This package is a collection miscellaneous programs that are not large enough to require thier own projects, but are useful none the less. For basic installation instructions, please see the INSTALL file.

For the latest information about this project is available from the following websites:

http://github.com/syzdek/dmstools/

Utilities and Tools

The following utilities and tools are included in this package:

Makefile-xcode - for calling Makefiles created with Automake from
    within Xcode using the external build target.

bindump - displays the contents of a file in binary notation or
    displays the difference between two files in binary notation
    if two files are specified.

bitcopy - Copies a specified number of bits into a buffer at a
    specific offset indicated and displays the output as binary.

bitops - Performs multiple calculations upon two numbers for a quick
    reference of the affects of bitwise operators.

codetagger - Replaces the text between two tags with the text
    contained within a tag definitions file.

colors - displays ANSI escape codes for generating colored text in
    text terminals.

macaddrinfo - MAC address tool for converting between MAC addresses, IPv6
    addresses, and modified EUI-64 identifiers as well as display meta
    information about MAC addresses.

netcalc - calculates inclusive network of one or more subnets and splits
    networks into smaller networks.

numconvert - converts between binary, octal, decimal, and hexidecimal
    based number systems.

posixregex - Attempts to match the specified regular expression
    using POSIX regular expressions against the provided strings.
    Useful for testing a POSIX regular expressions or using POSIX
    regular expressions in shell scripts.

suicide - This utility is used to test the behavior of signals
    without needing to run a program and using the kill
    utility.

typedef-info - display information about C/C++ data types.

urldesc - parse URL into components

urlencoding - encode/decode characters for URL

Installing From Source

Supported platforms:

* FreeBSD
* Slackware Linux 14.1
* OS X 10.8

Required Software:

* Bash shell
* GNU Autoconf
* GNU Automake
* GNU Compiler Collection
* GNU Gettext
* GNU Lib C
* GNU Libtool
* Make

Basic installation:

cd dmstools
./configure
make
make install

For additional installation information and options, please refer to the INSTALLATION file.

Getting the source

The source code for this project is maintained using git (http://git-scm.com). The following contains information to checkout the source code from the git repository and create the autotool files.

Browse Source: http://github.com/syzdek/dmstools

Git URLs: git://github.com/syzdek/dmstools.git git://git.scm.syzdek.net/pub/scm/net.syzdek/dmstools.git http://http.scm.syzdek.net/pub/scm/net.syzdek/dmstools.git ssh://ssh.scm.syzdek.net/pub/scm/net.syzdek/dmstools.git

Downloading Source:

  $ git clone git://github.com/syzdek/dmstools.git

Preparing Source:

  $ cd dmstools
  $ ./autogen.sh

Git Branches: master - Current release of packages. next - changes staged for next release pu - proposed updates for next release xx/yy+ - branch for testing new changes before merging to 'pu' branch