1 This package contains some the utilities from Ian Jackson's private
2 system `chiark.greenend.org.uk'.
4 This package, containing the moderately portable sources and Debian
5 packaging information, and the resulting Debian binary packages, was
6 put together by Ian, but with assistance from other chiark users. For
7 both upstream and Debian packaging questions, please contact
8 chiark-utils-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk.
11 The software included is:
13 chiark backup, for small systems or networks. chiark backup is
14 Copyright 1997-1998,2000-2001 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
15 Copyright 1999 Peter Maydell <pmaydell@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
17 readbuffer/writebuffer (in the backup directory), filters for keeping
18 tape drives streaming and audio output devices playing. They are:
19 Copyright 1997-1998,2000-2001 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
21 sync-accounts, a tool for synchronising UN*X password data. It's
22 Copyright 1999-2000,2002 Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>
23 Copyright 2000-2001 nCipher Corporation Ltd
25 chiark-named-conf (in the scripts directory) checks and generates
26 nameserver configurations. It is:
27 Copyright 2002 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
29 watershed, a tool for optimising runs of idempotent commands, is
30 Copyright 2007 Canonical Ltd
32 xbatmon-simple, a simple X client for displaying ACPI battery status
33 Copyright 2004,2012 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
35 xduplic-copier, a simple X client for typing into multiple windows
36 Copyright 2002,2013 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
38 git-cache-proxy, a rather shoddy daemon for speeding up git clone
39 Copyright 2013 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
41 summer, a tool for reporting complete details about a filesystem tree
42 Copyright 2003-2007 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
43 manpage Copyright 2006 Peter Maydell <pmaydell@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
45 cvs-repomove and cvs-adjustroot: tools for moving CVS repositories
46 Copyright 2004-2006 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
48 cvsweb-list: cgi program to list ucgi (userv-utils) cvsweb repos
49 Copyright 2001 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
51 expire-iso8601: keeps or expires backup trees named after their dates
52 Copyright 2006 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
54 gnucap2genspic, ngspice2genspic, genspic2gnuplot:
55 Tools for converting gnucap files and ngspice output files to
56 genspic and genspic files to gnuplot input so they can be plotted.
57 Copyright 2004 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
59 hexterm: connect to serial port and interact in ASCII and hex (hex terminal)
60 Copyright 2005 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
62 palm-datebook-reminders: for mailing reminders about Palm PDA appointments
63 Copyright 2003 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
65 acctdump: for reading process acounting files
66 Copyright 1998,2001,2006 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
68 random-word, remountresizereiserfs, summarise-mailbox-preserving-privacy
69 Miscellaneous utilities.
70 Copyright 2004,2006 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
73 Utility for finding usenet articles by messageid from an NNTP server
74 Copyright -2011 Simon Tatham
75 Copyright 2011 Richard Kettlewell
76 Copyright 2011 Colin Watson
77 Copyright 2011 Ian Jackson
78 Dual licence MIT/GPL3+
81 Copyright 2010 Tony Finch
82 Copyright 2013,2014 Ian Jackson
84 The chiark utilities are all free software; you can redistribute them
85 and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public License
86 as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the
87 License, or (at your option) any later version.
89 These programs are distributed in the hope that they will be useful,
90 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
91 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
92 General Public License for more details.
94 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License with
95 your Debian GNU/Linux system, in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3, or
96 with the chiark-utils source package as the file COPYING; if not,
97 email me at one of the addresses above or consult the Free Software
98 Foundation's website at www.fsf.org, or the GNU Project website at