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NFDUMP(8) UNIX 5.0 (University of Illinois) NFDUMP(8)
NAME
nfdump, nfload - notesfile dump/load programs
SYNOPSIS
nfdump notesfile
nfload [ -Ddirectory ] notesfile
DESCRIPTION
Nfdump and nfload are used to convert notesfile data base
formats.
Nfdump converts the specified notesfile to a portable ASCII
format and writes it to standard output. Some diagnostics
are produced on stderr. Nfdump can be run by any user;
access to a particular notesfile is governed by that
notesfile's access list.
Nfload is used on the output from nfdump to create a new
notesfile. The -D option specifies an alternate base
directory for the notesfile. If unspecified, this defaults
to ``/usr/spool/notes''. Nfload reads standard input for
the ASCII representation of the notesfile.
Typical use of these two programs occurs when converting an
existing notesfile data base to a new format. The nfdump
program should be compiled with the older structure
definitions while nfload is compiled with the newer
structures. The data base can then be converted with a
shell script of the following nature:
mkdir .OLD
mv * .OLD
for i in `ls .OLD`
do
echo $i start
nfdump $i | nfload -D/usr/spool/newnotes $i
done
echo $i done
echo ALL DONE
rm -rf .OLD
This assumes that the old data base is in
``/usr/spool/notes'' and the new data base is to be placed
in ``/usr/spool/newnotes''. After the conversion is
complete, one can move the old data base from
``/usr/spool/notes'' to ``/usr/spool/oldformat'' and the new
data base from ``/usr/spool/newnotes'' to
``/usr/spool/notes''.
FILES
SEE ALSO
Page 1 (printed 2/25/88)
NFDUMP(8) UNIX 5.0 (University of Illinois) NFDUMP(8)
notes(1),
The Notesfile Reference Manual
AUTHORS
Ray Essick (uiucdcs!essick, essick%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa)
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
Rob Kolstad (kolstad@convex.UUCP)
CONVEX Computer Corporation
Richardson, TX
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