Ignite-UX Reference (March 2010, B3921-90005)

check_tape_recovery(1M) check_tape_recovery(1M)

NAME

check_tape_recovery − compare contents of a tape recovery image to a running system

SYNOPSIS

/opt/ignite/bin/check_tape_recovery [-?]

DESCRIPTION

check_tape_recovery compares the ﬁles on a currently running system with a tape recovery archive

created by make_tape_recovery. A list of ﬁles on the current system is compared to the list of ﬁles

in the archive, and a report is generated showing those ﬁles that have been added, deleted, and changed

since the archive was created.

The system administrator may use this report to assist in determining whether a new archive should be cre-

ated with make_tape_recovery.

Options

check_tape_recovery recognizes the following option:

-? Displays the help screen.

Report Format

The check_tape_recovery report consists of for sections: ﬁles added, ﬁles deleted, ﬁles changed,

and a one-line summary.

Lines beginning with Added: list those ﬁles that have been added under locations archived by

make_tape_recovery since the recovery image was created. These ﬁles will be lost if the system is

recovered from the archive.

Lines beginning with Deleted: list the ﬁles that have been deleted from locations archived by

make_tape_recovery since the recovery image was created. These ﬁles will reappear if the system is

recovered from the archive.

Lines beginning with Changed: list those ﬁles in the archive which have been modiﬁed, and indicates

which attributes have changed (mode, modiﬁcation time, or size). It also displays the values of these

attributes in the archive and on the running system. The format of the record is a line beginning with the

string Changed:, followed by the path of the ﬁle, followed by a tab-separated list of modiﬁcation

records indicating which attributes have changed.

Changed: <ﬁle path>[TAB]moderec[TAB]mtimerec[TAB]sizerec

where moderec is of the form

mode: oldmode --> currentmode

mtime: oldtime --> currenttime

size: oldsize --> currentsize

Only the modiﬁcation records corresponding to those attributes that have changed are displayed.

The ﬁnal line of the report begins with the word Summary: and the total number of ﬁles in the archive,

on the system, and the number of ﬁles added, deleted, and changed on the system since the archive was cre-

ated.

It is important to note that check_tape_recovery only compares ﬁles in locations archived by

make_tape_recovery. See make_tape_recovery(1M), in particular the discussion of the -f con-

tent_file and -x content-options arguments and the Including and Excluding From Arc hive

section. Files added, removed, or modiﬁed outside of the locations included in the archive are not analyzed

by check_tape_recovery and are not included in the summary statistics printed at the end of the report.

International Code Set Support

Ignite-UX uses a variety of system commands to accomplish its functionality. Because the output of many

of these commands is parsed, Ignite-UX ensures that the POSIX locale is normally used by modifying envi-

ronment variables. Help text and some command output not parsed by Ignite-UX will be left in the user’s