From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay.sgi.com (relay1.corp.sgi.com [137.38.102.111]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id o72HoimQ199857 for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:50:44 -0500 Received: from cf--amer001e--3.americas.sgi.com (cf--amer001e--3.americas.sgi.com [137.38.100.5]) by relay1.corp.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ED838F804B for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 10:51:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [PATCH] xfstests: update README file to document some recent changes From: Alex Elder Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:51:00 -0500 Message-ID: <1280771460.2236.68.camel@doink> Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: aelder@sgi.com List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: xfs@oss.sgi.com 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 --- 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 _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs