sefcontext_compile - compile file context regular expression files
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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).
Examples
Example1:
sefcontext_compile /etc/selinux/default/contexts/files/file_contexts
Results in the following file being generated:
/etc/selinux/default/contexts/files/file_contexts.bin
Example2:
sefcontext_compile -o new_fc.bin /etc/selinux/default/contexts/files/file_contexts
Results in the following file being generated in the cwd:
new_fc.bin
Name
sefcontext_compile - compile file context regular expression files
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.
See Also
selinux(8), semanage(8), dwalsh@redhat.com 12 Aug 2015 sefcontext_compile(8)
Synopsis
sefcontext_compile [-ooutputfile] [-ppolicyfile] inputfile
