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1.1     ! root        1: .TH NFDUMP 8 "University of Illinois"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: nfdump, nfload - notesfile dump/load programs
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B "nfdump"
        !             6: notesfile
        !             7: .PP
        !             8: .B "nfload"
        !             9: [
        !            10: .BI "-D" directory
        !            11: ]
        !            12: notesfile
        !            13: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            14: .I Nfdump
        !            15: and 
        !            16: .I nfload
        !            17: are used to convert notesfile data base formats.
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: .I Nfdump
        !            20: converts the specified notesfile to a portable ASCII format
        !            21: and writes it to
        !            22: standard output.
        !            23: Some diagnostics are produced on stderr.
        !            24: .I Nfdump
        !            25: can be run by any user;
        !            26: access to a particular notesfile is governed by that notesfile's
        !            27: access list.
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: .I Nfload
        !            30: is used on the output from 
        !            31: .I nfdump
        !            32: to create a new notesfile.
        !            33: The 
        !            34: .B -D
        !            35: option specifies an alternate base directory for the notesfile.
        !            36: If unspecified, this defaults to
        !            37: ``/usr/spool/notes''.
        !            38: .I Nfload
        !            39: reads standard input for the ASCII representation of the notesfile.
        !            40: .PP
        !            41: Typical use of these two programs occurs when converting an existing
        !            42: notesfile data base to a new format.
        !            43: The 
        !            44: .I nfdump
        !            45: program should be compiled with the older structure definitions
        !            46: while
        !            47: .I nfload
        !            48: is compiled with the newer structures.
        !            49: The data base can then be converted with a shell script of the
        !            50: following nature:
        !            51: .sp
        !            52: .nf
        !            53:        mkdir .OLD
        !            54:        mv * .OLD
        !            55:        for i in `ls .OLD`
        !            56:        do
        !            57:                echo $i start
        !            58:                nfdump $i | nfload -D/usr/spool/newnotes $i
        !            59:        done
        !            60:                echo $i done
        !            61:        echo ALL DONE
        !            62:        rm -rf .OLD
        !            63: .fi
        !            64: .sp
        !            65: This assumes that the old data base is in ``/usr/spool/notes''
        !            66: and the new data base is to be placed in ``/usr/spool/newnotes''.
        !            67: After the conversion is complete, one can move
        !            68: the old data base from ``/usr/spool/notes'' to ``/usr/spool/oldformat''
        !            69: and the new data base from ``/usr/spool/newnotes'' to ``/usr/spool/notes''.
        !            70: .SH FILES
        !            71: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            72: notes(1),
        !            73: .br
        !            74: .ul
        !            75: The Notesfile Reference Manual
        !            76: .SH AUTHORS
        !            77: .nf
        !            78: Ray Essick (uiucdcs!essick, essick%[email protected])
        !            79: Department of Computer Science
        !            80: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
        !            81: Urbana, IL
        !            82: .sp
        !            83: Rob Kolstad ([email protected])
        !            84: CONVEX Computer Corporation
        !            85: Richardson, TX
        !            86: .fi

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