ICAT(1)							  ICAT(1)


NAME
       icat - copy files by inode number

SYNOPSIS
       icat [-hHv] [-f fstype] device inode ...

DESCRIPTION
       icat  opens the named device and copies the files with the
       specified inode numbers to standard output.

       Arguments:

       -f fstype
	      Specifies the file system type.  The  default  file
	      system  type  is	system	dependent. With most UNIX
	      systems the default type is ufs (Berkeley fast file
	      system).	With  Linux  the  default  type is ext2fs
	      (second extended file system).

       -h     Skip over holes in files, so that absolute  address
	      information  is  lost. This option saves space when
	      copying sparse files.

       -H (default)
	      Copy holes in files as null blocks, so  that  abso-
	      lute  address information is preserved. This option
	      wastes space when copying sparse files.

       -v     Enable verbose mode, for debugging purposes.

       device Disk special file, or  regular  file  containing	a
	      disk  image.  On UNIX systems, raw mode disk access
	      may give better performance than	block  mode  disk
	      access.	LINUX  disk  device  drivers support only
	      block mode disk access.

       inode  Inode number. icat concatenates the contents of all
	      specified files.

BUGS
       icat  should  support  more  file system types. Right now,
       support is limited to ext2fs when built on Linux, and  ufs
       when built on Solaris and BSD systems.

LICENSE
       This software is distributed under the IBM Public License.

AUTHOR(S)
       Wietse Venema
       IBM T.J. Watson Research
       P.O. Box 704
       Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
