SYNOPSIS
kdb check [<plugin>]DESCRIPTION
This command is used to perform checks on the key database or an Elektra plugin.
Where the option argument, plugin is the plugin that a user wants to check.
Use -c to pass options to that plugin.
If no plugin argument is provided a check will be performed on the key database itself.
Special values are returned upon exit to represent the outcome of a check.
OPTIONS
- -H, --help
- Show the man page.
- -V, --version
- Print version info.
- -f, --force
- The user can also use this tool to perform write tests. Please note that this can result in configuration files being changed!
- -v, --verbose
- Explain what is happening.
- -c, --plugins-config
- Add a plugin configuration.
RETURN VALUES
Their are two different types of checks, a check on a plugin (by specifying the name of a plugin as an argument) or a check on the key database itself.
The outcome of a check on the key database is returned as an exit status.
This integer represents an 8-bit pattern.
Each bit represents a specific outcome as described below:
- 0
- No errors (no output)
- Bit 1
- Warning on opening the key database.
- Bit 2
- Error on opening the key database.
- Bit 3
- Warning on getting the value of a key.
- Bit 4
- Error on getting the value of a key.
- Bit 5
- Warning on setting the value of a key. (only checked when -f is used)
- Bit 6
- Error on setting the value of a key (only checked when -f is used)
- Bit 7
- Warning on closing the key database.
- Bit 8
- Error on closing the key database.
So if the following number was returned 9 the user could figure out more detail by considering the bits: 00001001
The user would know that their was a warning on open and an error on get.
If a plugin name is given, checks will only be done on the given plugin.
The returned values for a check on a plugin are returned as much simpler numbers.
Return values on plugin checking:
- 0
- Everything ok. (no output)
- 1
- No such plugin found or plugin could not be opened.
- 2
- Plugin did not pass checks.
- 3
- Plugin has warnings.
Please report any output caused by official plugins to http://git.libelektra.org/issues.
Since the error code is a return value, it is not automatically displayed to the shell.
If the user wants to have the value printed, they must do so manually (by running a command such as echo $?.
EXAMPLES
To check the Key Database:kdb check
To check the Key Database and then print the result:
kdb check
followed by:
echo $?
To check the Key Database including write checks:
kdb check -f
Note that this type of check may change configuration files.
To check the line plugin:
kdb check line