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+
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+ less'. A typical entry in a Makefile or Makefile.am is:
+
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+ docbook-to-man $< > $@
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+
+ <!-- Fill in your name for FIRSTNAME and SURNAME. -->
+ <!ENTITY dhfirstname "<firstname>Wouter</firstname>">
+ <!ENTITY dhsurname "<surname>Verhelst</surname>">
+ <!-- Please adjust the date whenever revising the manpage. -->
+ <!ENTITY dhdate "<date>$Date$</date>">
+ <!-- SECTION should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection other parameters are
+ allowed: see man(7), man(1). -->
+ <!ENTITY dhsection "<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>">
+ <!ENTITY dhemail "<email>wouter@debian.org</email>">
+ <!ENTITY dhusername "Wouter Verhelst">
+ <!ENTITY dhucpackage "<refentrytitle>NBD-TRDUMP</refentrytitle>">
+ <!ENTITY dhpackage "nbd-trdump">
+
+ <!ENTITY debian "<productname>Debian GNU/Linux</productname>">
+ <!ENTITY gnu "<acronym>GNU</acronym>">
+]>
+
+<refentry>
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <address>
+ &dhemail;
+ </address>
+ <author>
+ &dhfirstname;
+ &dhsurname;
+ </author>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2001</year>
+ <holder>&dhusername;</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ &dhdate;
+ </refentryinfo>
+ <refmeta>
+ &dhucpackage;
+
+ &dhsection;
+ </refmeta>
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>&dhpackage;</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>translate an nbd transaction log into human readable form</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>&dhpackage;</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+
+ <para><command>&dhpackage;</command> translates
+ a transaction log produced by <command>nbd-server</command>
+ (specifically by the <command>transactionlog</command>
+ configuration directive) into human readable form.</para>
+
+ <para>The command acts as a traditional UNIX filter, i.e. the
+ transaction log must be supplied on standard input, and the
+ human readable output is sent to standard output.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>OUTPUT</title>
+
+ <para>The following may be output:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>></option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A request packet sent from the client to the server.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option><</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A reply packet sent from the server to the client.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>H</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The handle of the packet.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>C</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The command sent.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>O</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The offet from the start of the disk.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>L</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The length of data.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>E</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The error returned.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+
+ <para>nbd-server (1).</para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>AUTHOR</title>
+ <para>The NBD kernel module and the NBD tools have been written by
+ Pavel Macheck (pavel@ucw.cz).</para>
+
+ <para>The kernel module is now maintained by Paul Clements
+ (Paul.Clements@steeleye.com), while the userland tools are maintained by
+ Wouter Verhelst (wouter@debian.org)</para>
+
+ <para>This manual page was written by &dhusername; (&dhemail;) for
+ the &debian; system (but may be used by others). Permission is
+ granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the
+ terms of the <acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License,
+ version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.</para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>