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NAME

mcat - cat like program for read/write'ing pmap devices from shell

SYNOPSIS

mcat [-b buffersize] [-i ifile] [-o ofile] [-s] [-v]

DESCRIPTION

mcat is a program very much like cat or dd that is capable of reading a non-read(2)'able device, for example, an mmap(2) only device like sequent's pmap devices. It is capable of copying mmap to mmap, reading and writing onto mmap or reading from mmap and writing.

OPTIONS

-b buffersize: use buffersize as the buffer size for read's and write's rather than BUFSIZ.

-i ifile: use ifile as file name for input rather than stdin.

-o ofile: use ofile as file name for output rather than stdout.

-s: print no error messages. (silent).

-v: print some log lines. (verbose).

BUGS

Due to a synergy of shell strategy, and balance hardware limitations, you can not redirect stdout to a pmap device on sequent balance. (but you can use -o ofile).

AUTHOR

K. Richard Magill - Digital Works Ltd.

rich@oxtrap.UUCP, rich@sendai.UUCP

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