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3.46 trunk/Scripts/Bash/Functions/Verify

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3.46.1 Goals

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This section exists to organize files related to <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt>

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script <samp>`verify'</samp> functionality.  The <samp>`verify'</samp>
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functionality of <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script helps you to verify the
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workstation configuration you are planning to use as host for your
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working copy of CentOS Artwork Repository.
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3.46.2 Description

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The first time you download CentOS Artwork Repository you need to

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configure your workstation in order to use <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt>
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script.  These preliminar configurations are based mainly on auxiliar
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RPM packages installation, symbolic links creations, and environment
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variables definitions.  The <samp>`verify'</samp> functionality of
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<tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script guides you through this preliminar
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configuration process.  
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If this is the first time you run <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script, the

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appropriate way to use its <samp>`verify'</samp> functionality is not using
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the <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script directly, but the absolute path to
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centos-art.sh script instead (i.e.,
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<tt>`~/artwork/trunk/Scripts/Bash/centos-art.sh'</tt>).  This is necessary
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because <tt>`centos-art'</tt> symbolic link, under <tt>`~/bin/'</tt>
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directory, has not been created yet.
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3.46.2.1 Packages

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Installation of auxiliar RPM packages provides the software required

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to manipulate files inside the repository (e.g., image files,
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documentation files, translation files, script files, etc.). Most of
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RPM packages centos-art.sh script uses are shipped with
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CentOS distribution, and can be installed from CentOS base repository.
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The only exception is <samp>`inkscape'</samp>, the package we use to
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manipulate SVG files.  The <samp>`inkscape'</samp> package is not inside
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CentOS distribution so it needs to be installed from third party
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repositories.
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info

Note

Configuration of third party repositories inside CentOS

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distribution is described in CentOS wiki, specifically in the
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following URL:
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http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories
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Before installing packages, the <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script uses

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sudo to request root privileges to execute yum's
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installation functionality.  If your user isn't defined as a
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privileged user--at least to run yum commands-- inside
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<tt>`/etc/sudoers'</tt> configuration file, you will not be able to
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perform package installation tasks as set in <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt>
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script <samp>`verify'</samp> functionality. 
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Setting sudo privileges to users is an administrative task you have to

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do by yourself. If you don't have experience with sudo
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command, please read its man page running the command: man
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sudo. This reading will be very useful, and with some practice, you
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will be able to configure your users to have sudo
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privileges.
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3.46.2.2 Links

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Creation of symbolic links helps us to alternate between different

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implementations of <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script-line (e.g.,
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<tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt>, for Bash implementation; <tt>`centos-art.py'</tt>,
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for Python implementation; <tt>`centos-art.pl'</tt>, for Perl
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implementation; and so on for other implementations). The
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<tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script-line definition takes place inside your
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personal binary (<tt>`~/bin/'</tt>) directory in order to make the script
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implementation --the one that <tt>`centos-art'</tt> links to-- available
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to PATH environment variable.
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Creation of symbolic links helps us to reuse components from repository

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working copy. For example, color information files maintained inside
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your working copy must never be duplicated inside program-specific
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configuration directories that uses them in your workstation (e.g.,
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Gimp, Inkscape, etc.).  Instead, a symbolic link must be created for
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each one of them, from program-specific configuration directories to
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files in the working copy.  In this configuration, when someone
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commits changes to color information files up to central repository,
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they--the changes committed-- will be immediatly available to your
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programs the next time you update your working copy --the place
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inside your workstation those color information files are stored--.
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Creation of symbolic links helps us to make <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt>

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script functionalities available outside <tt>`trunk/'</tt> repository
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directory structure, but at its same level in repository tree. This is
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useful if you need to use the "render" functionality of
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centos-art.sh under <tt>`branches/'</tt> repository directory
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structure as you usually do inside <tt>`trunk/'</tt> repository directory
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structure. As consequence of this configuration, automation scripts
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cannot be branched under <tt>`branches/Scripts'</tt> directory structure.
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3.46.2.3 Environment variables

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Definition of environemnt variables helps us to set default values to

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our user session life. The user session environment variable defintion
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takes place in the user's <tt>`~/.bash_profile'</tt> file.  The
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<samp>`verify'</samp> functionality of <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script doesn't
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modify your <tt>`~/.bash_profile'</tt> file.  
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The <samp>`verify'</samp> functionality of <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script

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evaluates the following environment variables:
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EDITOR
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Default text editor.

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The <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script uses default text EDITOR to edit

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pre-commit subversion messages, translation files, configuration
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files, script files, and similar text-based files.
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If EDITOR environment variable is not set, <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt>

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script uses <tt>`/usr/bin/vim'</tt> as default text editor. Otherwise, the
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following values are recognized by <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script:
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  • <tt>`/usr/bin/vim'</tt>
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    If no one of these values is set in EDITOR environment variable,

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    <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> uses <tt>`/usr/bin/vim'</tt> text editor by default. 
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    TEXTDOMAIN
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    Default domain used to retrieve translated messages. This variable is

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    set in <tt>`initFunctions.sh'</tt> and shouldn't be changed.
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    Default directory used to retrieve translated messages. This variable

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    is set in <tt>`initFunctions.sh'</tt> and shouldn't be changed.
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    LANG
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    Default locale information.

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    This variable is initially set in the configuration process of CentOS

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    distribution installer (i.e., Anaconda), specifically in the
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    <samp>`Language'</samp> step; or once installed using the
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    system-config-language tool.
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    The <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script uses the LANG environment

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    variable to know in which language the script messages are printed
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    out.
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    TZ
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    Default time zone representation.

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    This variable is initially set in the configuration process of CentOS

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    distribution installer (i.e., Anaconda), specifically in the
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    <samp>`Date and time'</samp> step; or once installed using the
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    system-config-date tool.
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    The <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script doesn't use the TZ environment

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    variable information at all. Instead, this variable is used by the
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    system shell to show the time information according to your phisical
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    location on planet Earth.  
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    Inside your computer, the time information is firstly set in the BIOS

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    clock (which may need correction), and later in the configuration
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    process of CentOS distribution installer (or later, by any of the
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    related configuration tools inside CentOS distribution).  Generally,
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    setting time information is a straight-forward task and configuration
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    tools available do cover most relevant location. However, if you need
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    a time precision not provided by the configuration tools available
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    inside CentOS distribution then, using TZ variable may be
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    necessary.
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    Convenction

    Convenction

    In order to keep changes syncronized between

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    central repository and its working copies: configure both repository
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    server and workstations (i.e., the place where each working copy is
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    set on) to use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) as base time
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    representation.  Later, correct the time information for your specific
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    location using time zone correction.
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    The format of TZ environment variable is described in

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    <tt>`tzset(3)'</tt> manual page.
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    3.46.3 Usage

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    centos-art verify --packages
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    Verify required packages your workstation needs in order to run the

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    <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script correctly.  If there are missing packages,
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    the <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script asks you to confirm their
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    installation. When installing packages, the <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt>
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    script uses the yum application in order to achieve the
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    task.
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    In case all packages required by <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script are

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    already installed in your workstation, the message <samp>`The required
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    packages are already installed.'</samp> is output for you to know. 
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    centos-art verify --links
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    Verify required links your workstation needs in order to run the

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    centos-art command correctly.  If any required link is missing, the
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    centos-art.sh script asks you to confirm their installation.
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    To install required links, the centos-art.sh script uses the
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    ln command.
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    In case all links required by <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script are already

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    created in your workstation, the message <samp>`The required links are
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    already installed.'</samp> is output for you to know. 
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    In case a regular file exists with the same name of a required link,

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    the <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script outputs the <samp>`Already exists as
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    regular file.'</samp> message when listing required links that will be
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    installed. Of course, as there is already a regular file where must be
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    a link, no link is created. In such cases the <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt>
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    script will fall into a continue installation request for that missing
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    link.  To end this continue request you can answer <samp>`No'</samp>, or
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    remove the existent regular file to let <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script
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    install the link on its place.
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    centos-art verify --environment
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    centos-art verify --environment --filter='regex'
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    Output a brief description of environment variables used by

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    <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt> script. 
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    If <samp>`--filter'</samp> option is provided, output is reduced as defined in

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    the <samp>`regex'</samp> regular expression value. If <samp>`--filter'</samp> option
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    is specified but <samp>`regex'</samp> value is not, the <tt>`centos-art.sh'</tt>
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    script outputs information as if <samp>`--filter'</samp> option had not been
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    provided at all.  
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    3.46.4 See also

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    3.36 trunk/Scripts/Bash  
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    3.37 trunk/Scripts/Bash/Functions  
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