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NAME
     comply - check files against specification

SYNOPSIS
     comply [ -C ][ -D ][ -R ][ -S ][ -c comment_char ][ -d
     field_delim ][ -e ]
     [ -f ][ -g grpfile ][ -h ][ -l ][ -m ][ -p passwdfile ][ -r
     pseudoroot ][ -v ]
     specification_file ...

DESCRIPTION
     The comply utility checks files in the file system against
     those listed in the specification file.  One or more
     specification files can be placed on the command line.
     Briefly, each line of the specification file is a
     description about a certain file in the file system.  The
     specification contains the information about the name of the
     file in the file system, who owns the file (owner), the
     group ownership, the file type, the major/minor device
     numbers if it is a device, the permission mode, the size in
     bytes, the hard link count, the RCS revision number, the
     checksum, and the symbolic link target if the file is a
     symbolic link are checked.  See bom(5) for details of file
     format.  Whenever a match does not occur an error is
     printed.  If the -f option is used, comply attempts to fix
     the file system version of the file to match the
     specification.

     Users may use comply to check their file protection modes.
     Additionally, for system files, it is recommended that
     comply be run from the initialization process through the
     file /etc/rc (see init(8) and rc(8)), or periodically by
     cron(8).

OPTIONS
     -C  Check checksums on regular files and directories.

     -D  Check major/minor numbers on devices.

     -R  Check RCS identification numbers on regular files.

     -S  Check sizes on regular files and directories.

     -c comment_char
         Change the comment character interpretation in the
         specification file to comment_char (default is % ).

     -d field_delim
         Change the field deliminter character interpretation in
         the specification file to field_delim (default is TAB ).

     -e  Make comply perform an existence check of the files (it



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         does NOT check file type, owner, links, size, etc.).

     -f  Make comply try to fix the file system according to the
         specification file (i.e.  change owner) if it can.  In
         addition, comply creates missing zero length files,
         missing directories, and symbolic links as necessary.

     -g grpfile
         Use grpfile as the group file for checking (default is
         /etc/group).

     -h  Print only a help message.  No other action will be
         taken no matter what other options are specified.

     -l  Check that the file hard link count is `greater than or
         equal' to the one in the specification, rather than
         exactly `equal'.

     -m  Check that the file mode is `greater' than the one in
         the specification, rather than exactly `equal'.

     -p passwdfile
         Use passwdfile as the password file for checking
         (default is /etc/passwd).

     -r pseudoroot
         Prepend pseudoroot to each file name being checked.
         (Default is null).

     -v  (Verbose.) Print all actions taken by comply, including
         symbolic link and zero length file creation. In
         addition, print all comment lines from the beginning of
         the specification file upto the first non-comment line.

RETURN VALUE
     [0]            No errors occurred.

     [1]            Errors occurred.

     [USAGE]        Incorrect command line syntax. Execution
                    terminated.

     [NP_ERR]       An error occurred that was not a system
                    error.  Execution terminated.

     [P_ERR]        A system error occurred. Execution
                    terminated.  See intro(2) for more
                    information on system errors.

CAVEATS
     The comply utility cannot fix hard link counts, RCS ids, and
     checksums, nor is it currently able to create devices.



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SEE ALSO
     bom(5), cron(8), and stat(2).





















































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