313 lines
13 KiB
Groff
313 lines
13 KiB
Groff
.so mnx.mac
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.TH DE 9
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.CD "de \(en disk editor"
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.SX "de\fR [\fB\(enw\fR] \fIblock_device"
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.SX "de \(enr \fIfile
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.FL "\(enr" "Recover a file that has been removed"
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.FL "\(enw" "Enable writing, so device can be modified"
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.EX "de \(enr /usr/ast/prog.c" "Undo the effects of: \fIrm /usr/ast/prog.c\fR"
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.EX "de \(enw /dev/fd0" "Edit \fI/dev/fd0\fR for writing"
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.PP
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The \fIde\fR program allows a system administrator to examine and modify
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a \s-2MINIX\s0 file system device.
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Commands are available to move to any address on the disk
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and display the disk block contents. This information may
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be presented in one of three visual modes: as two-byte words,
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as ASCII characters or as a bit map. The disk may be searched
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for a string of characters. If the \fB\(enw\fR option is given,
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\fIde\fR will open the device for writing and words may be
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modified.
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Without this flag, writing is prohibited.
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Lost blocks and files can be recovered using a variety of
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commands. The \fB\(enr\fR option supports automated recovery of
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files removed by \fIunlink\fR.
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.SS "Positioning"
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.PP
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Disks are divided into blocks (also called \*(OQzones\*(CQ) of 1024
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bytes. \fIDe\fR keeps a current address on the disk as a
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block number and a byte offset within the block. In some
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visual modes the offset is rounded off, for example, in
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\*(OQword\*(CQ mode the offset must be even.
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.PP
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There are different types of blocks on a file system device,
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including a super block, bit maps, i-nodes and data blocks.
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\fIDe\fR knows the type of the current block, but will allow
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most positioning commands and visual modes to function
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anywhere on the disk.
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.PP
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The \fIf\fR command (or PGDN on the keypad) moves forward to the
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next block, similarly \fIb\fR (PGUP) moves backwards one block.
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\fIF\fR (END) moves to the last block and \fIB\fR (HOME) moves to the
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first block.
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.PP
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The arrow keys (or
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\fIu\fR, \fId\fR, \fIl\fR, and \fIr\fR) change the current
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address by small increments. The size of the increment
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depends on the current display mode, as shown below. The
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various sizes suit each display and pointers move on the
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screen to follow each press of an arrow key.
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.HS
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.if t .ta .75iR 1.5iR 2.25iR 3.0iR 3.75iR
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.if n .ta .75i 1.5i 2.25i 3.0i 3.75i
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.nf
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\fB Mode Up Down Left Right\fR
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Word \(mi2 +2 \(mi32 +32
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Block \(mi64 +64 \(mi1 +1
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Map \(mi256 +256 \(mi4 +4
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.fi
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.HS
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The \fIg\fR command allows movement to any specified block.
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Like all commands that take arguments, a prompt and
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subsequent input are written to the bottom line of the
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screen. Numerical entry may be decimal, octal or
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hexadecimal, for example 234, \(mi1, 070, 0xf3, \(miX3C.
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.PP
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While checking an i-node one may want to move to a block
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listed as a zone of the file. The \fIG\fR command takes the
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contents at the current address in the device as a block
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number and indirectly jumps to that block.
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.PP
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The address may be set to the start of any i-node using
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the \fI\fR command and supplying an i-node number. The \fII\fR
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command maps a given file name into an i-node address.
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The file must exist on the current device and this
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device must be mounted.
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.SS "The Display"
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.PP
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The first line of the display contains the device name,
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the name of the current output file (if one is open) and
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the current search string. If \fIde\fR is being run with
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the \fB\(enw\fR option then the device name is flagged with \*(OQ(w).\*(CQ
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If a string is too long to fit on the line it is marked with \*(OQ...\*(CQ.
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.PP
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The second line contains the current block number, the
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total number of blocks, and the type of the current block.
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The types are: boot, super, i-node bit map, zone bit map,
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i-nodes and data block.
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If the current address is
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within a data block then the string \*(OQin use\*(CQ is displayed
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if the block corresponds to a set in the zone bit map.
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.PP
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The third line shows the offset in the current block. If
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the current address is within either the i-node or zone bit
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maps then the i-node or block number corresponding to the
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current bit is shown. If the current address is within an
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i-node then the i-node number and \*(OQin use\*(CQ status is displayed.
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If the address is within a bit map or i-node block, but past
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the last usable entry, then the string \*(OQpadding\*(CQ is shown.
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.PP
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The rest of the screen is used to display data from the
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current block. There are three visual display modes:
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\*(OQword,\*(CQ \*(OQblock,\*(CQ and \*(OQmap.\*(CQ
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The \fIv\fR command followed by
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\fIw\fR, \fIb\fR, or \fIm\fR sets the current display mode.
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.PP
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In \*(OQword\*(CQ mode 16 words, of two bytes each, are shown in
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either base 2, 8, 10 or 16. The current base is displayed
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to the far right of the screen. It can be changed using the
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\fIo\fR command followed by either an \fIh\fR (hexadecimal), \fId\fR
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(decimal), \fIo\fR (octal) or \fIb\fR (binary).
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.PP
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\fIDe\fR knows where i-nodes are, and will display the
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contents in a readable format, including the \fIrwx\fR bits,
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the user name and the time field. If the current page
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is at the beginning of the super block, or an executable
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file or an \fIar\fR archive, then \fIde\fR will also inform
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the user. In all other cases the contents of the 16
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words are shown to the right as equivalent ASCII
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characters.
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.PP
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In \*(OQblock\*(CQ mode a whole block of 1024 bytes is displayed
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as ASCII characters, 64 columns by 16 lines. Control codes
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are shown as highlighted characters. If the high order bit
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is set in any of the 1024 bytes then an \*(OQMSB\*(CQ flag is shown
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on the far right of the screen, but these bytes are not
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individually marked.
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.PP
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In \*(OQmap\*(CQ mode 2048 bits (256 bytes) are displayed from the
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top to the bottom (32 bits) and from the left to the right
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of the screen. Bit zero of a byte is towards the top of the
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screen. This visual mode is generally used to observe
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the bit map blocks. The number of set bits displayed is
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written on the far right of the screen.
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.SS "Searching"
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.PP
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A search for an ASCII string is initiated by the \fI/\fR command.
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Control characters not used for other purposes may be
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entered in the search string, for example CTRL-J is an end-of-line
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character. The search is from the current position to
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the end of the current device.
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.PP
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Once a search string has been defined by a use of \fI/\fR, the
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next search may be initiated with the \fIn\fR command, (a \fI/\fR
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followed immediately by an ENTER is equivalent to an \fIn\fR).
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.PP
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Whenever a search is in progress \fIde\fR will append
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one \fI.\fR to the prompt line for every 500 blocks searched. If the
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string is found between the end of the file system and the
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actual end of the device, then the current address is set to
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the end of the file system.
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.PP
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Some of the positioning commands push the current address
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and visual mode in a stack before going to a new address.
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These commands are
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\fIB\fR, \fIF\fR, \fIg\fR, \fIG\fR, \fIi\fR, \fII\fR, \fIn\fR, \fIx\fR and
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\fI/\fR.
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The \fIp\fR
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(previous) command pops the last address and visual mode
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from the stack. This stack is eight entries deep.
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.SS "Modifying the File System"
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.PP
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The \fIs\fR command will prompt for a data word and store it at
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the current address on the disk. This is used to change
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information that can not be easily changed by any other
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means.
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.PP
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The data word is 16 bits wide, it may be entered in decimal,
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octal or hexadecimal. Remember that the \fB\(enw\fR option must
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be specified for the \fIs\fR command to operate. Be careful
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when modifying a mounted file system.
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.SS "Recovering Files"
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.PP
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Any block on the disk may be written to an output file.
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This is used to recover blocks marked as free on the
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disk. A write command will request a file name the first
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time it is used, on subsequent writes the data is appended
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to the current output file.
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.PP
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The name of the current output file is changed using the
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\fIc\fR command. This file should be on a different file system,
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to avoid overwriting an i-node or block before it is
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recovered.
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.PP
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An ASCII block is usually recovered using the \fIw\fR command.
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All bytes will have their most significant bit cleared before
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being written to the output file. Bytes containing '\\0'
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or '\\177' are not copied. The \fIW\fR command writes the current
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block (1024 bytes exactly) to the output file.
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.PP
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When a file is deleted using \fIunlink\fR the i-node number
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in the directory is zeroed, but before its removal, it is
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copied into the end of the file name field. This allows
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the i-node of a deleted file to be found by searching
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through a directory. The \fIx\fR command asks for the path
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name of a lost file, extracts the old i-node number and
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changes the current disk address to the start of the
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i-node.
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.PP
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Once an i-node is found, all of the freed blocks may be
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recovered by checking the i-node zone fields, using 'G'
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to go to a block, writing it back out using 'w', going
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back to the i-node with \fIp\fR and advancing to the next
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block. This file extraction process is automated by using
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the \fIX\fR command, which goes through the i-node, indirect
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and double indirect blocks finding all the block pointers
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and recovering all the blocks of the file.
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.PP
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The \fIX\fR command closes the current output file and asks
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for the name of a new output file. All of the disk blocks
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must be marked as free, if they are not the command stops
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and the file must be recovered manually.
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.PP
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When extracting lost blocks \fIde\fR will maintain \*(OQholes\*(CQ in
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the file. Thus, a recovered sparse file does not allocate
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unused blocks and will keep its efficient storage scheme.
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This property of the \fIX\fR command may be used to move a sparse
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file from one device to another.
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.PP
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Automatic recovery may be initiated by the \fB\(enr\fR option on
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the command line. Also specified is the path name of a
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file just removed by \fIunlink\fR. \fIDe\fR determines which
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mounted file system device held the file and opens it for
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reading. The lost i-node is found and the file extracted by
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automatically performing an \fIx\fR and an \fIX\fR command.
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.PP
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The recovered file will be written to \fI/tmp\fR. \fIDe\fR will
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refuse to automatically recover a file on the same file
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system as \fI/tmp\fR. The lost file must have belonged to the
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user. If automatic recovery will not complete, then manual
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recovery may be performed.
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.SS "Miscellaneous"
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.PP
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The user can terminate a session with \fIde\fR by typing
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\fIq\fR, CTRL-D, or the key associated with SIGQUIT.
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.PP
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The \fIm\fR command invokes the \s-2MINIX\s0 \fIsh\fR shell as a subprocess.
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.PP
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For help while using \fIde\fR use \fIh\fR.
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.SS "Command Summary"
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.LP
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.ta 0.25i 1.0i 1.5i
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.nf
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.sp
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PGUP b Back one block
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PGDN f Forward one block
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HOME B Goto first block
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END F Goto last block
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UP u Move back 2/64/256 bytes
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DOWN d Move forward 2/64/256 bytes
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LEFT l Move back 32/1/4 bytes
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RIGHT r Move forward 32/1/4 bytes
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g Goto specified block
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G Goto block indirectly
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i Goto specified i-node
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I Filename to i-node
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/ Search
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n Next occurrence
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p Previous address
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h Help
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EOF q Quit
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m \s-2MINIX\s0 shell
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v Visual mode (w b m)
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o Output base (h d o b)
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c Change file name
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w Write ASCII block
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W Write block exactly
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x Extract lost directory entry
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X Extract lost file blocks
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s Store word
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.fi
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.sp
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NOTES:
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When entering a line in response to a prompt from \fIde\fR
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there are a couple of editing characters available. The
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previous character may be erased by typing CTRL-H and the
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whole line may be erased by typing CTRL-U. ENTER terminates
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the input. If DELETE or a non-ASCII character is typed
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then the command requesting the input is aborted.
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.PP
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The commands \fIG\fR, \fIs\fR and \fIX\fR will only function if
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the current visual display mode is \*(OQword.\*(CQ
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The commands
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\fIi\fR, \fII\fR and \fIx\fR change the mode to \*(OQword\*(CQ on
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completion. The commands \fIG\fR and \fI/\fR change the mode
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to \*(OQblock\*(CQ. These restrictions and automatic mode
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conversions are intended to aid the user.
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.PP
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The \*(OQmap\*(CQ mode uses special graphic characters, and
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only functions if the user is at the console.
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.PP
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\fIDe\fR generates warnings for illegal user input or if
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erroneous data is found on the disk, for example a
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corrupted magic number. Warnings appear in the middle
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of the screen for two seconds, then the current page
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is redrawn. Some minor errors, for example, setting
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an unknown visual mode, simply ring the bell. Major
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errors, for example I/O problems on the file system
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device cause an immediate exit from \fIde\fR.
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.PP
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The i-node and zone bit maps are read from the device
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when \fIde\fR starts up. These determine whether \*(OQin use\*(CQ
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or \*(OQnot in use\*(CQ is displayed in the status field at
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the top of the screen. The bit maps are not re-read
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while using \fIde\fR and will become out-of-date if
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observing a mounted file system.
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.PP
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\fIDe\fR requires termcap definitions for \*(OQcm\*(CQ and \*(OQcl\*(CQ.
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Furthermore, \*(OQso\*(CQ and \*(OQse\*(CQ will also be used if available.
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The ANSI strings generated by the keypad arrows are recognized,
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as well as any single character codes defined by \*(OQku\*(CQ,
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\*(OQkd\*(CQ, \*(OQkl\*(CQ and \*(OQkr\*(CQ.
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.SS "Author"
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.PP
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The \fIde\fR program was written by Terrence Holm.
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