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8.Dd
9.Dt MTREE 8
10.Os BSD 4.4
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm mtree
13.Nd map a directory hierarchy
14.Sh SYNOPSIS
15.Nm mtree
16.Op Fl cderux
17.Op Fl f Ar spec
18.Op Fl p Ar path
19.Sh DESCRIPTION
20.Nm Mtree
21compares a directory hierarchy against a specification for a
22directory hierarchy.
23By default, the specification is read from the standard input.
24.Nm Mtree
25verifies that the tree rooted in the current directory matches the
26specification.
27.Pp
28Messages are written to standard output for any files whose
29characteristics do not match those of the specification, or which are
30missing from either the specification or the tree.
31.Pp
32The options are as follows:
33.Tp Fl c
34Print a specification for the tree to standard output.
35.Tp Fl d
36Ignore everything except directory type files.
37.Tp Fl e
38Don't object to files that are in the tree but not in the specification.
39.Tp Fl f
40Read the specification from
41.Ar file  ,
42instead of from standard input.
43.Tp Fl p
44Traverse the tree rooted in
45.Ar path  ,
46instead of the current directory.
47.Tp Fl r
48Remove any files in the tree that are not described in the
49specification.
50.Tp Fl u
51Modify the owner, group, and permissions of existing files to match
52the specification, as well as create any missing directories.
53Owner, group, and permissions must all be specified for missing
54directories to be created.
55.Tp Fl x
56Don't descend below any mount points.
57.Tp
58.Pp
59Specifications are mostly composed of ``keywords'', i.e. strings that
60that specify values relating to files.
61No keywords have default values, and if a keyword has no set value no
62checks based on it are performed.
63.Pp
64Currently supported keywords are as follows:
65.Tw Cm
66.Tp Cm cksum
67The checksum of the file using the algorithm specified by
68the program
69.Xr cksum  1  .
70.Tp Cm ignore
71Causes the hierarchy below the file to be ignored.
72.Tp Cm group
73The group of the file; may be either numeric or symbolic.
74.Tp Cm mode
75The current file's permissions as an absolute (octal) or symbolic
76value (see
77.Xr chmod  1  ) .
78.Tp Cm nlink
79The number of hard links the file is expected to have.
80.Tp Cm owner
81The owner of the file; may be either numeric or symbolic.
82.Tp Cm size
83The size, in bytes, of the file.
84.Tp Cm link
85The file a symbolic link is expected to reference.
86.Tp Cm time
87The last modification time of the file.
88.Tp Cm type
89The type of the file; may be set to any one of the following:
90.Tw Cm
91.Tp Tp Cm block
92block special device
93.Tp Cm char
94character special device
95.Tp Cm dir
96directory
97.Tp Cm fifo
98fifo
99.Tp Cm file
100regular file
101.Tp Cm link
102symbolic link
103.Tp Cm socket
104socket
105.Tp
106.Tp
107.Pp
108There are four types of lines in a specification.
109.Pp
110The first type of line sets a ``global'' value for a keyword, and
111consists of a leading ``/set'' followed by whitespace, followed by
112sets of keyword/value pairs, separated by whitespace.
113Keyword/value pairs consist of a keyword, followed by a equals sign
114(``=''), followed by a value, without intervening whitespace.
115Once a keyword has been set, its value remains unchanged until either
116set again or unset.
117.Pp
118The second type of line unsets keywords and consists of a leading
119``/unset'', followed by whitespace, followed by one or more keywords,
120separated by whitespace.
121.Pp
122The third type of line is a file specification and consists of a file
123name, followed by whitespace, followed by zero or more whitespace
124separated keyword/value pairs.
125The file name may be preceded by any number of whitespace characters.
126The file name may contain any of the standard file name matching
127characters (``['', ``]'', ``?'' or ``*''), in which case files
128in the hierarchy will be associated with the first pattern that
129they match.
130.Pp
131Each of the keyword/value pairs consist of a keyword, followed by an
132equals sign (``=''), followed by the keyword's value, without intervening
133whitespace.
134These values override, without changing, the global value of the
135corresponding keyword.
136.Pp
137All paths are relative.
138Specifying a directory will cause subsequent files to be searched
139for in that directory hierarchy.
140Which brings us to the last type of line in a specification: a line
141containing only the string
142.Dq Nm \&..
143causes the current directory
144path to ascend one level.
145.Pp
146Empty lines and lines whose first non-whitespace character is a hash
147mark (``#'') are ignored.
148.Pp
149.Nm Mtree
150exits with a status of 0 on success and >0 if an error occurred or the
151tree did not match the specification.
152.Sh FILES
153.Dw /etc/mtree
154.Di L
155.Dp Pa /etc/mtree
156system specification directory
157.Dp
158.Sh SEE ALSO
159.Xr chmod 1 ,
160.Xr chown 1 ,
161.Xr chgrp 1 ,
162.Xr cksum 1 ,
163.Xr find 1 ,
164.Xr stat 2 ,
165.Xr fts 3 ,
166.Xr mkproto 8
167.Sh BUGS
168The
169.Cm cksum
170keyword is not yet implemented.
171.Pp
172The
173.Cm time
174keyword should be specifiable in human readable terms.
175.Sh EXAMPLE
176.Ds I
177#	  fs: /a/staff/rick/mybin
178#	  by: rick
179#	date: Fri May 25 12:26:57 1990
180.sp
181/set group=staff mode=0555 nlink=1 owner=rick type=file
182[ 		nlink=2 size=6144
183adb		size=53248
184df		group=operator mode=02555 size=20480
185ps		group=kmem mode=02555 size=54272
186rcp		owner=root mode=04555 size=79872
187test		nlink=2 size=6144
188.sp
189/set group=wheel mode=0444 nlink=1 owner=rick type=file
190manpages	type=dir mode=0775 nlink=2 size=1024
191adb.man	size=9473
192df.man	size=5263
193tar.man	size=3324
194\&..
195.De
196.\" .Sh ENVIRONMENT
197.Sh HISTORY
198.Nm Mtree
199debuts in 4.4 BSD.
200