LSBOM(8)                  BSD System Manager's Manual                 LSBOM(8)

NAME
     lsbom -- list contents of a bom file

SYNOPSIS
     lsbom [-b] [-c] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-m] [-s] [-x] [--arch archVal]
           [-p parameters] bom ...
     lsbom -h | --help

DESCRIPTION
     The lsbom command interprets the contents of binary bom (bom(5)) files.
     For each file in a bom, lsbom prints the file path and/or requested
     information.

     If no options are given, lsbom will display the output formatted such
     that each line contains the path of the entry, its mode (octal), and its
     UID/GID. There are slight differences in the output for plain files,
     directories, symbolic links, and device files as follows:

     plain files     the UID/GID is followed by the file size and a 32-bit CRC
                     checksum of the file's contents.

     symbolic links  the UID/GID is followed by the size and checksum of the
                     link path, and the link path itself.

     device files    the UID/GID file number is followed by the device number.

     The -p option can be used to specify a user-defined format for lsbom's
     output. The format string consists of one or more characters described
     below where each character represents a data type. Data types will be
     separated by tab characters, and each line will end with a newline char-
     acter. One can use this mechanism to create output similar to the ls(1)
     command.

     The options are:

     -h              print full usage

     -b              list block devices

     -c              list character devices

     -d              list directories

     -f              list files

     -l              list symbolic links

     -m              print modified times (for plain files only)

     -s              print only the path of each file

     -x              suppress modes for directories and symlinks

     --arch archVal  when displaying plain files that represent Universal
                     Mach-O binaries, print the size and checksum of the file
                     contents for the specified archVal (either "ppc",
                     "ppc64", or "i386")

     -p parameters   print only some of the results Note: each option can only
                     be used once:
                           c             32-bit checksum
                           f             file name
                           F             file name with quotes (i.e.
                                         "/mach_kernel")
                           g             group id
                           G             group name
                           m             file mode (permissions)
                           M             symbolic file mode (i.e. "dr-xr-xr-x"
                                         )
                           s             file size
                           S             formatted size
                           t             mod time
                           T             formatted mod time
                           u             user id
                           U             user name
                           /             user id/group id
                           ?             user name/group name

EXAMPLES
     lsbom bomfile           list the contents of bomfile

     lsbom -s bomfile        list only the paths of the contents of the bom-
                             file

     lsbom -f -l bomfile     list the plain files and symbolic links of the
                             bomfiles (but not directories or devices)

     lsbom -p MUGsf bomfiles
                             list the contents of bomfile displaying only the
                             files' modes, user name, group name, size, and
                             filename

SEE ALSO
     bom(5), ditto(8), mkbom(8), pkgutil(1)

HISTORY
     The lsbom command appeared in NeXTSTEP as a tool to browse the contents
     of bom files used during installation.

     The -p flag appeared in Mac OS X 10.1 in an attempt to make lsbom's out-
     put more convenient for human beings.

Mac OS X                          May 7, 2008                         Mac OS X