# Manual Pages

## Section 1: User Commands and Programs

* [`ncs`](/guides/resources/man/ncs.1.md): command to start and control the NCS daemon
* [`ncs-backup`](/guides/resources/man/ncs-backup.1.md): Command to backup and restore NCS data
* [`ncs-collect-tech-report`](/guides/resources/man/ncs-collect-tech-report.1.md): Command to collect diagnostics from an NCS installation.
* [`ncs-installer`](/guides/resources/man/ncs-installer.1.md): NCS installation script
* [`ncs-maapi`](/guides/resources/man/ncs-maapi.1.md): command to access an ongoing transaction
* [`ncs-make-package`](/guides/resources/man/ncs-make-package.1.md): Command to create an NCS package
* [`ncs-netsim`](/guides/resources/man/ncs-netsim.1.md): Command to create and manipulate a simulated network
* [`ncs-project`](/guides/resources/man/ncs-project.1.md): Command to invoke NCS project commands
* [`ncs-project-create`](/guides/resources/man/ncs-project-create.1.md): Command to create an NCS project
* [`ncs-project-export`](/guides/resources/man/ncs-project-export.1.md): Command to create a bundle from a NCS project
* [`ncs-project-git`](/guides/resources/man/ncs-project-git.1.md): For each package git repo, execute a git command
* [`ncs-project-setup`](/guides/resources/man/ncs-project-setup.1.md): Command to setup and maintain an NCS project
* [`ncs-project-update`](/guides/resources/man/ncs-project-update.1.md): Command to update and maintain an NCS project
* [`ncs-setup`](/guides/resources/man/ncs-setup.1.md): Command to create an initial NCS setup
* [`ncs-uninstall`](/guides/resources/man/ncs-uninstall.1.md): Command to remove NCS installation
* [`ncs_cli`](/guides/resources/man/ncs_cli.1.md): Frontend to the NSO CLI engine
* [`ncs_cmd`](/guides/resources/man/ncs_cmd.1.md): Command line utility that interfaces to common NSO library functions
* [`ncs_load`](/guides/resources/man/ncs_load.1.md): Command line utility to load and save NSO configurations
* [`ncsc`](/guides/resources/man/ncsc.1.md): NCS YANG compiler

## Section 3: C Library Functions

* [`confd_lib`](/guides/resources/man/confd_lib.3.md): C library for connecting to NSO
* [`confd_lib_cdb`](/guides/resources/man/confd_lib_cdb.3.md): library for connecting to NSO built-in XML database (CDB)
* [`confd_lib_dp`](/guides/resources/man/confd_lib_dp.3.md): callback library for connecting data providers to ConfD
* [`confd_lib_events`](/guides/resources/man/confd_lib_events.3.md): library for subscribing to NSO event notifications
* [`confd_lib_ha`](/guides/resources/man/confd_lib_ha.3.md): library for connecting to NSO HA subsystem
* [`confd_lib_lib`](/guides/resources/man/confd_lib_lib.3.md): common library functions for applications connecting to NSO
* [`confd_lib_maapi`](/guides/resources/man/confd_lib_maapi.3.md): MAAPI (Management Agent API). A library for connecting to NCS
* [`confd_types`](/guides/resources/man/confd_types.3.md): NSO value representation in C

## Section 5: File Formats and Syntax

* [`clispec`](/guides/resources/man/clispec.5.md): CLI specification file format
* [`mib_annotations`](/guides/resources/man/mib_annotations.5.md): MIB annotations file format
* [`ncs.conf`](/guides/resources/man/ncs.conf.5.md): NCS daemon configuration file format
* [`tailf_yang_cli extensions`](/guides/resources/man/tailf_yang_cli_extensions.5.md): Tail-f YANG CLI extensions
* [`tailf_yang_extensions`](/guides/resources/man/tailf_yang_extensions.5.md): Tail-f YANG extensions


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