From: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>
To: xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: [PATCH] xfstests: update README file to document some recent changes
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:51:00 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1280771460.2236.68.camel@doink> (raw)
Update the README file to document the new _cat_passwd and
_cat_group functions, and to recommend passing "-n" to
getfacl(1) so it produces numeric output.
Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>
---
README | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
Index: b/README
===================================================================
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -160,6 +160,20 @@ Test script environment:
string DATE for deterministic
output
+ _cat_passwd, - dump the content of the password
+ _cat_group or group file (both the local file
+ and the content of the NIS database
+ if it is likely to be present)
+
+ 4. General recommendations, usage conventions, etc.:
+ - When the content of the password or group file is
+ required, get it using the _cat_passwd and _cat_group
+ functions, to ensure NIS information is included if NIS
+ is active.
+ - When calling getfacl in a test, pass the "-n" argument so
+ that numeric rather than symbolic identifiers are used in
+ the output.
+
Verified output:
Each test script has a numerical name, e.g. 007, and an associated
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2010-08-02 17:51 Alex Elder [this message]
2010-08-30 15:05 ` [PATCH] xfstests: update README file to document some recent changes Alex Elder
2010-08-30 21:43 ` Christoph Hellwig
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