NFDUMP(8)

NAME
nfdump, nfload - notesfile dump/load programs

SYNOPSIS
nfdump notesfile

nfload [ -Ddirectory ] notesfile

DESCRIPTION
Nfdump and nfload are used to convert notesfile data base formats.

Nfdump converts the specified notesfile to a portable ASCII format and writes it to standard output. Some diagnostics are produced on stderr. Nfdump can be run by any user; access to a particular notesfile is governed by that notesfile's access list.

Nfload is used on the output from nfdump to create a new notesfile. The -D option specifies an alternate base directory for the notesfile. If unspecified, this defaults to ``/usr/spool/notes''. Nfload reads standard input for the ASCII representation of the notesfile.

Typical use of these two programs occurs when converting an existing notesfile data base to a new format. The nfdump program should be compiled with the older structure definitions while nfload is compiled with the newer structures. The data base can then be converted with a shell script of the following nature:

	mkdir .OLD
	mv * .OLD
	for i in `ls .OLD`
	do
		echo $i start
		nfdump $i | nfload -D/usr/spool/newnotes $i
	done
		echo $i done
	echo ALL DONE
	rm -rf .OLD

This assumes that the old data base is in ``/usr/spool/notes'' and the new data base is to be placed in ``/usr/spool/newnotes''. After the conversion is complete, one can move the old data base from ``/usr/spool/notes'' to ``/usr/spool/oldformat'' and the new data base from ``/usr/spool/newnotes'' to ``/usr/spool/notes''.

FILES

SEE ALSO
notes(1),
The Notesfile Reference Manual

AUTHORS
Ray Essick (uiucdcs!essick, essick%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa)
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL

Rob Kolstad (kolstad@convex.UUCP)
CONVEX Computer Corporation
Richardson, TX