swbisparse(1)

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NAME
       swbisparse -- Read and parse POSIX.7.2 metadata.

SYNOPSIS
       swbisparse {--installed|-o,--info|-i,--index|-p,--psf} [-b] [-n] [-l level] [file]

       swbisparse {-d,--decode} [package_file]

DESCRIPTION
       swbisparse  reads  and parses POSIX.7.2 metadata files: INDEX, INFO and
       psf files.

       swbisparse writes an implementation defined format to stdout.  The for-
       mat  indicates the keyword type, (O)bject, (A)ttribute, or, (E)xtended,
       and, containment level.  Newlines in multi-line values  are  translated
       to '\n' and output on a single line.


       When  decoding  a package file, package_file, swbisparse emits a format
       that includes the length (in bytes) of the attribute value.  The format
       consists  of ASCII data.  Binary data in the input will cause an error.


       For Example, the following PSF file:

        distribution
        layout_version 1.0
        product
        description "This is a
        multi line value"
        tag p1
        fileset
        tag p2
        file
        path /etc/passwd

       is translated to:

        F00 PSF:
        O01 distribution
        A02  layout_version 1.0
        O02  product
        A03   description "This is a\nmulti line value"
        A03   tag p1
        O03   fileset
        A04    tag p2
        O04    file
        A05     path /etc/passwd


   Hewlett-Packard SD-UX Compatibility
       This parser does not use nor  require  the  end  keyword  to  terminate
       objects  as is commonly the practice for PSF files written for Hewlett-
       Packard's SD-UX equipped systems.  The end keyword can appear  in  PSF,
       INDEX  and INFO files, however, it will merely be scanned and the token
       discarded.  Another incompatibility is based on this parser's  termina-
       tion  of  an  object  definition  by  the first extended keyword.  This
       restriction may not exist in the SD-UX grammar because  the  object  is
       bracketed  by  the  nesting of end keywords and not by the existence of
       the first object or extended keyword.

OPTIONS
       --info-o     Parse an INFO file.

       --installed     Parse the installed software catalog file INSTALLED.

       --psf-p     Parse a PSF file.

       --index-i     Parse an INDEX file.

       -b     Beautify by indention and emit a file
              semantically identical to the input file.

       -n     Emit format that is marked up with the
              value's lengths in bytes.

       -l level     Set initial containment level
              to level.

APPLICABLE STANDARDS
       Conforming to POSIX.7.2, however, A stand-alone parser utility by  this
       (or any) name is not specified in ISO/IEC 15068-2:1999

SEE ALSO
       sw(5)

IDENTIFICATION
        Author: Jim Lowe
        Version: 0.481
        Last Updated 2006-02-15
        Copying: GNU Free Documentation License v1.1

BUGS
       This program is mainly a testing and development tool.

       Requirements  for  inclusion  (exclusion) of certain keywords in (from)
       the parsed output is not enforced.  Quoted trailing whitespace  in  the
       attribute value is discarded.



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