# $FreeBSD: stable/4/tools/tools/README 144905 2005-04-11 12:40:06Z avatar $

This directory is for tools.

A tool is something which is sometimes useful, and doesn't fit any of the
other categories.

Please make a subdir per program, and add a brief description to this file.

commitsdb	A tool for reconstructing commit history using md5
		checksums of the commit logs.
crypto		Exercise the crypto framework through /dev/crypto
editing		Editor modes and the like to help editing FreeBSD code.
epfe 		Extract printing filter examples from printing.sgml.
html-mv         Rename HTML generated filenames to human readable filenames.
ifinfo		Uses the interface MIB to print out all the information
		an interface exports in an ugly form.
kdrv		KernelDriver; add/list/remove third-party kernel driver
		source to/in/from a kernel source tree.
kernxref	Shellscript to cross reference symbols in the LINT kernel.
kerninclude	Shellscript to find unused #includes in the kernel.
mid	 	Create a Message-ID database for mailing lists.
pirtool		A tool for dumping the $PIR table on i386 machines at runtime.
portsinfo 	Generate list of new ports for last two weeks.
scsi-defects	Get at the primary or grown defect list of a SCSI disk.
tcl_bmake	Generates a bmake Makefile for src/lib/libtcl.
upgrade         Scripts used for upgrading an installed system.
vop_table	Generates a HTML document that shows all the VOP's in
		the kernel.
diffburst	OBSOLETE: equivalent functionality is available via split -p.
		For example: "cat patchfile | split -p ^diff". See split(1).

