afick-tk(1) - Linux man page

Name

afick-tk - a graphical interface for afick (Another File Integrity Checker)

Description

afick-tk is designed to help to use afick for people who prefer graphical interfaces.
Graphical reports such "tree-view" may help to have a quick overview.

Synopsis

afick-tk [option]

Options

afick-tk use posix syntaxe, with long (--), short (-), and negative (--no) options.

--config_file|-c <configfile>: read the configuration in <configfile>.
--full_newdel|-f,(--nofull_newdel): (do not) report full information on new and deleted directories, default is no
--help|-h: Output help information and exit.
--missing_files|-m,(--nomissing_files): (do not) warn about files declared in config files which does not exists, default is no
--running_files|-r,(--norunning_files): (do not) warn about "running" files : modified since program begin, default is no
--dead_symlinks|-s,(--nodead_symlinks): (do not) warn about dead symlinks, default is no
--timing|-t,(--notiming): (do not) Print timing statistics , default is no
--version|-V: Output version information and exit.
--verbose|-v,(--noverbose): (not in) verbose mode, default is no

Screen

the interface is composed from

a range of menu buttons :
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File menu: - save : save output screen to a local file
- load : display a saved outpout in outpout screen
- history : open history file
- exit : to quit this interface
Action menu: - init : to create the database
- update : compare and update the database
- compare : compare the files with the database
- print : print database content
Analysis menu: - tree-view : display the change in a tree view
Help menu: - help : this page
- about : legal informations
- wizard : how to use afick
- bind keys : summary of all keyboards

you then have the "changes section" :
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to display the results

then the "warnings section" :
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to display errors and warnings

then the "progress section" :
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useful to follow the disk scan

then the "configuration section" : ----------------------------------

with a range of radio-buttons : verbose, missing_files, dead_symlinks, full_newdel, corresponding to the program options.: this flags overload config file options
with a line for configuration file: allow to select and edit/view the afick configuration file

Notes

this program only use perl, its standard modules and the perl/Tk module.

Copyright

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Authors

Eric Gerbier

you can report any bug or suggest to <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net>