nfarchive(8) [bsd man page]

NFARCHIVE(8)						      System Manager's Manual						      NFARCHIVE(8)

NAME

       nfarchive - archive notesfiles

SYNOPSIS

       nfarchive [ -# ] [ -d ] [ -m- or -m+ ] [ -w# ] [ -f file ] topic [ ... ]

DESCRIPTION

       Nfarchive is used to expire notes that have not been modified in a certain amount of time.  Archives are stored in ``archive notesfiles''.

       The -# parameter is the number of days a notestring must be idle (no new responses) before being eligible for archival.

       Expired	notestrings are either deleted or placed in an archive.  The -d parameter tells nfarchive to delete expired notestrings.  If unse-
       lected, the expired notestrings are placed in an archive.

       The -m+ option specifies that only notes marked with a director message are eligible for expiration.  -m- specifies that only notes without
       a director message are eligible for expiration.	By default, the expiration algorithm is indifferent to a note's director message status.

       The  -w#  option specified the working set size for the expired notesfiles.  The specified number represents the minimum number of notes to
       leave in the notesfile.

       The expiration threshold, working set size, expiration action, and director message requirements can  all  be  specified  as  a	director's
       option  in  each notesfile.  Specific values override what is specified on the nfarchive command line.  A default value specifies using the
       value specified on the command line.

       The -f parameter specifies a file containing a list of notesfiles to archive.  Notesfiles can also be specified on the command line.

       By  default,   the   archive   of   notesfile   /usr/spool/notes/somenotes   is	 in   /usr/spool/oldnotes/somenotes.	The   archive	of
       /some/other/place/somenotes  also  defaults to /usr/spool/oldnotes/somenotes.  To prevent collisions of this nature, mapping between active
       and archive notesfiles is implemented.  The file /usr/spool/notes/.utilities/net.alias/Archive-into contains lines of the form:

	    active-notesfile:archive notesfile

       Lines in this file beginning with `#' are comments.  Notesfiles without an entry in this file are  archived  into  the  /usr/spool/oldnotes
       directory with the appropriate last component.

       When  initially created, an archive notesfile has an access list matching its active counterpart.  Currently, only directors are allowed to
       write in an archive notesfile.  Nfarchive refuses to archive an archive notesfile.

FILES

       /usr/spool/notes/.utilities		    where this programs lives.
       /usr/spool/notes/.utilities/net.alias/Archive-into
						    maps active notesfiles into their archives.
       /usr/spool/notes 			    Default notes data base
       /usr/spool/oldnotes			    Default archive directory

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

							      University of Illinois						      NFARCHIVE(8)

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NFDUMP(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 NFDUMP(8)

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

							      University of Illinois							 NFDUMP(8)

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