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.TH MKFAD 1 "ADE_APP_TOKEN_RELEASE_DATE_MAN"
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.SH NAME
mkfad \- make a FAD file
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkfad
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[
.B \-i 
.I infile
|
.B \-\-infile=\fIinfile
] [
.B \-o
.I outfile
|
.B \-\-outfile=\fIoutfile
] [
.B \-\-no\-crcs
]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Mkfad
reads a list of files from the standard input, such as is generated
by 
.B find\fR(1),
and generates a FAD file (See 
.B fad\fR(5)) 
for those files listed on standard output.
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.SH CONFIGURATION
None.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
.B \-i\fR,\fB\-\-infile=\fIinfile
Reads the file list from
.I infile\fR.
The default is to read standard input.
.TP
.B \-\-no\-crcs
Suppress the writing of CRCs; this will considerably speed up the process of
collecting the data about each filesystem item, but will make it impossible 
to distinguish files whose contents have changed.
.TP
.B \-o\fR,\fB\-\-outfile=\fIoutfile
Writes the database to 
.I outfile\fR.
The default is to write to standard output.
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.SH EXIT STATUS
On success
.B mkfad
returns zero. On failure it returns non-zero and displays a diagnostic
message.
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.SH FILES
None.
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.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
None.
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.SH EXAMPLES
The following command generates a FAD database to standard output for the 
entire system:
.IP
.nf
.fam C
.B find / -print | mkfad
.fam T
.fi
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.SH CAVEATS
None.
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.SH STANDARDS
This manual page documents version ADE_APP_TOKEN_RELEASE_ID of
.B mkfad\fR.
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.SH SEE ALSO
perl(1), fad(5), find(1), faddiff(1), fadcat(1), compress(1), gzip(1), fad-config(1)
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.SH AUTHOR
ADE_APP_TOKEN_AUTHOR_NAME <ADE_APP_TOKEN_AUTHOR_EMAIL>
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.SH COPYRIGHT & DISTRIBUTION POLICY
Copyright (C) 1995-ADE_APP_TOKEN_RELEASE_YEAR ADE_APP_TOKEN_AUTHOR_NAME
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