[gpfsug-discuss] Policy scan of symbolic links with contents?

[Jonathan Buzzard]

On 08/03/2021 20:45, Jonathan Buzzard wrote:

[SNIP]

> So noting that you can write very SQL like statements something like the
> following should in theory do it
> 
> RULE finddangling LIST dangle WHERE MISC_ATTRIBUTES='L' AND
> SUBSTR(PATH_NAME,0,4)='/fs1/'
> 
> Note the above is not checked in any way shape or form for working. Even
> if you do have bind mounts of other GPFS file systems you just need a
> more complicated WHERE statement.

Duh, of course as soon as I sent it, I realized there is a missing SHOW

RULE finddangling LIST dangle SHOW(PATH_NAME) WHERE MISC_ATTRIBUTES='L' 
AND SUBSTR(PATH_NAME,0,4)='/fs1/'

You could replace the SUBSTR with a REGEX if you prefer


JAB.

-- 
Jonathan A. Buzzard                         Tel: +44141-5483420
HPC System Administrator, ARCHIE-WeSt.
University of Strathclyde, John Anderson Building, Glasgow. G4 0NG