunView
rpc(5)	S	RPC program number data base
sccsfile(5)	S	Format of an SCCS history file
services(5)	S	Internet services and aliases
setup.pc(5)	N	Master configuration file for DOS
sm(5)	S	in.statd directory and file structures
statmon(5)	S	statd directories and file structures
sunview(5)	A	Initialization file for SunView
svdtab(5)	N	SunView device table
syslog.conf(5)	S	Configuration file for syslogd system log daemon
systems(5)	C	NIS systems file

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SunOS release 4.x	SunOS release 5.4	Notes
tar(5)	S	Tape archive file format
term(5)	S	Terminal driving tables for nroff
term(5V)	S	Format of compiled term file
termcap(5)	S	Terminal capability data base
terminfo(5V)	S	Terminal capability data base
toc(5)	N	Table of contents of optional clusters
translate(5)	N	Input and output files for system message translation
ttytab(5)	N	Terminal initialization data
types(5)	S	Primitive system data types
tzfile(5)	S	Time zone information
ugid_alloc.range(5)	N	Range of user IDs and group IDs to allocate
updaters(5)	S	Configuration file for NIS updating
utmp(5V)	C	Login records
uuencode(5)	S	Format of an encoded uuencode file
vfont(5)	N	Font formats
vgrindefs(5)	N	vgrind's language definition data base
xtab(5)	N	Directories to export to NFS clients
ypaliases(5)	N	NIS aliases for sendmail
ypfiles(5)	S	NIS database and directory structure
ypgroup(5)	N	NIS group file
yppasswd(5)	N	NIS password file
ypprintcap(5)	N	NIS printer capability database