pkgtrans(1)

NAME
     pkgtrans - translate package format

SYNOPSIS
     pkgtrans [-ions] device1 device2 [ pkginst1 [ pkginst2 [ .

DESCRIPTION
     pkgtrans 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.
     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 ALSO
     installf(1M), pkgadd(1M), pkgask(1M), pkginfo(1), pkgmk(1), pkgparam(1),
     pkgproto(1), pkgrm(1M).