The AIX Base Operating System licensed program includes the AIX operating system, languages, device drivers, system management tools, utilities, and other packages as listed.
| bos.acct | Accounting Services
Contains accounting services that support or enhance the base operating system (BOS). |
| bos.adt | Base Application Development Toolkit
Contains commands, files, and libraries required to develop software applications. |
| bos.alt_disk_install | Alternate Disk Installation
Allows installation of a new version of AIX to another disk while the operating system is still running. |
| bos.atm | ATM LAN Emulation Client Support Package
Contains Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) LAN Emulation client support. |
| bos.compat | Base Compatibility Function
Contains those commands, links, and tools that have been marked for removal from the base operating system. These filesets should only be applied as needed since the information and commands they contain will not be available in future releases of AIX. |
| bos.content_list | AIX Release Content List
This package contains the database used by the /usr/bin/which_fileset command which is provided with the Base Operating System Runtime. |
| bos.cpr | Checkpoint/Restart Runtime and Tools
Contains application development support for applications that are checkpoint-aware, as well as a runtime library that supports the programmatic interrogation of checkpoint files. An additional tool is provided that allows cursory examination of checkpoint files and checkpoint error files. |
| bos.diag | Hardware Diagnostics
Contains the Diagnostic Controller for the hardware diagnostics package. |
| bos.dlc | Data Link Controls
Contains communication layer-2 data link controls that support the AIX Generic Data Link Control (GDLC) interface for wide area and local area networks. |
| bos.docregister | Documentation Registration Tools
Contains the utilities used in the administration of the html documentation options and their associated search indexes. |
| bos.docsearch | Documentation Library Service
Provides functions that allow users to navigate, read, and search HTML documents that are registered with the library service. |
| bos.dosutil | DOS Utilities
Contains DOS file and disk utilities for handling DOS diskettes. |
| bos.games | Games |
| bos.iconv | AIX Language Converters
Converts data from one code set designation to another code set that might be used to represent data in a given locale. |
| bos.INed | INed Editor
Contains a full-screen text editor that supports viewing, entering, and revising text at any location in the editor window. |
| bos.loc | AIX Localization
Contains support for applications to run using the cultural conventions of a specific language and territory. These conventions include date and time formatting, collation order, monetary and numeric formatting, language for messages, and character classification. Where applicable, additional software such as input methods and fonts, which is required to display and process characters of a specific language, is also included. |
| bos.lrn | Learning the Basic Operating System
Contains the learn utility and database that supports or enhances the base operating system. |
| bos.mh | Mail Handler (MH)
Contains commands to create, distribute, receive, view, process, and store mail messages. |
| bos.net | Base Operating System Network Facilities
Provides network support for the operating system. Includes Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), Network File System (NFS), Cache File System (CacheFS), Automount File System (AutoFS), Network Information Services (NIS), Network Information Services+ (NIS+), UNIX-to-UNIX Copy (UUCP), and Asynchronous Terminal Emulator (ATE). |
| bos.perf | Base Performance Tools
Contains two filesets for identifying and diagnosing performance problems. |
| bos.powermgt | Power Management Software
Controls electric power consumption features such as system standby, device idle, suspend, and hibernation on models that support these features. |
| bos.rte | Base Operating System Run-Time
Contains the set of commands needed to start, install, and run AIX. |
| bos.sysmgt | System Management Tools and Applications
Contains system management functions related to installation, system backup, error logging, and trace. |
| bos.terminfo | Base AIX Terminal Function
Contains description files, used by curses libraries, for various terminals. |
| bos.txt | Text Formatting Services |