FCAT(1)

NAME
fcatcmd, fcat - copy files in the FSP database to stdout

SYNOPSIS
fcatcmd [-r] filename ...

fcat [-r] filename ...

DESCRIPTION

For each file named in the argument list, fcatcmd reads the file and writes the content of the file to its stdout.

fcatcmd will perform csh file name globbing based on file and directory information obtained from the FSP database.

Since user's command shells generally cannot do the proper globbing for this program, it is recommended that user defines a shell alias or function to turn off command shell globbing before running this program. csh example:

alias fcat \(set noglob\; exec fcatcmd \!\*\)

ARGUMENTS

-r -- forces fcatcmd to recursively show all files in given directories.

ENVIRONMENT

The following variables associate this program with a FSP database:

FSP_HOST
    The name or internet number of the machine with the FSP server.

FSP_PORT
    The port number of the UDP socket used by the FSP server.

FSP_LOCALPORT
    The port number of the UDP socket used by FSP client utilities. The only reason to define this variable is to ensure mutual exclusion of client commands when none of the udp packet multiplexing mechanisms are enabled during compile time. You may pick any number not currently used for other purposes.

FSP_DIR
    The current working directory of the client in the FSP database. The root of the database is /.

FSP_TRACE
    If this variable is set, fcatcmd will display the number of kilo-byte blocks transferred as transfer progresses. Also shown will be a measure of characters per second so that network speed has an indicator. This variable has no effect when the standard output is a terminal.

FSP_TIMEOUT
    If this variable is set, it contains the timeout value. The default value is 4. No function if program was compiled without timeout code.

SEE ALSO
fcatcmd(1), fcdcmd(1), fgetcmd(1), fgrabcmd(1), flscmd(1), fmkdir(1), fprocmd(1), fput(1), frmcmd(1), frmdircmd(1), fver(1), fducmd(1), fhostcmd(1), fspd(1), fsp_prof(5), ffindcmd(1)