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Scan Slices

What is the use of the tools ?

Scans a slice directory and checks it is present in the Metaslice or not  and also it compares the timestamp of the slice directory with the slice timestamp present in metaslice .

Options

Syntax	Info
./scan_slices .	Print all slice details of current directory
./scan_slice SLICE_NAME	Print details of specific slice
./scan_slice /path/of/slice/directory	Print all slice details in a given directory

Tuples of details

Parameters	Info
Slice name	Represent the name of the slice given or directory
Status	Directory name of slices like oper,archive,ref
Instance
Meta slice timestamp	It is present in the meta-slice for a specific slice
Topper timestamp	It is present in the slice directory itself
Slide date	A file that contains the date in the file name
Date-match	compare the date between topper and meta-slice timestamp & check the difference is below 10 min or not
Slice in db	Check the slice is present in meta-slice db or not
Archive	check if archive file is present or not