Appendix: QNX 4 Utilities & QNX 6 Equivalents

The following table lists the QNX 4 utilities along with their QNX 6 equivalents. For utilities that have no direct replacement, you'll find a suggested workaround.

Use these links to find a utility quickly:

A

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`acalib`	`calib`
`alive`	`ls /net`
`Audio`	`io-audio`

B

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`bdf_2_phf`	`bdftophf2`
`Blkfsys`	`io-blk.so`

C

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`cbpe`	`flashcmp`
`CC,cc`	`QCC, qcc`
`cc`	`gcc`

D

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`Dev.*`	Character I/O drivers (`devc-*`)
`Dev.ansi`	`devc-con -a`
`Dev.con`	`devc-con`, `devc-tcon`
`Dev.par`	`devc-par`
`Dev.pty`	`devc-pty`
`Dev.ser`	`devc-ser8250` (x86) Others in the same class include: `devc-ser2681`, `devc-ser403`, `devc-serdsiu`, `devc-serppc800`, `devc-serzscc`, `devc-tser2681`, `devc-tser403`, `devc-tser8250`, `devc-tserdsiu`, `devc-tserppc800`, `devc-tserzscc`.
`dialer`	`phdialer`
`Dosfsys`	`fs-dos.so`

E

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`efsinit`	`mkefs`
`Efsys.*`, `Efsys.file`	Flash filesystems (`devf-*`)
`Efsys.365sl`	`devf-i365sl`
`Efsys.pcmcia`	Classes include: `devf-800fads`, `devf-explr2`, `devf-generic`, `devf-mtx600-w8`, `devf-p5064`, `devf-ppaq`, `devf-rpx-lite`, `devf-sc400`, `devf-vr41xx`.
`Efsys.ram`	`devf-ram`
`elvrec`	`vi -r`
`emu87`	`fpemu.so`

F

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`Fatfsys`	`fs-dos.so`
`flashlzo`, `flashcmp`	`flashcmp`
`fontcfg`	`fontadmin`
`Fsys`	`fs-qnx4.so`
`Fsys.*`	Block-oriented drivers (`devf-*`)
`Fsys.aha2scsi`	`devb-aha2`
`Fsys.aha4scsi`	`devb-aha4`, `devb-btmm`
`Fsys.aha7scsi`	`devb-aha7`
`Fsys.aha8scsi`	`devb-aha8`
`Fsys.amdscsi`	`devb-amd`
`Fsys.eide`	`devb-eide`
`Fsys.floppy`	`devb-fdc`
`Fsys.ide`	`devb-eide`
`Fsys.ncr8scsi`	`devb-ncr8`
`Fsys.sym8scsi`	`devb-ncr8`
`Fsys.vpm50`	`devb-eide`

G

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`gmake`	`make`

I

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`ident`	`file`
`Input`	Input drivers (`devi-*`) Input drivers include: `devi-ahl`, `devi-carrol`, `devi-dyna`, `devi-elo`, `devi-hirun`, `devi-microtouch`.
`/etc/install`	`pkg-installer`
`Iso9660fsys`	`fs-cd.so`

L

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`lex`	`flex` `flex` is the GNU version of `lex`.
`ln`	`link`

M

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`/etc/magic`	`/usr/share/misc/magic`
`mkffs`	`mkefs`
`mkipl`	`mkrec`
`mount_cdfs`	`mount` `-t cd`
`mount_dos`	`mount` `-t dos`
`mount_iso9660`	`mount` `-t cd`
`mount_nfs`	`mount` `-t nfs`
`mount_smb`	`mount` `-t cifs`
`Mqueue`	`mqueue`

N

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`Net`	`io-net`
`Net.*`	Network drivers (`devn-*`)
`Net.crys8900`	`devn-crys8900.so`
`Net.epic`	`devn-epic.so`
`Net.ether1000`	`devn-ne2000.so`, `devn-ne2000-403.so`
`Net.ether2100`	`devn-pcnet.so`, `devn-lance.so`
`Net.ether509`	`devn-el509.so`
`Net.ether589`	`devn-el589.so`
`Net.ether8003`	`devn-wd.so` (Not doc'd in QNX 6.)
`Net.ether82557`	`devn-speedo.so`
`Net.ether82595`	`devn-eepro.so`
`Net.ether9000`	`devn-smc9000.so`
`Net.ether905`	`devn-el900.so`
`Net.fd`	`devn-fd.so`
`netinfo`	`nicinfo`
`Net.ns83815`	`devn-ns83815.so`
`Net.rtl`	`devn-rtl.so`
`Net.tulip`	`devn-tulip.so`, `devn-tulip-p5064.so`
`Net.via`	`devn-via-rhine.so`
`NFSfsys`	`fs-nfs2`

P

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`Pcmcia.*`	`devp-pccard`
`PcmciaLaunch`	`pccard-launch`
`pdm`	`shelf`, `savercfg`
`phcd`	`phplay`
`phspool`	`spooler`
`Pipe`	`pipe`
`Pp.bmp`	`phs-to-bmp`
`Pp.canon`	`phs-to-bjc`
`Pp.escp2.*`	`phs-to-escp2`
`Pp.pcl`	`phs-to-pcl`
`Pp.ps`	`phs-to-ps`
`prefix`	`ln -P, rm`, `rm`
`Proc32`	Microkernel and process managers (`procnto*`)
`pwmclock`	`phlocale` `phlocale` includes functionality of `pwmclock`; not doc'd in QNX 6.

S

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`show_pci`	`pci`
`sin`	`pidin`
`sinit`	`init`
`Slib`	`libc.so`
`SMBfsys`	`fs-cifs`

T

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`Tcpip`	`npm-tcpip.so` Tcpip is for TCP/IP v5.0 and later.
`tracectrl`	`slogger` ...or any system-logging utility in QNX4.
`traceinfo`	`sloginfo`
`*.trap`	`devgt-iographics`

V

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`vi -R`	`view`
`vsin`	`psin`

W

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`wasm`	`asm` (GNU)
`wcc`	`cc1` There's no 16-bit compiler for RTP.
`wcc386` `cc1`
`wd`	`gdb`
`wdis`	`objdump -D`
`winview`	`phview`
`wlib`	`ar`
`wlink`	`ld`
`wpp`	`cc1plus` There's no 16-bit compiler for RTP.
`wpp386`	`cc1plus`
`wprof`	`gprof` (GNU)
`wstrip`	`strip`

Y

QNX 4 utility	QNX 6 equivalent
`yacc`	`yacc` (GNU)