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pkgtrans(1)pkgtrans(1)NAMEpkgtrans - translate package format
SYNOPSISpkgtrans [-ions] device1 device2 [ pkginst1 [ pkginst2 [ .
DESCRIPTIONpkgtrans 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 to device2 in the filesystem format.
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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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 ALSOinstallf(1M), pkgadd(1M), pkgask(1M), pkginfo(1), pkgmk(1), pkgparam(1),
pkgproto(1), pkgrm(1M).
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