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NAME [Toc] [Back]
lifcp - copy to or from LIF files
SYNOPSIS [Toc] [Back]
lifcp [-Txxx] [-Lxxx] [-vxxx] [-a] [-b] [-i xxx] [-r] [-t] file1 file2
lifcp [-Txxx] [-Lxxx] [-vxxx] [-a] [-b] [-ixxx] [-r] [-t] [file1 file2
...] directory
DESCRIPTION [Toc] [Back]
lifcp copies a LIF file to an HP-UX file, an HP-UX file to a LIF file,
or a LIF file to another LIF file. It also copies a list of (HPUX/LIF)
files to a (LIF/HP-UX) directory. The last name on the
argument list is the destination file or directory.
Options can be used singly or combined in any order before the file
names. The space between option and argument is optional.
-Txxx Used only when copying files to a LIF volume. This
option forces the file type of the LIF directory
entry to be set to the argument given. The argument
can be decimal, octal or hex, using standard "C"
notation.
-Lxxx Used only when copying files to a LIF volume. This
option will set the "last volume flag" to xxx (0 or
1). The default "last volume flag" is 1.
-vxxx Used only when copying files to a LIF volume. This
option sets the "volume number" to xxx. The default
"volume number" is one.
-a This option forces a ASCII mode of copying regardless
of the file type. When copying in ASCII mode from
HP-UX to LIF the default file type is BINARY (1).
(For details on available modes of copying refer to
lif(4)). This option has no effect when copying from
LIF to LIF.
-b This option forces a BINARY mode of copying
regardless of the file type. When copying in BINARY
mode from HP-UX to LIF the default file type is
BINARY (-2). (For details on available modes of
copying refer to lif(4)). This option has no effect
when copying from LIF to LIF.
-ixxx Used only when copying files to a LIF volume. This
option sets the "implementation" field of the LIF
directory entry to the argument given. The argument
value can be decimal, octal or hex, using standard
"C" notation. The "implementation" field can only be
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set for file types -2001 to -100000 (octal). The
"implementation" field is set to zero for all
interchange file types and for file types -2 to -200
(octal). Note that the "implementation" value
controls the attributes of the LIF file with regard
to protection and record sizes. lifls -l or lifls -i
can be used to determine the "implementation" value
of a file.
-r Forces RAW mode copying regardless of file type. When
copying in RAW mode from HP-UX to LIF the default
file type is BIN (-23951). -T option overrides the
default file type. (various modes of copying are
explained in lif(4).) -r option has no effect in LIF
to LIF copy operations.
-t causes HP-UX file names to be translated to a name
acceptable by a LIF utility; that is, all lowercase
letters are converted to uppercase and all other
characters except numerics are changed to an
underscore (_). If the HP-UX file name starts with a
nonletter, the file name is preceded by the capital
letter X. Thus, for example, if two files named
colon (:) and semicolon (;), were copied, both of
them would be translated to X_. File names are
truncated to a maximum of 10 characters. When
copying a LIF file to an HP-UX or LIF file, -t has no
effect. Omitting -t causes an error to be generated
if an improper name is used.
The default copying modes when copying from LIF to HP-UX are
summarized in the following table:
File Type | Default Copying Mode
__________|_____________________
ASCII | ASCII
BINARY | BINARY
BIN | RAW
other | RAW
When copying from HP-UX to LIF, the default copying mode is ASCII and
an ASCII file is created.
When copying from LIF to LIF, if no options are specified, then all
the LIF directory fields and file contents are duplicated from source
to destination.
A LIF file name is recognized by the embedded colon (:) delimiter (see
lif(4) for LIF file naming conventions). A LIF directory is
recognized by a trailing colon. If an HP-UX file name containing a
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colon is used, the colon must be escaped with two backslash characters
(\\) (the shell removes one of them).
The file name - (dash) is interpreted to mean standard input or
standard output, depending on its position in the argument list. This
is particularly useful if the data requires nonstandard translation.
When copying from standard input, if no other name can be found, the
name "STDIN" is used.
LIF file naming conventions are known only to the LIF utilities.
Since file name expansion is done by the shell, this mechanism cannot
be used for expanding LIF file names.
Do not mount the special file while using lifcp.
DIAGNOSTICS [Toc] [Back]
lifcp returns exit code 0 if the file is copied successfully.
Otherwise it prints a diagnostic and returns nonzero.
EXAMPLES [Toc] [Back]
Copy HP-UX file abc to LIF file CDE on LIF volume lifvol which is
actually an HP-UX file initialized to be a LIF volume:
lifcp abc lifvol:CDE
Copy all the HP-UX files in the current directory to the LIF volume
lifvol which is present in the parent directory. File names are
translated to appropriate LIF file names.
lifcp -t * ../lifvol:
Copy all the HP-UX object files in the current directory to the LIF
volume lifvol. Copying mode is RAW and LIF file types are set to
-5555.
lifcp -r -T -5555 -t *.o lifvol:
Copy all the object files in the current directory to the LIF volume
lifvol. Copying mode is BINARY and LIF BINARY files are created.
lifcp -r -T 0xffffe961 -i 0x20200080 bdat lifvol:BDAT
Copy a BDAT file, without a password, from a BASIC WorkStation to an
HP-UX LIF volume lifvol. Note that -i controls protection and record
size attributes. The file type for a BDAT file is -5791 (or
0xffffe961) and its record size is 256 bytes per record.
lifcp -b *.o lifvol:
Copy all files in the current directory to the LIF volume lifvol in
the root directory. Copying mode is RAW and LIF file types are set to
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BIN.
lifcp -r -t * /lifvol:
Copy file abc: to LIF file CDE in lifvol.
lifcp abc\\: lifvol:CDE
Copy files abc and def to LIF files ABC and DEF within lifvol.
lifcp -t abc def lifvol:
Copy LIF file ABC within lifvol to file ABC within current directory.
lifcp lifvol:ABC .
Copy standard input to LIF file A_FILE on LIF volume /dev/dsk/c0t6d0.
lifcp - /dev/dsk/c0t6d0:A_FILE
Copy LIF file ABC in lifvol to LIF file CDE on /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 .
lifcp lifvol:ABC /dev/dsk/c0t6d0:CDE
Copy the output of pr to the LIF file ABC.
pr abc | lifcp - lifvol:ABC
Copy the output of pr to the LIF volume lifvol. LIF file STDIN is
created since no files names are specified.
pr abc | lifcp - lifvol:
Copy LIF file ABC in lifvol to standard output.
lifcp lifvol:ABC -
Copy all files in current directory to LIF files of the same name on
LIF volume lifvol (may cause errors if file names in the current
directory do not obey LIF naming conventions!).
lifcp * ../lifvol:
DEPENDENCIES [Toc] [Back]
Series 700/800
The following option is also supported:
-Knnn forces each file copied in to begin on a nnn x
1024-byte boundary from the beginning of the
volume. This is useful when files are used for
Series 700/800 boot media. This option has no
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effect when copying from a LIF volume.
AUTHOR [Toc] [Back]
lifcp was developed by the Hewlett-Packard Company.
SEE ALSO [Toc] [Back]
lifinit(1), lifls(1), lifrename(1), lifrm(1), lif(4).
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