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# Thelp DDisplay command help
help [topic [subtopic]]
?
The help command displays help on commands and their usage.
In command help, a term enclosed with <...> indicates a value as
described by the term. A term enclosed with [...] is optional,
and may not be required by all forms of the command.
Some commands may not be availalble. Use the '?' command to list
most available commands.
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# Tautoboot DBoot after a delay
autoboot [<delay> [<prompt>]]
Displays <prompt> or a default prompt, and counts down <delay> seconds
before attempting to boot. If <delay> is not specified, the default
value is 10.
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# Tboot DBoot immediately
boot [<kernelname>] [-<arg> ...]
Boot the system. If arguments are specified, they are added to the
arguments for the kernel. If <kernelname> is specified, and a kernel
has not already been loaded, it will be booted instead of the default
kernel.
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# Techo DEcho arguments
echo [-n] [<message>]
Emits <message>, with no trailing newline if -n is specified. This is
most useful in conjunction with scripts and the '@' line prefix.
Variables are substituted by prefixing them with $, eg.
echo Current device is $currdev
will print the current device.
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# Tload DLoad a kernel or module
load [-t <type>] <filename>
Loads the module contained in <filename> into memory. If no other
modules are loaded, <filename> must be a kernel or the command will
fail.
If -t is specified, the module is loaded as raw data of <type>, for
later use by the kernel or other modules. <type> may be any string.
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# Tls DList files
ls [-l] [<path>]
Displays a listing of files in the directory <path>, or the root
directory of the current device if <path> is not specified.
The -l argument displays file sizes as well; the process of obtaining
file sizes on some media may be very slow.
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# Tlsdev DList devices
lsdev [-v]
List all of the devices from which it may be possible to load modules.
If -v is specified, print more details.
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# Tlsmod DList modules
lsmod [-v]
List loaded modules. If [-v] is specified, print more details.
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# Tmore DPage files
more <filename> [<filename> ...]
Show contents of text files. When displaying the contents of more,
than one file, if the user elects to quit displaying a file, the
remaining files will not be shown.
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# Tpnpscan DScan for PnP devices
pnpscan [-v]
Scan for Plug-and-Play devices. This command is normally automatically
run as part of the boot process, in order to dynamically load modules
required for system operation.
If the -v argument is specified, details on the devices found will
be printed.
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# Tset DSet a variable
set <variable name>
set <variable name>=<value>
The set command is used to set variables.
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# Tset Sautoboot_delay DSet the default autoboot delay
set autoboot_delay=<value>
Sets the default delay for the autoboot command to <value> seconds.
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# Tset Sbootfile DSet the default boot file set
set bootfile=<filename>[,<filename>...]
The default search path for bootable kernels is /kernel,/kernel.old.
It may be overridden by setting the bootfile variable to a
semicolon-separated list of paths, which will be searched for in turn.
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# Tset Sboot_askname DPrompt for root device
set boot_askname
Instructs the kernel to prompt the user for the name of the root device
when the kernel is booted.
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# Tset Sboot_ddb DDrop to the kernel debugger (DDB)
set boot_ddb
Instructs the kernel to start in the DDB debugger, rather than
proceeding to initialise when booted.
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# Tset Sboot_gdb DSelect gdb-remote mode
set boot_gdb
Selects gdb-remote mode for the kernel debugger by default.
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# Tset Sboot_single DStart system in single-user mode
set boot_single
Prevents the kernel from initiating a multi-user startup, single-user
mode will be entered when the kernel has finished device probes.
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# Tset Sboot_verbose DVerbose boot messages
set boot_verbose
Setting this variable causes extra debugging information to be printed
by the kernel during the boot phase.
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# Tset Sconsole DSet the current console
set console[=<value>]
Sets the current console. If <value> is omitted, a list of valid
consoles will be displayed.
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# Tset Scurrdev DSet the current device
set currdev=<device>
Selects the default device. Syntax for devices is odd.
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# Tset Sinit_path DSet the list of init candidates
set init_path=<path>[:<path>...]
Sets the list of binaries which the kernel will try to run as initial
process.
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# Tset Smodule_path DSet the module search path
set module_path=<path>[:<path>...]
Sets the list of directories which will be searched in for modules
named in a load command or implicitly required by a dependancy.
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# Tset Sprompt DSet the command prompt
set prompt=<value>
The command prompt is displayed when the loader is waiting for input.
Variable substitution is performed on the prompt. The default
prompt can be set with:
set prompt=\$currdev>
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# Tset Srootdev DSet the root filesystem
set rootdev=<path>
By default the value of $currdev is used to set the root filesystem
when the kernel is booted. This can be overridden by setting
$rootdev explicitly.
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# Tset Stunables DSet kernel tunable values
Various kernel tunable parameters can be overriden by specifying new
values in the environment.
set kern.ipc.nmbclusters=<value> NMBCLUSTERS
Set the number of mbuf clusters to be allocated. The value
cannot be set below the default determined when the kernel
was compiled.
set kern.vm.kmem.size=<value> VM_KMEM_SIZE
Sets the size of kernel memory (bytes). This overrides
completely the value determined when the kernel was
compiled.
set machdep.pccard.pcic_irq=<value>
Overrides the IRQ normally assigned to a PCCARD controller.
Typically the first available interrupt will be allocated,
which may conflict with other hardware. If this value is
set to 0, an interrupt will not be assigned and the
controller will operate in polled mode only.
set machdep.bios.pnp=disable
Disable the use of the PnP BIOS (i386 only)
set machdep.bios.pci=disable
Disable the use of the PCI BIOS (i386 only)
set net.inet.tcp.tcbhashsize=<value> TCBHASHSIZE
Overrides the compile-time set value of TCBHASHSIZE or
the preset default of 512. Must be a power of 2.
set hw.physmem=<value> MAXMEM (i386 only)
Limits the amount of physical memory space available to
the system to <value> bytes. <value> may have a k, M or G
suffix to indicate kilobytes, megabytes and gigabytes
respectively. Note that the current i386 architecture
limits this value to 4GB.
On systems where memory cannot be accurately probed,
this option provides a hint as to the actual size of
system memory (which will be tested before use).
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# Tshow DShow the values of variables
show [<variable>]
Displays the value of <variable>, or all variables if not specified.
Multiple paths can be separated with a semicolon.
See the set command for a list of some variables.
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# Tinclude DRead commands from a script file
include <filename> [<filename> ...]
The entire contents of <filename> are read into memory before executing
commands, so it is safe to source a file from removable media.
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# Tread DRead input from the terminal
read [-t <value>] [-p <prompt>] [<variable name>]
The read command reads a line of input from the terminal. If the
-t argument is specified, it will return nothing if no input has been
received after <value> seconds. (Any keypress will cancel the
timeout).
If -p is specified, <prompt> is printed before reading input. No
newline is emitted after the prompt.
If a variable name is supplied, the variable is set to the value read,
less any terminating newline.
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# Tunload DRemove all modules from memory
unload
This command removes any kernel and all loaded modules from memory.
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# Tunset DUnset a variable
unset <variable name>
If allowed, the named variable's value is discarded and the variable
is removed.
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