KSVALIDATOR(1)

💖 KSVALIDATOR(1) 💖

okay bestie, gather round — this is the General Commands Manual page for ksvalidator, and I'm about to make it make sense. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ksvalidator — verify the syntax of a kickstart file 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ksvalidator [-e | --firsterror]  [-i | --followincludes]  [-l |
--listversions]  [-v | --version VERSION]  INFILE [INFILE...]

yes queen, you can throw multiple INFILEs at it at once, she can handle it 💅

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So like, ksvalidator is a program that takes an input kickstart file and attempts to verify that it's syntactically correct. attempts!! She's doing her best. 🫶

What does "syntactically correct" even cover? Bestie, let me tell you:

• the basics, like proper quoting and making sure required options actually have values ✨
• the more advanced stuff, like verifying the file doesn't include deprecated or removed kickstart commands 👑
• mutually exclusive options — caught 🎯
• certain classes of partitioning errors, like using the same device name multiple times 💀

now the part where I keep it real with you: ksvalidator does have its limitations, fr fr.

• It cannot run validate the syntax of %pre, %pre-install, and %post scripts, nor does it attempt to run them 🙈
• It cannot check that the %packages section is valid 😭
• Most importantly: it cannot guarantee that an input kickstart file will install properly, because it does not understand the complexities of partitioning and what potentially already exists on disk. like, at all.

read that last bullet twice, babe. passing ksvalidator is not a promise your install goes off without a hitch. She's a syntax girlie, not a psychic. 🔮

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⭐ EXIT STATUS ⭐

ksvalidator returns 0 on success, and a value equal to the amount of errors if some INFILEs do not exist or there are errors parsing the kickstart files.

so like, 0 = slay, and any other number = that many problems. the math is mathing 📊

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -e, --firsterror — Stop on the first warning or error. By default, ksvalidator will attempt to process the entire file, potentially raising multiple errors. so this one's for the girlies who can't handle the whole list of their mistakes at once 😭
• -i, --followincludes — Process included files in the input file when they are seen, like anaconda would. If the included file does not exist (this can happen for a variety of reasons, but the most common being a %pre script that generates an included file) and this option is given, an error will be generated and processing halted. halted!! 🛑
• -l, --listversions — List all versions of kickstart syntax supported by ksvalidator. This is useful for determining what values can be fed back in on a second run. literally a little menu of vibes you can pick from later 🍓
• -v, --version VERSION — Use this version of kickstart syntax when processing the file, or the latest if no version is given. no version? she just assumes latest, main character energy 👑

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

ksflatten (1), ksshell (1), ksverdiff (1)

the whole friend group!! go say hi 💖

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and that's the page, bestie 🌈 — this one's from the General Commands Manual, footer and all reading KSVALIDATOR(1). mwah, go validate something 💋