NAME

       bos_getdate - Displays the time stamps on an AFS binary file

SYNOPSIS

       bos getdate -server <machine name> -file <files to check>+
           [-dir <destination dir>] [-cell <cell name>]
           [-noauth] [-localauth] [-help]

       bos getd -s <machine name> -f <files to check>+
           [-d <destination dir>] [-c <cell name>] [-n] [-l]
           [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       The bos getdate command displays the time stamps on the current version," .BAK" version (if any) and
       ".OLD" version (if any) of each binary file named by the -file argument. (The BOS Server automatically
       creates ".BAK" and ".OLD" versions when new binaries are installed with the bos install command.) The
       files must reside in the /usr/lib/openafs directory on the server machine named by the -server argument
       unless the -dir argument indicates an alternate directory.

       To revert to the ".BAK" version of a binary, use the bos uninstall command. To remove obsolete binary
       files from the /usr/lib/openafs directory, use the bos prune command.

OPTIONS

       -server <machine name>
           Indicates  the server machine from which to list binary files.  Identify the machine by IP address or
           its host name (either fully-qualified or abbreviated unambiguously). For details, see bos(8).

           All server machines of the same AFS system type  show  the  same  timestamps  if  the  binaries  were
           installed  properly  on  the  binary  distribution machine for this machine's system type, and if all
           other machines of that type are running the appropriate "upclientbin" process.

       -file <files to check>+
           Names each binary file to list.

       -dir <destination dir>
           Specifies the complete pathname of the local disk directory containing each file named by  the  -file
           argument. It is necessary only if the files are not in the /usr/lib/openafs directory.

       -cell <cell name>
           Names  the  cell  in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument with the -localauth flag.
           For more details, see bos(8).

       -noauth
           Assigns the unprivileged identity "anonymous" to the issuer.  Do  not  combine  this  flag  with  the
           -localauth flag. For more details, see bos(8).

       -localauth
           Constructs   a   server   ticket   using   a   key  from  the  local  /etc/openafs/server/KeyFile  or
           /etc/openafs/server/KeyFileExt file.  The bos command interpreter presents  the  ticket  to  the  BOS
           Server  during mutual authentication. Do not combine this flag with the -cell or -noauth options. For
           more details, see bos(8).

       -help
           Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

OUTPUT

       For each file specified with the -file argument, the output  displays  the  time  stamp  on  the  current
       (unmarked),  ".BAK",  and  ".OLD"  version.  The output explicitly reports that a version does not exist,
       rather than simply omitting it.

EXAMPLES

       The following command examines the time stamps on the files  with  basename  "kaserver"  on  the  machine
       "fs2.example.com":

          % bos getdate -server fs2.example.com -file kaserver
          File /usr/lib/openafs/kaserver dated Mon Jan 4 10:00:36 1999.
          .BAK file dated Wed Dec 9 18:55:04 1998, no .OLD file.

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

       None

SEE ALSO

       KeyFile(5), KeyFileExt(5), bos(8), bos_install(8), bos_prune(8), bos_uninstall(8)

COPYRIGHT

       IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

       This  documentation  is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was converted from HTML to POD
       by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on  work  by  Alf  Wachsmann  and  Elizabeth
       Cassell.

OpenAFS                                            2025-03-21                                     BOS_GETDATE(8)