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/usr/bin/osinfo-db-validate

Tools for managing the osinfo operating system database

From osinfo-db-tools 1.12.0-r5 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running osinfo-db-validate --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage:
  osinfo-db-validate [OPTION…] - Validate XML documents

Help Options:
  -h, --help        Show help options

Application Options:
  -v, --verbose     Verbose progress information
  --user            Validate files in user directory
  --local           Validate files in local directory
  --system          Validate files in system directory
  --dir             Validate files in custom directory
  --root            Installation root directory
Options (7)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpShow help optionshelp
-v, --verboseDisplay verbose progress information when validating fileshelp + man
--userOverride the default behaviour to force validating files from the user database location.help + man
--localOverride the default behaviour to force validating files from the local database location.help + man
--systemOverride the default behaviour to force validating files from the system database location.help + man
--dir PATHOverride the default behaviour to force validating files from the custom directory PATH.help + man
--root PATHPrefix the database location with the root directory given by "PATH".help + man
Exit status (2) from the manual page
0all files passed validation
1a validation error was hit

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