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CDCAT(1)               DragonFly General Commands Manual              CDCAT(1)

NAME
       cdcat - Copy data from one or more CD-ROMs to STDOUT.

SYNOPSIS
       cdcat [ -d, --device=PATH ] [ -h, --help ] [ -p, --prefix=NAME ] [ -t,
       --test ] [ -V, --version ]

OPTIONS
       -d, --device=PATH
              Use the specified CD-ROM device.  The default is /dev/cdrom.

       -h, --help
              Show usage message and quit.

       -p, --prefix=NAME
              Specify the filename prefix as used on the CD images.  The
              default value ('') normally works fine.  The first CD is always
              searched for files matching the shell pattern NAME*.  If
              multiple matches are found, the user is prompted to choose one
              of them.  If the selected file ends with '.1', then the backup
              is assumed to be multidisk.

       -t, --test
              Do not use the CD-ROM drive.  In this mode, everything proceeds
              normally, except that the backup files are searched for in the
              current directory, rather than on CD-ROMs.  The CD-ROM drive is
              never actually mounted or unmounted.

       -V, --version
              Print the version number and exit.

DESCRIPTION
       This manual page documents briefly the cdcat filesystem restore
       utility.

       CDCat concatenates components of a filesystem backup from one or more
       CD-ROMs, and writes its output to STDOUT.  It is used as an interactive
       front-end for cdrstr (1).

SEE ALSO
       cdappend(1), cdbkup(1), cdrstr(1), cdsplit(1).

AUTHOR
       John-Paul Gignac <jp@gignac.org>

                                 July 22, 2001                        CDCAT(1)