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

6       readdump  -  Utility  to  examine  dumpfiles created by the Coda backup
7       facility
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SYNOPSIS

11       readdump [dumpfile]
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DESCRIPTION

14       The readdump program is an interactive facility to allow  the  user  to
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16       For now it is simply a way of looking at  the  information  in  a  dump
17       file. One cannot use it to modify the dump file.
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19       The readdump program supports the following commands:
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21       openDumpFile  <dumpfile>
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27       setIndex  <index type>
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35       readdump  uses the ci command interface, which allows the use of unique
36       prefixes for commands. Unspecified parameters will be prompted for, and
37       default  values  can  be  used.  The  showHeader command prints out the
38       header of the dump, which is seperate from the  header  of  the  volume
39       that  was  dumped.  The showVolumeDiskData prints out the header of the
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42       The dump contains two streams of vnodes, one for  directories  and  one
43       for  files  and symbolic links. The setIndex command specifies to read‐
44       dump which stream you wish to examine. Once an index  has  been  speci‐
45       fied,  the  nextVnode  command  displays the next Vnode (object) in the
46       stream. Note that movement through the stream  is  one-directional.  To
47       revisit  a Vnode, use the setIndex command to reset the program back to
48       the beginning of the stream.  One can jump through the index by use  of
49       the  skipVnodes  command, which takes the number of vnodes to skip, and
50       reads past (without displaying) that many vnodes in the stream.
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Future Work

53       Usage of this facility should suggest more commands to help administra‐
54       tors parse dumpfiles. In particular, a command to seek ahead to a spec‐
55       ified offset in the dump would be useful.
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SEE ALSO

58       merge (8), backup (8), volutil (8), Coda Manual
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AUTHOR

61       David C. Steere, 1991, Created
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