| .TH "sefcontext_compile" "8" "12 Aug 2015" "dwalsh@redhat.com" "SELinux Command Line documentation" |
| .SH "NAME" |
| sefcontext_compile \- compile file context regular expression files |
| . |
| .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| .B sefcontext_compile |
| .RB [ \-o |
| .IR outputfile ] |
| .RB [ \-p |
| .IR policyfile ] |
| .I inputfile |
| . |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| .B sefcontext_compile |
| is used to compile file context regular expressions into |
| .BR pcre (3) |
| format. |
| .sp |
| The compiled file is used by libselinux file labeling functions. |
| .sp |
| By default |
| .B sefcontext_compile |
| writes the compiled pcre file with the |
| .B .bin |
| suffix appended (e.g. \fIinputfile\fB.bin\fR). |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .B \-o |
| Specify an |
| .I outputfile |
| that must be a fully qualified file name as the |
| .B .bin |
| suffix is not automatically added. |
| .TP |
| .B \-p |
| Specify a binary |
| .I policyfile |
| that will be used to validate the context entries in the |
| .I inputfile |
| .br |
| If an invalid context is found the pcre formatted file will not be written and |
| an error will be returned. |
| |
| .SH "RETURN VALUE" |
| On error -1 is returned. On success 0 is returned. |
| |
| .SH "EXAMPLES" |
| .B Example 1: |
| .br |
| sefcontext_compile /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts |
| .sp |
| Results in the following file being generated: |
| .RS |
| /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.bin |
| .RE |
| .sp |
| .B Example 2: |
| .br |
| sefcontext_compile -o new_fc.bin /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts |
| .sp |
| Results in the following file being generated in the cwd: |
| .RS |
| new_fc.bin |
| .RE |
| . |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Dan Walsh, <dwalsh@redhat.com> |
| . |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR selinux (8), |
| .BR semanage (8), |
