BOS_GETDATE(8)						       AFS Command Reference						    BOS_GETDATE(8)

NAME
       bos_getdate - Displays the time stamps on an AFS binary file

SYNOPSIS
       bos getdate -server <machine name> -file <files to check>+
	   [-dir <destination dir>] [-cell <cell name>]
	   [-noauth] [-localauth] [-help]

       bos getd -s <machine name> -f <files to check>+
	   [-d <destination dir>] [-c <cell name>] [-n] [-l]
	   [-h]

DESCRIPTION
       The bos getdate command displays the time stamps on the current version," .BAK" version (if any) and ".OLD" version (if any) of each binary
       file named by the -file argument. (The BOS Server automatically creates ".BAK" and ".OLD" versions when new binaries are installed with the
       bos install command.) The files must reside in the /usr/lib/openafs directory on the server machine named by the -server argument unless
       the -dir argument indicates an alternate directory.

       To revert to the ".BAK" version of a binary, use the bos uninstall command. To remove obsolete binary files from the /usr/lib/openafs
       directory, use the bos prune command.

OPTIONS
       -server <machine name>
	   Indicates the server machine from which to list binary files.  Identify the machine by IP address or its host name (either fully-
	   qualified or abbreviated unambiguously). For details, see bos(8).

	   All server machines of the same AFS system type show the same timestamps if the binaries were installed properly on the binary
	   distribution machine for this machine's system type, and if all other machines of that type are running the appropriate "upclientbin"
	   process.

       -file <files to check>+
	   Names each binary file to list.

       -dir <destination dir>
	   Specifies the complete pathname of the local disk directory containing each file named by the -file argument. It is necessary only if
	   the files are not in the /usr/lib/openafs directory.

       -cell <cell name>
	   Names the cell in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument with the -localauth flag. For more details, see bos(8).

       -noauth
	   Assigns the unprivileged identity "anonymous" to the issuer. Do not combine this flag with the -localauth flag. For more details, see
	   bos(8).

       -localauth
	   Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local /etc/openafs/server/KeyFile file. The bos command interpreter presents the ticket
	   to the BOS Server during mutual authentication. Do not combine this flag with the -cell or -noauth options. For more details, see
	   bos(8).

       -help
	   Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

OUTPUT
       For each file specified with the -file argument, the output displays the time stamp on the current (unmarked), ".BAK", and ".OLD" version.
       The output explicitly reports that a version does not exist, rather than simply omitting it.

EXAMPLES
       The following command examines the time stamps on the files with basename "kaserver" on the machine "fs2.abc.com":

	  % bos getdate -server fs2.abc.com -file kaserver
	  File /usr/lib/openafs/kaserver dated Mon Jan 4 10:00:36 1999.
	  .BAK file dated Wed Dec 9 18:55:04 1998, no .OLD file.

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
       None

SEE ALSO
       KeyFile(5), bos(8), bos_install(8), bos_prune(8), bos_uninstall(8)

COPYRIGHT
       IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

       This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas
       Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.

OpenAFS 							    2012-03-26							    BOS_GETDATE(8)