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

7th Edition  —  University of Illinois