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1.1       root        1: .TH NCHECK 8  "4 February 1983"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: ncheck \-  generate names from i-numbers
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B /etc/ncheck
                      7: [
                      8: .B \-i
                      9: numbers ]  [
                     10: .B \-a
                     11: ] [
                     12: .B \-s
                     13: ]  filesystem
                     14: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     15: .B N.B.:
                     16: For most normal file system maintenance, the function of
                     17: .I ncheck
                     18: is subsumed by
                     19: .IR fsck (8).
                     20: .PP
                     21: .I Ncheck
                     22: with no argument
                     23: generates a pathname vs. i-number
                     24: list of all files
                     25: on a set of default file systems.
                     26: Names of directory files are followed by `/\fB.\fR'.
                     27: The
                     28: .B \-i
                     29: option reduces the report to only those files whose i-numbers follow.
                     30: The
                     31: .B \-a
                     32: option
                     33: allows printing of the names
                     34: .RB ` . '
                     35: and
                     36: .RB ` .. ',
                     37: which are ordinarily suppressed.
                     38: The
                     39: .B \-s
                     40: option reduces the report to special files
                     41: and files with set-user-ID mode;
                     42: it is intended to discover concealed violations
                     43: of security policy.
                     44: .PP
                     45: A file system must be specified.
                     46: .PP
                     47: The report is in no useful
                     48: order, and probably should be sorted.
                     49: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     50: sort(1), dcheck(8), fsck(8), icheck(8)
                     51: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     52: When the filesystem structure is improper,
                     53: `??' denotes the `parent' of
                     54: a parentless file and
                     55: a pathname beginning with `...' denotes a loop.

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