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diff --git a/metastore.1 b/metastore.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..60f2db9 --- /dev/null +++ b/metastore.1 @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +.TH metastore "1" "May 2007" +.\" +.SH NAME +metastore \- stores and restores filesystem metadata +.\" +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBmetastore\fR \fIACTION\fR [\fIOPTION...\fR] [\fIPATH...\fR] +.\" +.SH DESCRIPTION +Stores or restores metadata (owner, group, permissions, xattrs and optionally +mtime) for a filesystem tree. This can be used to preserve the metadata in +situations where it is usually not stored (git and tar for example) or as +a tripwire like mechanism to detect any changes to metadata. Note that e.g. +SELinux stores its labels in xattrs so care should be taken when applying +stored metadata to make sure that system security is not compromised. +.\" +.SH ACTIONS +.TP +.B -d, --diff +Shows the difference between the stored and real metadata. +.TP +.B -s, --save +Saves the current metadata to ./.metadata. +.TP +.B -a, --apply +Attempts to apply the stored metadata to the file system. +.TP +.B -h, --help +Prints a help message and exits. +.\" +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B -v, --verbose +Causes metastore to print more verbose messages. Can be repeated more than +once for even more verbosity. +.TP +.B -q, --quiet +Causes metastore to print less verbose messages. Can be repeated more than +once for even less verbosity. +.TP +.B -m, --mtime +Causes metastore to also take mtime into account for the diff or apply actions. +.\" +.SH PATHS +If no path is specified, metastore will use the current directory as the basis +for the actions. This is the recommended way of executing metastore. +Alternatively, one or more paths can be specified and they will each be +examined. Later invocations should be made using the exact same paths to +ensure that the stored metadata is interpreted correctly. +.\" +.SH AUTHOR +Written by David Härdeman <david@hardeman.nu> + |