AFS FAQ
Utilities supplies with AFS
Last updated 23-February-1997
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Table of contents - Utilities supplied with AFS
What is DiskValid ?
DiskValid is a tool written for beta testers to allow them to check
that an AFS partition is still in good health. It can be used to fix
bit map errors only.
These errors can occur if the machine crashes while writing to disk.
The disk is not corrupt - Blocks have been allocated but not used.
2.2 (15.9) Has a habit of leaving some unused blocks allocated.
What is MakeLink ?
The standard MakeLink command has a bug with soft links. The AFS
distribution includes a bug fixed version which should be used
instead !
What is afsls ?
'afsls' is a command similar to 'ls' on UNIX. It is used to provide
directory listings. The reason this command is provided is that it
provides access to muFS and extended protection bits.
For help on how to use afsls type 'afsls -help'.
Can I use afsls with FFS ?
Yes. afsls is OS legal.
What can afsls do for me ?
afsls provides :-
- UNIX like directory listings
- Pretty terminal output (Uses colour)
- Can process multiple directories
- Multi-level sorting
- Batch processing
- All options have a positive and negative form
- OS Legal (Works for all filesystems)
What is afsls multi-level sorting ?
Say you wanted to sort afsls output in order of extension, date and then
name you would type :-
afsls -s(xdf)
What is afsls batch processing ?
The batch processing facility allows you to pass each file found as an
argument to a program one-by-one. For example is I want to edit all the
.c files with 'ed' I would type :-
afsls #?.c --batch(ed)
What is DiskSalvAFS ?
This was the name FLD gave to DiskSalv4.