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Each ECFS user has an ecfs_audit file, placed in each of their ECFS domains. These files contain a list of all files you own in the relevant ECFS domai, excluding any backup copies. To list the audit file in your ec: domain use the following command:

els -la ec:ecfs_audit

Small audit files can be inspected quickly using the ecat command, e.g.

ecat ec:ecfs_audit - | less 

To examine the audit file in more detail you might want to copy it to your disk space in $HOME, $PERM or $SCRATCH, e.g. :

ecp ec:ecfs_audit $SCRATCH

For a complete list of available ECFS commands please refer to the ECFS user documentation or read the relevant man pages on ecgate.

The ecfs_audit file lists your files (no directories) in the following format: 

--    uid gid        size(bytes) creation    last_access path    today=2018-09-13
...
*+    uid gid            114176  20120307     20120702  /uid/directory1/file1
*     uid gid            114176  20120307     20120702  /uid/directory2/file1
b+    uid gid             19363  20141208     20141208  /uid/directory2/file2
...
Total files =924    gigabytes = 282.40779780224
total directories = 52 total files not accessed since 20170312 = 865


ColumnComment
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Attribute:

b  - file is backed-up
+  - file has not been accessed for over 18 months
*  - file is not backed-up

uid User-id of the file's owner
gid The file's Unix group
size(bytes)
File size in bytes
creation
File creation date in format YYYYMMDD
last_access
Date of last access, e.g. read, in format YYYYMMDD
path
Full path with a file name in ec:

The audit file's creation date in the format "today= YYYY-MM-DD" is stated in its first line. At the bottom the total of your ECFS content is reported in terms of number and (binary) volume. The very last line gives the number of directories and the number of files not accessed for 18 months.

In addition, you might want to use the new ecfs_filter tool to help analyse and/or delete your ECFS files or use the web based ECFS Data Management tool (login required).

Using ECFS in scripts

All ECFS commands specifying a single operation return the value 0 if successful, and an error code > 0 otherwise. However, as with Unix, ECFS commands may specify a number of operations, either due to multiple arguments or to wildcard expressions. In such cases, ECFS will always attempt to carry out all operations, even if some intervening operations are not successful. If all such operations for a command are successful, the return code will be 0; if some of the operations are not successful, the return code will be 1; if fatal errors are incurred, the entire command is discontinued, and the error number > 1 is returned with an explanatory message.

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