NAME

       make_growfs - generate directory listings for the GROW filesystem

SYNOPSIS

       make_growfs [options] <directory>

DESCRIPTION

       make_growfs  prepares  a  local  filesystem  to be exported as a GROW filesystem which can be accessed by
       parrot_run(1).  Given a directory as an argument, it recursively visits all of the directories underneath
       and creates files named .__growfsdir that summarize the metadata of all files in that directory.

       Once the directory files are generated, the files may be accessed through a web server as if  there  were
       on a full-fledged filesystem with complete metadata.

OPTIONS

        -v    Give verbose messages.

        -K    Create checksums for files. (default)

        -k    Disable checksums for files.

        -f    Follow all symbolic links.

        -F    Do not follow any symbolic links.

        -a    Only follow links that fall outside the root.  (default)

        -h    Show help text.

EXIT STATUS

       On success, returns zero.  On failure, returns non-zero.

EXAMPLES

       Suppose    that    your    university    web    server    exports   the   directory   /home/fred/www   as
       http://www.somewhere.edu/fred.  To create a GROW filesystem, put whatever files and directories you  like
       into /home/fred/www.  Then, run the following to generate the GROW data:

               % make_growfs /home/fred/www

       Now  that  the  GROW data is generated, you can use parrot_run(1) to treat the web address as a read-only
       filesystem:

               % parrot_run bash
               % cd /growfs/www.somewhere.edu/fred
               % ls -la

COPYRIGHT

       The Cooperative Computing Tools are Copyright (C) 2022 The University of Notre Dame.   This  software  is
       distributed under the GNU General Public License.  See the file COPYING for details.

SEE ALSO

       •   The Cooperative Computing Tools ("http://ccl.cse.nd.edu/software/manuals")

       •   Parrot User Manual ("http://ccl.cse.nd.edu/software/manuals/parrot.html")

       •   parrot_run(1)

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