ncheck(8)
Name
ncheck − generate names from i-numbers
Syntax
/etc/ncheck [ −i numbers ] [ −a ] [ −s ] [ filesystem ]
Description
For most normal file system maintenance, the function of ncheck is subsumed by fsck(.).
The ncheck command with no argument generates a pathname vs. i-number list of all files on a set of default file systems. Names of directory files are followed by ‘/.’. The −i option reduces the report to only those files whose i-numbers follow. The −a option allows printing of the names ‘.’ and ‘..’, which are ordinarily suppressed. The −s option reduces the report to special files and files with set-user-ID mode; it is intended to discover concealed violations of security policy.
A file system may be specified.
The report is in no useful order, and probably should be sorted.
Diagnostics
When the filesystem structure is improper, ‘??’ denotes the ‘parent’ of a parentless file and a pathname beginning with ‘...’ denotes a loop.