appcert
To check your application with appcert
, type:
appcert object|directory |
The complete list of objects you want appcert
to examine and/or
The complete list of directories that contain such objects.
If appcert
is run in an environment different from the one in which
the application being checked would be run, the utility may not be able to
resolve references to Solaris library interfaces correctly.
The appcert
utility uses the Solaris runtime linker to construct a profile
of interface dependencies for each executable or shared object file. This
profile is used to determine the Solaris system interfaces upon which the
application depends. The dependencies outlined in the profile are compared
to the Solaris ABI to verify conformance (no private interfaces should be
found).
The appcert
utility recursively searches directories for object files, ignoring
non-ELF object files. After appcert
has finished checking the application, it
prints a rollup report to the standard output (stdout,
usually the screen). A copy of this report is written in the working directory,
which is usually /tmp/appcert.pid/Report, in a file named Report. In the subdirectory
name, pid represents the 1– to 6–digit process
ID of that particular instantiation of appcert
. See appcert
Results
for more on the directory structure to which appcert
writes output files.
appcert
OptionsThe following options modify the behavior of the appcert
utility. You can
type any of these options at the command line, after the appcert command but before the object|directory
operand.
Runs appcert
in batch mode.
In batch mode, the report produced by appcert
will contain one line for
each binary checked.
A line that begins with PASS indicates the binary named in that line
did not trigger any appcert
warnings.
A line that begins with FAIL indicates problems were found in that binary.
A line that begins with INC indicates the binary named in that line could not be completely checked.
The file infile should contain a list of files to check, with one file name per line. These files are added to any files already specified at the command line. If you use this switch, you do not need to specify an object or directory at the command line.
Prints usage
information for appcert
.
By default, appcert
notes any shared objects in an application and appends the directories they
reside in to LD_LIBRARY_PATH. The -L
switch disables this behavior.
By default, appcert
follows symbolic links when it searches directories for binaries to check.
The -n switch disables this behavior.
Appends the Solaris library directories /usr/openwin/lib and /usr/dt/lib to LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Specifies a directory in which to run the library components
and create temporary files. If this switch is not specified, appcert
uses the /tmp directory.