.TH "sefcontext_compile" "8" "12 Jun 2015" "dwalsh@redhat.com" "SELinux Command Line documentation"
.SH "NAME"
sefcontext_compile \- compile file context regular expression files
.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B sefcontext_compile
.RB [ \-o
.IR outputfile ]
.I inputfile
.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.B sefcontext_compile
is used to compile file context regular expressions into
.BR prce (3)
format.
.sp
The compiled file is used by libselinux file labeling functions.
.sp
By default
.B sefcontext_compile
writes the compiled prce file with the
.B .bin
suffix appended (e.g. \fIinputfile\fB.bin\fR).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-o
Specify an
.I outputfile
that must be a fully qualified file name as the
.B .bin
suffix is not automatically added.
.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
On error -1 is returned.  On success 0 is returned.

.SH "EXAMPLES"
.B Example 1:
.br
sefcontext_compile /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts
.sp
Results in the following file being generated:
.RS
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.bin
.RE
.sp
.B Example 2:
.br
sefcontext_compile -o new_fc.bin /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts
.sp
Results in the following file being generated in the cwd:
.RS
new_fc.bin
.RE
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.SH AUTHOR
Dan Walsh, <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR selinux (8),
.BR semanage (8),