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.TH CFS 8 LOCAL "USGS Pacific Marine Geology"
.SH NAME
cfs \- check file states
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cfs
\-[scudt][v]  statfile  [filename ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Cfs
maintains a
.I statfile
for checking the states of many files.
.I Cfs
checks for changes in most of the parameters returned by the
.BR stat (2)
system call, including:
inode number,
file mode,
link count,
owner,
group,
length,
modification date/time,
and
inode change date/time.
Access date/time is not checked for obvious reasons,
and modification date/time is not checked for character or block special
devices.
By checking file states on a regular basis,
you can help insure the security of the files checked.
.PP
Normal use of
.I cfs
is with the
.B \-s
option, as in:
.sp
.RS
cfs  \-s  statfile
.RE
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "\-s"
checks the Status of each filename in
.I statfile
against the recorded status.
If any differences are found,
a warning message is printed on standard output,
and
.I cfs
exits with an error status.
.IP "\-c"
Creates a
.I statfile
from a list of filenames read from standard input.
.IP "\-u"
Updates
.I statfile
for each
.I filename.
If no entry is found, the entry is added.
.IP "\-d"
Deletes the entry for each
.I filename
from
.I statfile.
.IP "\-t"
prints a Table of contents for the entire
.I statfile
if no filename present.
With 
.B \-tv,
prints the status information.
Output format is similar to the output from \*(lqls  \-lig\*(rq,
with the addition of inode change time after the modification time.
.IP "v"
Verbose option,
prints a file-by-file description of the actions taken.
Can be added to any of the other options, 
i.e.
.BR \-sv ,
.BR \-cv ,
.BR \-uv ,
.BR \-dv ,
.BR \-tv .
.SH EXAMPLES
To create a
.I statfile
for your home directory you could use the following sequence:
.sp
.RS
.nf
echo  $HOME/.??*  $HOME/*  |  cfs  \-c  statfile
.fi
.RE
.sp
To remove the volatile entries \*(lq.msgsrc\*(rq and \*(lqcalendar\*(rq:
.sp
.RS
.nf
cfs  \-d  statfile  $HOME/.msgsrc  $HOME/calendar
.fi
.RE
.sp
To check file states:
.sp
.RS
.nf
cfs  \-s  statfile
.fi
.RE
.SH NOTES
.PP
The
.I statfile
is exclusively locked using
.IR flock (2)
for
.I any
operation.
.I Cfs
will exit with an error message if the
.I statfile
is locked.
.PP
When creating a
.I statfile,
use absolute pathnames for best results
e.g. \*(lq/we/foo/bar\*(rq not just \*(lqbar\*(rq.
.PP
.IR Statfile s
may be glued together using
.BR cat (1).
Otherwise, the status data is stored in binary form,
and the
.IR statfile s
should not be read or edited.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.TP
cfs: status check FAILED for \f2FILENAME\f1
The file status stored in the statfile doesn't match the current status of
.IR FILENAME ,
or
.I FILENAME
doesn't exist.
With the
.B \-v
option, more detail is printed.
You should investigate this potential security violation.
.TP
cfs: can't open \f2STATFILE\f1 for reading
.TP
cfs: can't open \f2STATFILE\f1 for writing
.TP
cfs: statfile \f2STATFILE\f1 is in use and locked
Another
.I cfs
program is using the
.IR STATFILE .
Try again later.
.TP
cfs: error - truncated statfile
The statfile was not as long as expected.
Perhaps you specified a file that is not really a statfile.
.TP
cfs: error - bad pathname in statfile
A mangled pathname is in the statfile.
Perhaps the statfile is truncated or trashed, or
perhaps you specified a statfile that is not really a statfile.
.TP
cfs: \f2STATFILE\f1 not changed
If
.I cfs
encounters an error during an update (\f3\-u\f1) or delete (\f3\-d\f1)
operation,
the original
.I STATFILE
will not be changed.
.TP
cfs: option \f2X\f1 not recognized
You specified a command line option other than
.BR -scudtv .
.TP
cfs: no statfile specified
You did not specify the name of the statfile to be used on the command line.
.TP
cfs: \f2X\f1: only one of {scudt} may be specified
You gave more than one action option on the command line, e.g.
.BR \-ut .
.TP
cfs: one of {-s -c -u -d -t} must be specified
You did not give any action options on the command line, e.g.
.BR \-v .
.SH FILES
\&./cfs.XXXXXX \- temporary file for update and delete operations.
.SH BUGS
.I Cfs
can't properly check the status of the
.I statfile
using
.I statfile.
This bug is not a fault of the program \-
\*(lqTime is Mother Nature's way of keeping everything
from happening at once.\*(rq
.SH AUTHOR
Rex Sanders, USGS Pacific Marine Geology