cs_list_clone_files(8)

📦 version 3.1.3, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💅 cs_list_clone_files(8) — ClusterTools2 era

okay so bestie, this one is a little section-8 helper from the ClusterTools2 fam 🎀 and it's literally just here to spill the tea on which files should not be identical after you clone a VM image. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

cs_list_clone_files — list files that should not be cloned 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

cs_list_clone_files [OPTION]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the vibe 💖: cs_list_clone_files shows you files that usually should not be identical, after a VM image has been cloned. that's it. that's the whole job. main character energy, minimal effort, iconic results 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --help — show help. yes queen, ask for directions 💅
  • --version — show version. who are you, where did you come from 🌸
  • --writecfg — show some internal variables. peek behind the curtain 👀
  • --content — show content of files. read the receipts 📜
  • --md5sum — show md5sum of files. checksum slay 🔥

✨ EXAMPLES ✨

  • list names of files that usually should not be identical on cloned systems 🫶
# grep "^/" /etc/ClusterTools2/cs_list_clone_files
  • calculate checksums for config files that might not appear on a freshly cloned system 💜
# cs_list_clone_files -m
  • count existing config files that might not appear on a freshly cloned system 😭
# cs_sum_base_config -m 2>/dev/null | grep -v "=.NA$" | wc -l

✨ EXIT STATUS ✨

  • 0 — successful program execution. we ate and left no crumbs 💅
  • >0 — usage, syntax or execution errors. not the vibe, bestie 💀

✨ FILES ✨

  • /usr/sbin/cs_list_clone_files — the program itself. the moment, the legend 🌟
  • /etc/ClusterTools2/cs_list_clone_files — the configuration. the lore 📖

✨ BUGS ✨

lines starting with a hash (#) are silently dropped when displaying the content of files. like, ghosted. no warning, no text back 🙈

feedback is welcome, please mail to feedback@suse.com 💌

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

md5sum(1), virt-clone(1), machine-id(5), systemd-machine-id-setup(1), dbus-uuidgen(1), clone-master-clean-up(1), cs_sum_base_config(8), ClusterTools2(7), https://wiki.microfocus.com/index.php/SUSE_Manager/Register_Clones , https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7012170 , https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017994 , https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1541

(c) 2016-2019 L.Pinne, Germany. cs_list_clone_files comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. 🚨 for details see the GNU General Public License at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — this lil icon was born 01 Nov 2019, lives in the cs_list_clone_files(8) section, and is brought to you by the ClusterTools2 girlies. byeeee 🦋✨

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