pkgtrans(1)           UNIX System V(Essential Utilities)            pkgtrans(1)


NAME
      pkgtrans - translate package format

SYNOPSIS
      pkgtrans [-ions] device1 device2 [ pkginst1 [ pkginst2 [ . . . ] ] ]

DESCRIPTION
      pkgtrans translates an installable package from one format to another.
      It translates:

            a filesystem format to a datastream

            a datastream to a filesystem format

            a filesystem format to another filesystem format

      The options and arguments for this command are:

      -i           Copies only the pkginfo and pkgmap files.

      -o           Overwrites the same instance on the destination device,
                   package instance will be overwritten if it already exists.

      -n           Creates a new instance if any instance of this package
                   already exists.

      -s           Indicates that the package should be written to device2 as a
                   datastream rather than as a filesystem.  The default
                   behavior is to write a filesystem format on devices that
                   support both formats.

      device1      Indicates the source device.  The package or packages on
                   this device will be translated and placed on device2.

      device2      Indicates the destination device.  Translated packages will
                   be placed on this device.

      pkginst      Specifies which package instance or instances on device1
                   should be translated.  The token all may be used to indicate
                   all packages.  pkginst.* can be used to indicate all
                   instances of a package.  (When using this format, enclose
                   the command line in single quotes to prevent the shell from
                   interpreting the * character.)  If no packages are defined,
                   a prompt shows all packages on the device and asks which to
                   translate.

NOTES
      Device specifications can be either the special node name (/dev/diskette)
      or the device alias (diskette1).  The device spool indicates the default
      spool directory.  Source and destination devices may not be the same.




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pkgtrans(1)           UNIX System V(Essential Utilities)            pkgtrans(1)


      By default, pkgtrans will not transfer any instance of a package if any
      instance of that package already exists on the destination device.  Use
      of the -n option will create a new instance if an instance of this
      package already exists.  Use of the -o option will overwrite the same
      instance if it already exists.  Neither of these options are useful if
      the destination device is a datastream.

      If you're transferring a package in datastream format to floppies and the
      package spans multiple floppies, use the filesystem format.  (The
      datastream format is not supported across multiple floppies.)

      pkgtrans depends on the integrity of the /etc/device.tab file to
      determine whether a device can support a datastream and/or filesystem
      formats. Problems in transferring a device in a particular format could
      mean corruption of /etc/device.tab.

EXAMPLE
      The following example translates all packages on the floppy drive
      /dev/diskette and places the translations on /tmp.

            pkgtrans /dev/diskette /tmp all

      The next example translates packages pkg1 and pkg2 on /tmp and places
      their translations (that is, a datastream) on the 9track1 output device.

            pkgtrans /tmp 9track1 pkg1 pkg2

      The next example translates pkg1 and pkg2 on tmp and places them on the
      diskette in a datastream format.

            pkgtrans -s /tmp /dev/diskette pkg1 pkg2

FILES
      /etc/device.tab

SEE ALSO
      installf(1M), pkgadd(1M), pkgask(1M), pkginfo(1), pkgmk(1), pkgparam(1),
      pkgproto(1), pkgrm(1M), removef(1M).
















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