August 1999
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/usr/bin/pkgtrans [-inos] device1 device2 [pkginst...]
The pkgtrans command translates an installable package from one format to another. It performs the following translations.
A file-system format to a datastream.
A datastream to a file-system format.
One file-system format to another file-system format.
Device specifications can be either the special node name (for example, /dev/diskette) or a device alias (for example, diskette1). The device spool indicates the default spool directory. Source and destination devices cannot be the same.
By default, pkgtrans does not translate any instance of a package if any instance of that package already exists on the destination device. Using ...
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