crypt is a C library function that encrypts a 64 character block of data. You'll have to write a program to use it to encode a file using the crypt algorithm.
If you just wanted a tool to encrypt files and not specifically use crypt, look at GNU Privacy Guard (gpg). It uses stronger encryption than crypt, and free AIX binaries are available at
For a programming discussion in a C language forum, the difference between a block of data and a character array might matter (although I doubt anyone's implementing char arrays as linked lists).
In an AIX or Unix forum, where this is not the first time that someone has said "crypt" when they probably, though not certainly, meant "encrypt", the sloppy description "64 character block of data" is more than sufficient to distinguish between a library function and a utility that acts on a whole file.
Translate a man page? Surely you can bait me better than that. Perhaps something about my mother's foot apparel.
Rod Knowlton
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA Security+
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