Basic Commands

alarm #ticks
Signal an alarm after #ticks ticks
cat filename
dump contents of a filename
crash
halt the system through RTOS
debug
go to the debugger
disp
talk to the dispatcher
domain
talk to the domain system
dump
show debug log
echo string
echo string to shell
exit
exit the current shell
fault
force a kernel fault.
fork
fork a bunch of threads. BELONGS in tests.
gc
talk to the garbage collector
halt
halt the system to the PROM
help
get more information from the commands
join command
run command and wait until all sub threads terminate.
ls
show contents of a file system
mallocstats
show status of malloc pool
mount
mount a file system into the / name space.
preemptive
make the system (non)preemptive
profile
enable/disable profiling
rascontrol
talk to the RAS services.
script file
execute commands in file
show
show some stuff. (will be replaced with "ls" interface)
set variable value
set the shell variable to the give value
size filename
show the size of a file
spy
talk to the spy
ticks
show elapsed ticks since boot time
unmount
unmount a file system
yield
relinquish the processor


bershad@cs.washington.edu
Last modified June 10, 1996