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fosread

FOSREAD(1)							   User Commands							FOSREAD(1)

NAME

       fosread - FOS reader

SYNOPSIS

       fosread [options] device mode [node] [path]

DESCRIPTION

       Tool for a read-only access on Smaky FOS.

       -h --help
	      Display help message.

       -v --version
	      Show version.

       -a --harddisk
	      Force an hard disk instead of the autodetection.

       -f --floppydisk
	      Force a floppy disk instead of the autodetection.

       -l --fos-logger
	      Turn ON the FOS logger.

       -u --undelete
	      enable the undelete mode, even deleted files will be listed and sometimes restorable with get mode.

       device /dev/fd0 for floppy disk
	      /dev/sda for hard disk, etc, ...

       mode   list : list the content of a node
	      get  : copy a file from the Smaky disk in a local directory

       node   The tree with the file (or folder) for get or list.
	      example: foo/bar/toto.text

       path   You can specify a path for save the file (with get mode).

AUTHOR

       Written by Mathieu Schroeter <mathieu.schroeter@gamesover.ch>.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <fosfat-devel@gamesover.ch>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Mathieu Schroeter

       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       fosread(1)

fosread 							     July 2009								FOSREAD(1)