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File::CheckTree(3)
NAME
  validate - run many filetest checks on a tree

SYNOPSIS
      use File::CheckTree;

      $warnings += validate( q{
	  /vmunix		  -e || die
	  /boot			  -e || die
	  /bin			  cd
	      csh		  -ex
	      csh		  !-ug
	      sh		  -ex
	      sh		  !-ug
	  /usr			  -d || warn "What happened to $file?\n"
      });

DESCRIPTION
  The validate() routine takes a single multiline string consisting of lines
  containing a filename plus a file test to try on it.	(The file test may
  also be a "cd", causing subsequent relative filenames to be interpreted
  relative to that directory.)	After the file test you may put "|| die" to
  make it a fatal error if the file test fails.	 The default is "|| warn".
  The file test may optionally have a "!' prepended to test for the opposite
  condition.  If you do a cd and then list some relative filenames, you may
  want to indent them slightly for readability.	 If you supply your own die()
  or warn() message, you can use $file to interpolate the filename.

  Filetests may be bunched:  "-rwx" tests for all of "-r", "-w", and "-x".
  Only the first failed test of the bunch will produce a warning.

  The routine returns the number of warnings issued.

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