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genufi(8) System Manager's Manual genufi(8) NAME genufi - Generates a User File Inventory (UFI) file SYNOPSIS /usr/bin/genufi DESCRIPTION The genufi utility is a part of the Reinstallation Toolkit (RITKIT). You must have superuser privileges to run this utility, and this util- ity must be invoked from the /usr/.smdb. directory. The genufi utility creates a User File Inventory (UFI) file which contains the names of user files that were created or copied to your system after an instal- lation. Some of these files reside on file systems that are overwrit- ten during a new installation of the operating system. To prevent los- ing these files, the RITKIT utilities enable you to back up these files before you perform a new installation of the operating system. To create the UFI file, the genufi utility checks the Master Synchro- nization Inventory (MSI) file created by the invsync utility to deter- mine which file systems will be overwritten by a complete installation. The genufi utility then searches those file systems for user files and writes these entries to the UFI file. File systems that remain intact during a new installation of the operating system are not searched. Note that the genufi utility also filters out certain files and direc- tories that would not commonly be considered for backup. For example, some log files, installation files, and temporary directories do not need to be restored after a complete installation. Thus, these files and directories are not written to the UFI file. The directories not included are as follows: /tmp /usr/.smdb. /usr/sys/HOST /var/adm/smlogs /var/adm/syslog.dated /var/rwho /var/tmp In the previous list, HOST represents the hostname of the system such as /usr/sys/BLUTO on system bluto. The files not included are as fol- lows: */core */*.dummy */.new.. /osf_boot */.profile */.proto.. /var/adm/binary.errlog /var/adm/xdm/xdm-pid */vmcore /*vmunix If there are entries in the UFI file that you do not want to back up, edit the UFI file to remove these file names. The UFI file is written in the setld inventory file format. See stl_inv(4) for more informa- tion. FILES Master Synchronization Inventory file User File Inventory file RELATED INFORMATION Commands: ils(8), invsync(8), udelta(8), udetect(8), updmv(8), usync Files: stl_inv(4) delim off genufi(8)