NAME

SYNOPSIS

  fsfiles [options] <filesys1> ... <filesysN>

DESCRIPTION

If no file systems are given on the command line, then the root file system will be used. If any file systems were given, then their files will be included in the file list.

By default, fsfiles does not cross file system boundaries. This may be changed by using the -noxdev option.

The files in the hierarchies on the hierarchy list will be written to an output file. The default file-list file is ./fsfiles. A different file may be specified with the -outfile option. If the output file exists, it must be a regular file and be writable. If it doesn't exist, fsfiles must be able to create the file.

The file list is built using the find command. Specific behaviors, such as whether or not symbolic links are followed, depends on how find behaves. The find execution can be fine-tuned by using the -findopts option with fsfiles.

The file list is sorted using the sort command. Specific behaviors, such as sort ordering, depends on how sort behaves.

fsfiles is essentially a front-end to find and sort. Complex invocations of either command might be better suited by using those commands directly.

OPTIONS

• -append
This option instructs fsfiles to append to an existing output file.
• -findopts
This option provides a set of options that will be passed to find. These options must be valid find options; fsfiles does not validate them. If multiple options are to be given, or if options are given that require arguments, the entire set must be passed in quotes.

For example, the following command will tell fsfiles to only list regular files in the current directory that are newer than a specified file:

    fsfiles . -findopts '-type f -newer last-list-time'

• -nosort
This option prevents fsfiles from sorting the output file.
• -noxdev
This option determines whether or not file system boundaries will be crossed. By default, fsfiles will pass the -xdev option to the find command. If the -noxdev option is given, then -xdev will not be given to find.
• -outfile
This option specifies the name of the output file.
• -verbose
This option provides verbose output.
• -Version
Display the version information for fsfiles.
• -help
Display a help message.

LICENSE

Copyright 2015 Wayne Morrison

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

AUTHOR

SEE ALSO