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Utilities in archive
- rdbinfo: Print Info on RDB devices.
- streamtodev: Copy a stream to a device.
- devtostream: Copy a device image to a stream.
- xstreamtodev: Same as streamtodev with extra options.
- xdevtostream: Same as devtostream with extra options.
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rdbinfo, streamtodev, devtostream, xdevtostream and xstreamtodev
are all: Copyright (C) 1993 Christian E. Hopps
The word program below refers to all the above programs.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Here are some programs I whipped together for use in NetBSD. I hope
that these replace ``devtofile'' and ``filetodev''. They are much safer
programs to use, plus that can use streams not just files. e.g.
devtofile --rdb=BSD_TRANSFER --quiet | tar -xvf -
although streamtodev seems to have a bit of a problem with tar, tar terminates
before streamtodev has read all of tar's input...
Anyway all 4 stream programs will not allow you to cross partition boundries,
and they only work on devices that have RDB's. The 2 x{program}'s add the
``feature'' of letting you specify start and end blocks within a partition's
boundries. I never use this but with it comes almost the same functionality
as ``filetodev'' and ``devtofile'' (still with some safeguards).
type {program} --help for a template and options.
One thing I should point out, all the options are search restrictors, if not
specified then they are treated as matching everything, e.g. ``streamtodev''
will grab the first partition on the first unit of the first device it finds
on the dos list. Play around with ``rdbinfo'' for a while if you don't
understand this; all the programs use a similar algorithm.
I have tested these somewhat, but I cannot guarentee they work perfect
therefore I insert my standard disclaimer:
Chris...
email: sycom.mi.org!ro-chp!chopps
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