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