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Operating Systems AIX .tar and .tar.gz Post 302189812 by bakunin on Monday 28th of April 2008 02:40:06 AM
Old 04-28-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by thye
I agreed GNU-tar is "against the cultural tradition of UNIX" but [...] By using GNU-tar it save us a lot of time,i believe.
I guess this is why the shell was invented in first place: to glue together all the little specialized tools which do only what they are intended to do, but that they do efficiently.

For the same reason one might need a tool that lists a directory and to translate its contents into chinese - that doesn't mean it would be a good idea to incorporate a translator for chinese into "ls".

If you buy tools (out in the real world, not on a computer) you'd usually buy screwdrivers, hammers, saws, etc.. These tools may serve only one purpose (a screwdriver for handling screws, a hammer for hammering, etc.), but ideally they serve this purpose well. If you try to buy a screwdriver which is a saw and a scissor and a hammer at the same time you'll end up with some sort-of "72-functions-swiss-army-knife", which does serve a lot of purposes all equally bad.

bakunin
 

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netwox

NETWOX(1)						      General Commands Manual							 NETWOX(1)

NAME

       netwox - examples/tools of the network library netwib

VERSION

       The version installed on this system is 5.36.0.

IMPORTANT

       Manpage do not contain a lot of information. Rather read netwox-5.36.0-doc_html.tgz.

SYNOPSIS

       netwox number [ parameters... ]
       netwox number --help
       netwox number --help2
       netwox

PRESENTATION

       Toolbox netwox helps to find and solve network problems.

       It provides 222 tools :
	- udp/tcp clients/servers
	- spoofing
	- sniffing
	- address conversion
	- etc.

       Netwox is mainly oriented towards network administrators and security auditors.

       Some tools are only a simplified implementation, while others are very sophisticated.

       Netwox is available under the GNU GPL license.

DESCRIPTION

       number number of the tool to use

       parameters
	      parameters for the chosen tool number.  Parameter --help shows help.  Parameter --help2 shows description.

       When using netwox without number and parameters, it enters interactive help mode. In this mode, the user has to select a category by press-
       ing a key. Then by choosing a tool number, its corresponding usage is displayed. Note: netwag is easier than interactive help mode.

EXAMPLES

       netwox 23 --help
	      display simple help for tool number 23

       netwox 23 --help2
	      display full description of tool 23. It also display its description.

       netwox 23
	      run tool 23

       netwox 23 --extended
	      run tool 23 with --extended parameter

       netwox 23 -e
	      run tool 23 with -e parameter (synonym for --extended)

       All the tools are not described in this manpage.  Reading netwox-5.36.0-doc_html.tgz is recommended.

SEE ALSO

       netwib(3) netwag(1)

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