---
name: "ipac-convert"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "ipac-ng"
version: "1.27-5.1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ipac-convert"
---

# ipac-convert(8)

convert ipac accounting data

## NAME

ipac-convert - convert ipac accounting data

## SYNOPSIS

**ipac-convert** \[ **-f\|--fetchipac FETCHIPAC** \] \[ **-n\|--nothing** \] \[ **--start-step N** \] \[ **--end-step N** \] **source\_dir source\_storage dest\_dir dest\_storage**

## DESCRIPTION

**ipac-convert** is part of the  **ipac** linux ip accounting package.

**ipac-convert** reads all data stored in an ipac database as created by  [**fetchipac**(8)](/fetchipac/8.md) and copies it into another. It is able to access both databases through different storage methods and thus can convert between different database types.

On normal operation,  **ipac-convert** reads the data from the database in the directory **source\_dir** and copies it to the database in the directory **dest\_dir**. The source database is accessed through the storage method **source\_storage** and the destination database is accessed through the storage method **dest\_storage**.

## OPTIONS

- \-f\|--fetchipac

  Tell **ipac-convert** which fetchipac to use. (ipac-convert needs fetchipac to access databases.)

- \-n\|--nothing

  Don't actually do anything, but print the commands that would have been executed. This shows how ipac's database is accessed through **fetchipac** pretty well.

- \--start-step

  **ipac-convert** runs in four steps. Each step consists of one call to **fetchipac**. All these calls are normally connected in a pipeline. Using these options, the pipline is broken up; using --start-step will remove calls in front of the pipeline, resulting in  **ipac-convert** waiting for input on stdin; using --end-step will remove calls at the back of the pipeline, resulting in **ipac-convert** to emit data on stdout. The numeric argument to these options is a step number 1 ... 4.

  The steps are: (1) list timestamps of source; (2) strip timestamp count line (that is the first line); (3) list records from source and (4)  store records in destination.

## BUGS

If the source database is corrupted, results are undefined.

## VERSION

This man page belongs to ipac version 1.27. For updates and other information, look at  **http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipac-ng**

## AUTHOR

Moritz Both \<moritz@daneben.de\> Al Zaharov \<kaiser13@mail2000.ru\>

## SEE ALSO

[**fetchipac**(8)](/fetchipac/8.md)