NAME

ncheck − generate names from i-numbers

SYNOPSIS

/etc/ncheck [ options ] file systems ... 

DESCRIPTION

N.B.: For most normal file system maintenance, the function of ncheck is subsumed by fsck(8). 

Ncheck with no options generates a pathname vs. i-number list of all files on every specified file system.  Names of directory files are followed by ‘/.’. 

The report is in no useful order, and probably should be sorted. 

OPTIONS

−i numbers
Reduces the report to only those files whose i-numbers follow.

−a Allows printing of the names ‘.’ and ‘..’, which are ordinarily suppressed. 

−s Reduces the report to special files and files with set-user-ID mode; it is intended to discover concealed violations of security policy. 

SEE ALSO

sort(1), dcheck(8), fsck(8), icheck(8)

DIAGNOSTICS

When the file system structure is improper, ‘??’ denotes the ‘parent’ of a parentless file and a pathname beginning with ‘...’ denotes a loop. 

4th Berkeley Distribution  —  January 13, 1986