sefcontext_compile(8) — Linux manual page

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NAME

       sefcontext_compile - compile file context regular expression
       files

SYNOPSIS

       sefcontext_compile [-o outputfile] [-p policyfile] inputfile

DESCRIPTION

       sefcontext_compile is used to compile file context regular
       expressions into pcre(3) format.

       The compiled file is used by libselinux file labeling functions.

       By default sefcontext_compile writes the compiled pcre file with
       the .bin suffix appended (e.g. inputfile.bin).

OPTIONS

       -o     Specify an outputfile that must be a fully qualified file
              name as the .bin suffix is not automatically added.

       -p     Specify a binary policyfile that will be used to validate
              the context entries in the inputfile
              If an invalid context is found the pcre formatted file
              will not be written and an error will be returned.

RETURN VALUE

       On error -1 is returned.  On success 0 is returned.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1:
       sefcontext_compile
       /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts

       Results in the following file being generated:
              /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.bin

       Example 2:
       sefcontext_compile -o new_fc.bin
       /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts

       Results in the following file being generated in the cwd:
              new_fc.bin

AUTHOR

       Dan Walsh, <dwalsh@redhat.com>

SEE ALSO

       selinux(8), semanage(8),

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dwalsh@redhat.com              12 Aug 2015            sefcon...ompile(8)