Startup

Command-line arguments

When fsv is invoked with the --help option, it prints out a usage summary:

bash$ fsv --help fsv - 3D File System Visualizer Version 0.9 Copyright (C)1999 Daniel Richard G. <skunk@mit.edu> Usage: fsv [rootdir] [options] rootdir Root directory for visualization - (defaults to current directory) --mapv Start in MapV mode (default) --treev Start in TreeV mode --help Print this help and exit

Options and arguments

rootdir

Specifies the base of the directory tree for fsv to work in. Everything inside this directory will be scanned, and subsequently translated into geometry.

If no value is given, fsv works in the directory it is invoked from.

--mapv

Starts the program in MapV visualization mode. (This is the default)

--treev

Starts the program in TreeV visualization mode.

--help

Prints out the usage summary and exits.

Examples

To give the TreeV view of everything under /usr:

bash$ fsv /usr --treev &