checkdirfile(1)

checkdirfile 💅✨

ok so bestie, this is the checkdirfile(1) page from the GETDATA manual — it's the lil' vibe-checker for your Dirfile databases and honestly? it's giving quality control icon. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

checkdirfile — verify Dirfile database metadata 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

checkdirfile DIRFILE

checkdirfile [ --help | --version ]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what it does is: it reports errors in the metadata of the dirfile(5) database you point it at with DIRFILE. Like, it reads your database's lil' paperwork and is like "bestie… no." 😭

It runs three separate checks, and no we are not skipping any of them:

1. First, the format specification metadata gets scanned for syntax errors (peep dirfile-format(5) for that) and for Dirfile Standards compliance. so like, is it even legal?? 👑
2. Second, the fields defined in the database get checked for self-consistency — do they make sense, do they agree with themselves, are they at peace. 🧘
3. Finally, the database gets queried for its length. how long is it. we must know. 📏

And also, the flag situation:

• --help — shows usage info and bounces. 🫶
• --version — shows version info and bounces. same energy. ✨

Both of those just print and exit, no database required, no stress.

💀 fr fr: if you're getting weird errors out of your dirfile tooling, run this first. it will absolutely tell you what's up. no cap.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

checkdirfile was written by D. V. Wiebe. thank you for your service, king. 🫡

🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

Found a bug? bestie, please send those reports to getdata-devel@lists.sourceforge.net — they wanna hear it, i promise, it's not a bother. 💌

The GetData home page: <http://getdata.sourceforge.net/>

🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright © 2010 D. V. Wiebe

checkdirfile is licenced under the GNU LPGL version 2.1 or later.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. (that's the dramatic part. it's real. no warranty. 💀)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• dirfile(5)
• dirfile-format(5)

iykyk, go read those next. ✨

Version 0.8.0 · 21 February 2012 — yeah it's an oldie but she still slays, mwah 💋🎀💖