dktools 1.2.29

Change log

• Version 1.2.29
  A program filtmsql was added to reformat mysqldump output. Mysqldump produces text files containing very long lines for tables having large numbers of entries. The filtmsql program splits these lines.
• Version 1.2.28
  If standard input/output is switched to binary mode by blksize, cmb or rndbytes on Windows systems the mode is switched back to the original text/binary mode before the program exits.
• Version 1.2.27
  The rndbytes and createp programs were rewritten completely to use the libdkappr library. Depending on the PRNGs available at your system both programs can use the OpenSSL PRNG, initstate()/setstate()/random(), nrand48() or the rand() function to produce random data.
  Note: For cryptographic purposes and authentication you should use the OpenSSL PRNG.
• Version 1.2.26
  
  • Bugfix in the createp program: In version 1.2.25 the program did not write a $HOME/.rnd file. This is fixed now.
• Version 1.2.25
  
  • The applications were changed to use the new dkapp_stdout() function in the dklibs library set which uses codepages if necessary.
    This creates correct output on Windows systems when the programs are used at the command line prompt.
  • For Windows and other systems without a getuid() function the ownership check is skipped in createp for the $HOME/.rnd file.
  • The file permission check is skipped in createp on Windows because the permissions returned by stat() always indicates read/write access to that file for group and others.
  • The priority of messages for /dev/urandom and/or /dev/random not found was lowered to "debug" in createp.
• Version 1.2.24
  
  • The createp application was rewritten completely to use the OpenSSL PRNG.
• Version 1.2.23
  
  • Bugfix: Most -- but not all -- systems having a long long unsigned data type can print long long unsigned using a ``%llu'' format string. But some systems use a ``%I64u'' format string instead.
    Previous versions of the kls program always used ``%llu''. Version 1.2.23 and above use ``%I64u'' if _MSC_VER>= 1100 on Windows systems.
• Version 1.2.22
  
  • New feature: The program text2htm can be used to convert text (plain text or UTF-8 encoded text) to HTML. The program can either create a full HTML document or just recode the characters.
• Version 1.2.21
  
  • New feature: The programs echo2lat and text2lat can be used to convert text (plain text or UTF-8 encoded text) into the corresponding LaTeX sequences.
• Version 1.2.20
  
  • Bug fix: When removing unnecessary dependencies of edbp in the Makefile I removed one library too much, the dkport library is needed by that program.
    This is fixed now.
• Version 1.2.19
  
  • New program edbp.
    The edbp program generates an endless sequence of byte pattern blocks. The sequence is not really endless but edbp runs until it is stopped by a signal -- i.e. SIGPIPE.
    The program can be used to overwrite an entire hard disk using static patterns. You should run several passes using different patterns. Finally initialize the hard disk using 0x00 bytes so it behaves like a new-manufactured disk.
  • New options were added to the rndbytes program:
    • -n
      to generate an ``endless'' sequence of random byte blocks.
    • -p
      to use process ID, date an time in addition to other information to seed the PRNG.
    To erase an entire disk run

    rndbytes -x -p -n -b 512 | dd of=/dev/sdb bs=512
    

    multiple times to overwrite the entire disk and

    dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512
    

    once to provide a ``new'' empty disk for formatting programs or software installation programs.
    Note: The /dev/sdb device was used just as an example. Make sure to provide the correct device name for your disk instead.
    Note: Using pseudo-random data to overwrite an entire disk may take a long time. Consider to use edbp and run multiple passes instead.
• Version 1.2.18
  
  • Program blksize added.
• Version 1.2.17
  
  • The dksf_echo...() functions are used in dksavepw to turn keyboard echo off and back on.
• Version 1.2.16
  
  • Bugfix: Added RAND_cleanup() to rndbytes program to release the memory used by the OpenSSL PRNG.
• Version 1.2.15
  
  • The new program rndbytes writes pseudo random contents into a file.
  • The new option -o for the showhex program produces octal output.
• Version 1.2.14
  
  • License change: This project uses a BSD-style license now.
• Version 1.2.13
  
  • Documentation, string tables and other platform-independent read-only files are installed in ${prefix}/share now.
• Version 1.2.12
  
  • A new application dksavepw was added to create password files. The program turns keyboard echo off and asks you to enter a password (two times). The password is saved to the specified file.
• Version 1.2.11
  
  • Bug fixed in the showhex program. We open the input file explicitely in binary mode now.
• Version 1.2.10
  
  • Makefile "makefile.msc" added for MS Visual C++.
• Version 1.2.9
  
  • An example /etc/appdefaults.createp file is shipped with the source and installed as /etc/appdefaults.createp.sample.
    If there is no /etc/appdefaults.createp yet, the file is installed as /etc/appdefaults.createp too.
  • Bug fixed: the kls program always returned exit status 1. Now it returns 0 on success.
• Version 1.2.8
  
  • When opening files we check to not accidently open directories as files.
• Version 1.2.6
  
  • Added option "-p" to dkpwd.
    Windows users can use

    dkpwd -b -p
    

    to obtain the current working directory using slashes instead of backslashes and without trailing newline.
    This can be used in .cshrc for tcsh like:

    set prompt = "`dkpwd -b -p`\>\ "
    alias cd 'cd \!* ; set prompt = "`dkpwd -b -p`\>\ "'
    alias chdir 'chdir \!* ; set prompt = "`dkpwd -b -p`\>\ "'
    

• Version 1.2.5
  
  • Version when moving the project to SourceForge.