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Add pwsdump utility The pwsdum utility can dump PasswordSafe database files to a plaintext format and convert this format back into a PasswordSafe database.
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1 libpws
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2 =======
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4 Description
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5 -----------
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7 libpws provides an API for creating, reading, manipulating and writing
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8 Password Safe files, it currently supports version 3 of the Password Safe file
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9 format.
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11 Build Instructions
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12 ------------------
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14 libpws requires a POSIX:2004 compatible operating system, it has been tested
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15 to work on Linux distributions, FreeBSD, Solaris and Illumos-derived
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16 distributions. The following tools and shared libraries are required to build
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17 libpws:
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19 - GNU make >= 3.81
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20 - GNU or BSD install
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21 - Nettle
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23 Rebuilding the man pages additionally requires the xsltproc tool from libxml2.
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25 Before building libpws check the commented macros in the Makefile for any
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26 macros you may need to override depending on the used toolchain and operating
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27 system.
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29 By default, all files will be installed under the "/usr/local" directory, a
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30 different installation path prefix can be set via the `prefix` macro. In
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31 addition, a second path prefix can be specified via the `DESTDIR` macro which
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32 will be prepended to any path, incuding the `prefix` macro path prefix. In
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33 contrast to `prefix`, the path specified via the `DESTDIR` macro will only be
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34 prepended to paths during installation and not be used for constructing
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35 internal paths.
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37 The following instructions assume that `make` is GNU make, on some platforms
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38 it may be installed under a different name or a non-default path. In order to
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39 start the build process run `make all`. After a successful build, run `make
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40 install` to install the program, any associated data files and the
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41 documentation.
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43 Previously built binaries, object files, generated data files and
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44 documentation can be removed by running `make clean`, any additional,
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45 generated files which are not removed by the `clean` target can be removed by
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46 running `make clobber`.
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48 Contact
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49 -------
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51 Please send any feedback, translations or bug reports via email to
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52 <guido+libpws@berhoerster.name>.
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54 Bug Reports
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57 When sending bug reports, please always mention the exact version of libpws
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58 with which the issue occurs as well as the version of the operating system you
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59 are using and make sure that you provide sufficient information to reproduce
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60 the issue and include any input, output, any error messages.
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62 In case of build issues, please also specify the implementations and versions
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66 In case of crashes, please generate a stack trace with a suitable debugger
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67 such as gdb, lldb, dbx, or debug after a crash has occurred either by
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68 examining the resulting core file or by running the program from the debugger
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69 and attach it to the bug report. In order to generate a meaningful stack
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70 trace the program as well as any dynamically linked libraries need to be built
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72 required compiler flags. If any of the dynamically linked shared libraries do
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73 not contain debugging information, please either install debugging information
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74 for these libraries using mechanisms provided by your operating system or
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75 rebuild the libraries accordingly. Please refer to the documentation of the
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78 License
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79 -------
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81 Except otherwise noted, all files are Copyright (C) 2015 Guido Berhoerster and
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82 distributed under the following license terms:
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84 Copyright (C) 2015 Guido Berhoerster <guido+libpws@berhoerster.name>
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86 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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87 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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88 "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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89 without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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90 distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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91 permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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92 the following conditions:
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94 The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
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95 in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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99 MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
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100 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
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