BOM(4-SysV)         RISC/os Reference Manual          BOM(4-SysV)



NAME
     bom - software bill of materials file

DESCRIPTION
     bomfiles contain software bills of material.

     Each line of a bomfile describes one directory, plain file,
     special file, or symbolic link in the software package.
     Fields in a bomfile are separated by white space. The gen-
     eral form of a record is:

         path mode owner group link_count [ link_target ]

     path is the pathname of the file, relative to the root of
     the tree to be described.  mode is the the ascii representa-
     tion of the file mode, as given by ls -l. owner and group
     are the names of the owner and group of the file.
     link_count is the link count of the file.

     For plain or special files with link_counts greater than 1,
     the link_target field gives the path of the file to which
     the hard link should connect.  Each file in a group of files
     hard-linked together should name the same link_target, and
     that file should have an empty link_target field. For exam-
     ple, the following would be correct for a group of three
     files hard-linked together:

         usr/bin/file1 mode owner group 3
         usr/local/bin/file2 mode owner group 3 usr/bin/file1
         usr/foo/file2 mode owner group 3 usr/bin/file1

     For symbolic links, the path of the file to which the link
     should point is given in the link_target field.

     For special files, the format includes device numbers:

         path mode owner group devmaj devmin link_count [
     link_target ]

SEE ALSO
     comply(1M) in the System Administrator's Reference Manual.














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