MKFAD(1) General Commands Manual MKFAD(1)
NAME
mkfad - make a FAD file
SYNOPSIS
mkfad [ -V | --version ] [ -v | --verbose | -d level | --debug=level ]
[ -h | --help ] [ -p | --paths ] [ -n | --simulate ] [ -i infile |
--infile=infile ] [ -o outfile | --outfile=outfile ] [ --no-crcs ]
DESCRIPTION
Mkfad reads a list of files from the standard input, such as is gener-
ated by find(1), and generates a FAD file (See fad(5)) for those files
listed on standard output.
CONFIGURATION
None.
OPTIONS
-d level, --debug=level Determines how verbose this program will be.
The message types displayed for the different
values of level are as follows: 0 displays no
messages; 1 displays only errors, 2 displays
errors and warnings; 3 displays errors, warn-
ings and informational messages; higher values
display errors, warnings, informational mes-
sages and various messages intended for debug-
ging. The default is 2.
-h, --help Displays a brief usage message.
-p, --paths Lists the compiled-in paths of various files
and directories that this program uses. -n,
--simulate Some external commands that this
program runs may be displayed rather than ac-
tually executed. BEWARE: different programs
implement different levels of simulation; so
this option may work perfectly; on the other
hand it may do nothing at all!
-v, --verbose Equivalent to -d 3.
-V, --version Prints the program's version number and exits.
-i,--infile=infile Reads the file list from infile. The default
is to read standard input.
--no-crcs Suppress the writing of CRCs; this will con-
siderably speed up the process of collecting
the data about each filesystem item, but will
make it impossible to distinguish files whose
contents have changed.
-o,--outfile=outfile Writes the database to outfile. The default
is to write to standard output.
EXIT STATUS
On success mkfad returns zero. On failure it returns non-zero and dis-
plays a diagnostic message.
FILES
None.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
None.
EXAMPLES
The following command generates a FAD database to standard output for
the entire system:
find / -print | mkfad
CAVEATS
None.
STANDARDS
This manual page documents version 7 of mkfad.
SEE ALSO
perl(1), fad(5), find(1), faddiff(1), fadcat(1), compress(1), gzip(1),
fad-config(1)
AUTHOR
Alexis Huxley <alexishuxley@gmail.com>
COPYRIGHT & DISTRIBUTION POLICY
Copyright (C) 1995-2024 Alexis Huxley
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER-
CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
30 Jul 2024 MKFAD(1)
