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fslint

fslint-gui(1)							   User Commands						     fslint-gui(1)

NAME

       fslint-gui - A GUI wrapper for the individual fslint command line tools

SYNOPSIS

       fslint-gui [OPTIONS] [PATHS]

DESCRIPTION

       fslint is a toolset to find various problems with filesystems, including duplicate files and problematic filenames etc.

       Individual  command  line  tools  are  available  in  addition  to  the	GUI  and  to  access  them, one can change to, or add to $PATH the
       /usr/share/fslint/fslint directory on a standard install.  Each of these commands in that directory have  a  --help  option  which  further
       details its parameters.

       findup - find DUPlicate files

       findnl - find Name Lint (problems with filenames)

       findu8 - find filenames with invalid utf8 encoding

       findbl - find Bad Links (various problems with symlinks)

       findsn - find Same Name (problems with clashing names)

       finded - find Empty Directories

       findid - find files with dead user IDs

       findns - find Non Stripped executables

       findrs - find Redundant Whitespace in files

       findtf - find Temporary Files

       findul - find possibly Unused Libraries

       zipdir - Reclaim wasted space in ext2 directory entries

PARAMETERS

       If [PATHS] are specified, they become the default search path, otherwise the current directory becomes the default.

       --version
	      Display the fslint version and exit

       --help Display help for tool specific options

AUTHOR

       Written by Padraig Brady

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <P@draigBrady.com>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2000-2009 Padraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>.

       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 any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY	WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied	warranty  of  MER-
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details, which is available at www.gnu.org

fslint								     July 2009							     fslint-gui(1)