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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Man page of DOSAGE</TITLE>
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<H1>DOSAGE</H1>
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Section: User Commands (1)<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="index.html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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dosage - a commandline webcomic downloader and archiver
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>dosage</B> [<I>options</I>] <I>module</I>...
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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<B>dosage</B>
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is an application designed to keep a local mirror of specific
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web comics and other picture-based content, such as
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<I>Picture Of The Day</I> sites, with a variety of options
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for updating and maintaining collections.
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<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT><B>-b</B> <I>PATH</I>, <B>--basepath=</B><I>PATH</I><DD>
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Specifies a base path to put comic subdirectories. The default is <B>Comics</B>.
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<DT><B>--baseurl=</B><I>PATH</I><DD>
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Specifies the base URL for output events. The default is a local file URI.
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<DT><B>-a</B>, <B>--all</B><DD>
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Traverses all available strips backwards from the current one.
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This can be useful you want a full collection of a new comic strip,
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or update an existing one where files are missing.
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Catchups can start at a specific strip by using the index syntax, see
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the
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<B>INDEX SYNTAX</B>
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and
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<B>SPECIAL SYNTAX</B>
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sections for more information. This is useful when you missed some days
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and want only to download the missing files.
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<DT><B>-c</B>, <B>--continue</B><DD>
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Same as <B>--all</B>, but stop at the first existing image file.
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Useful for cron jobs that are not executed every day.
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<DT><B>-h</B>, <B>--help</B><DD>
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Output brief help information.
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<DT><B>-l</B>, <B>--list</B><DD>
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List available comic modules in multi-column fashion.
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<DT><B>--singlelist</B><DD>
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List available comic modules in single-column fashion.
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<DT><B>-m</B> <I>MODULE</I>, <B>--modulehelp=</B><I>MODULE</I><DD>
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Output module-specific help for <I>MODULE</I>.
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<DT><B>-o</B> <I>OUTPUT</I>, <B>--output=</B><I>OUTPUT</I><DD>
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<I>OUTPUT</I> may be any one of the following:
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</DL>
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<P>
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<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
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<B>html </B>-
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Writes out an HTML file linking to the strips actually downloaded in the
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current run, named by date (ala dailystrips). The files can be found in the
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<B>html</B> directory of your <B>Comics</B> directory.
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</DL>
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<P>
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<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
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<B>rss </B>-
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Writes out an RSS feed detailing what strips were downloaded in the last 24
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hours. The feed can be found in <B>Comics/dailydose.xml</B>.
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</DL>
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT><B>-t</B>, <B>--timestamps</B><DD>
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Print timestamps for all output at any level.
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<DT><B>-v</B>, <B>--verbose</B><DD>
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Increase the output level by one with each occurence.
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<DT><B>-V</B>, <B>--version</B><DD>
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Display the version number.
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<I>module</I>
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At least one valid
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<I>module</I>
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must be specified. A list of valid modules can be found by passing the
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<B>-l</B>
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option. Multiple
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<I>module</I>
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arguments can be specified on the command line.
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Module names are case insensitive, and it is sufficient to specify a
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unique substring of the module name.
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</DL>
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<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
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<H2>INDEX SYNTAX</H2>
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Instead of starting at the latest comic strip, an index lets dosage start
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at a certain strip. The index can be specified by appending a colon <B>:</B>
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and the index name after the module. Multiple comma-spearated indices can
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also be specified.
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<P>
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The index name itself usually is the part of the comic strip URL that identifiess
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a strip, eg. a number or a date. The expected format is documented when using
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the <B>--modulehelp</B> option.
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<H2>SPECIAL SYNTAX</H2>
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT><B>@</B>
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<DD>
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This expands to mean all the comics currently in your <B>Comics</B>
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directory. All other specified comic module names will be ignored.
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<DT><B>@@</B>
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<DD>
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This expands to mean all the comics available to Dosage.
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</DL>
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<P>
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<B>INDEX SYNTAX</B> can not be used with <B>SPECIAL SYNTAX</B>.
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<H2>EXAMPLES</H2>
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Retrieve all Mega Tokyo comics:
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<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
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<B>dosage -a megatokyo</B>
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</DL>
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<P>
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Retrieve the current comic of Cyanide and Happiness:
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<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
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<B>dosage cyanideandhappiness</B>
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</DL>
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<P>
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Retrieve the current strip of all comics in your <B>Comics</B> directory:
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<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
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<B>dosage @</B>
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</DL>
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<P>
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Retrieve the current strip of every comic that there is a module for:
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<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
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<B>dosage @@</B>
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</DL>
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<P>
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Retrieve the Penny Arcade strip for a given index:
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<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
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<B>dosage pennyarcade:2004-07-22</B>
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</DL>
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<P>
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Retrieve Calvin and Hobbes strips from a given index going backwards to
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the beginning.
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<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
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<B>dosage -a calvinandhobbes:20120722</B>
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</DL>
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<P>
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On Unix, <B><A HREF="../man1/xargs.1.html">xargs</A>(1)</B> can download several comic strips in parallel,
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for example using up to 4 processes:
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<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
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<B>cd Comics && find . -type d | xargs -n1 -P4 dosage -b . -v</B>
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</DL>
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<H2>ENVIRONMENT</H2>
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT>HTTP_PROXY<DD>
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<B>mainline</B>
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will use the specified HTTP proxy when downloading URL contents.
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</DL>
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
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Should retrieval fail on any given strip
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<B>mainline</B>
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will attempt to retry. However the retry information is only outputted
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in the
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<B>second</B>
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and successive output levels.
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<P>
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At the time of writing, a
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<B>complete</B>
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Dosage collection weighs in at around 3.0GB.
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<A NAME="lbAK"> </A>
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
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The return value greater than zero when
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT>•<DD>
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a program error occurred.
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<DT>•<DD>
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comics could not be found or downloaded
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<DT>•<DD>
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the program run was aborted with Ctrl-C
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</DL>
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<P>
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Else the return value is zero.
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<A NAME="lbAL"> </A>
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<H2>BUGS</H2>
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Users can report or view bugs, patches or feature suggestions at
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<I><A HREF="https://github.com/wummel/dosage/issues">https://github.com/wummel/dosage/issues</A></I>
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<A NAME="lbAM"> </A>
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<H2>AUTHORS</H2>
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Jonathan Jacobs <<A HREF="mailto:korpse@slipgate.za.net">korpse@slipgate.za.net</A>>
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<BR>
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Tristan Seligmann <<A HREF="mailto:mithrandi@slipgate.za.net">mithrandi@slipgate.za.net</A>>
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<BR>
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Bastian Kleineidam <<A HREF="mailto:bastian.kleineidam@web.de">bastian.kleineidam@web.de</A>>
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<H2>COPYRIGHT</H2>
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Copyright © 2004-2005 Tristan Seligmann and Jonathan Jacobs
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<BR>
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Copyright © 2012-2013 Bastian Kleineidam
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<P>
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<HR>
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DL>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAF">INDEX SYNTAX</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAG">SPECIAL SYNTAX</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAH">EXAMPLES</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAI">ENVIRONMENT</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAJ">NOTES</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAK">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAL">BUGS</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAM">AUTHORS</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAN">COPYRIGHT</A><DD>
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</DL>
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