1NFDUMP(8)                   System Manager's Manual                  NFDUMP(8)
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NAME

6       nfdump, nfload - notesfile dump/load programs
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SYNOPSIS

9       nfdump notesfile
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11       nfload [ -Ddirectory ] notesfile
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DESCRIPTION

14       Nfdump and nfload are used to convert notesfile data base formats.
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16       Nfdump  converts the specified notesfile to a portable ASCII format and
17       writes it to standard output.  Some diagnostics are produced on stderr.
18       Nfdump can be run by any user; access to a particular notesfile is gov‐
19       erned by that notesfile's access list.
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21       Nfload is used on the output from nfdump to  create  a  new  notesfile.
22       The  -D option specifies an alternate base directory for the notesfile.
23       If unspecified, this defaults to  ``/usr/spool/notes''.   Nfload  reads
24       standard input for the ASCII representation of the notesfile.
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26       Typical  use  of  these two programs occurs when converting an existing
27       notesfile data base to a new format.  The nfdump program should be com‐
28       piled  with  the  older  structure definitions while nfload is compiled
29       with the newer structures.  The data base can then be converted with  a
30       shell script of the following nature:
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32            mkdir .OLD
33            mv * .OLD
34            for i in `ls .OLD`
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36                 echo $i start
37                 nfdump $i | nfload -D/usr/spool/newnotes $i
38            done
39                 echo $i done
40            echo ALL DONE
41            rm -rf .OLD
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43       This  assumes that the old data base is in ``/usr/spool/notes'' and the
44       new data base is to be placed in  ``/usr/spool/newnotes''.   After  the
45       conversion   is   complete,  one  can  move  the  old  data  base  from
46       ``/usr/spool/notes'' to ``/usr/spool/oldformat'' and the new data  base
47       from ``/usr/spool/newnotes'' to ``/usr/spool/notes''.
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FILES

SEE ALSO
51       notes(1),
52       The Notesfile Reference Manual
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AUTHORS
55       Ray Essick (uiucdcs!essick, essick%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa)
56       Department of Computer Science
57       University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
58       Urbana, IL
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60       Rob Kolstad (kolstad@convex.UUCP)
61       CONVEX Computer Corporation
62       Richardson, TX
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66                            University of Illinois                   NFDUMP(8)



        

    


            
        

        

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