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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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