NAME

fdcat− concatenate fast-disk files
fdcatto− copy a UNIX file onto the fast-disk

SYNOPSIS

fdcat fastdiskfile ... 

fdcatto [ -s size ] unixfile fastdiskfile
fdcatto -s size fastdiskfile

DESCRIPTION

Fdcat reads each fastdiskfile in sequence and delivers it to standard output.  Thus

fdcat file

displays file on the standard output, and

fdcat file1 file2 > file3

writes the concatenation of Fast-Disk files file1 and file2 to the UNIX file file3. 

Fdcatto copies a UNIX file onto the Fast-Disk.  If no unixfile argument is given, the standard input is read and copied onto the Fast-Disk; in this case, the −s option and a size must be specified.  If a unixfile argument is given and a size is not specified, the size of the Fast-Disk file will be that of unixfile. If both unixfile and size are given, then the resultant Fast-Disk file size will be size and its contents will be determined as follows:

size >= size of unixfile
The contents of unixfile are copied completely into fastdiskfile; the remaining bytes in fastdiskfile are indeterminate. 

size < size of unixfile
The first size bytes of unixfile will be copied into fastdiskfile, and a warning message will be issued.

All Fast-Disk pathnames not beginning with a slash (/) are interpreted to be relative to the current Fast-Disk working directory specified by the FDCWD environment variable (see fdcwd(7)).

SEE ALSO

cat(1)

BUGS

The names of Fast-Disk files given as arguments are known only within the Fast-Disk subsystem and are thus not subject to the usual wildcard character matching done by the UNIX shell. 

Release β  —  Last change: 10/12/88