From 80f85b01d5bacc9d16408e7640b74f4698952217 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Batts <vbatts@hashbangbash.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:28:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] WIP

---
 cmd/gomtree/cmd/validate.go | 13 ++++++++++++-
 hierarchy.go                |  7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/gomtree/cmd/validate.go b/cmd/gomtree/cmd/validate.go
index ed451b1..16719f1 100644
--- a/cmd/gomtree/cmd/validate.go
+++ b/cmd/gomtree/cmd/validate.go
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ func NewValidateCommand() *cli.Command {
 				Aliases: []string{"c"},
 				Usage:   "Create a directory hierarchy spec",
 			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:    "C",
+				Usage:   "Print ('dump') the specification provided by `-f` with full path names",
+			},
 			&cli.StringSliceFlag{
 				Name:    "file",
 				Aliases: []string{"f"},
@@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ func NewValidateCommand() *cli.Command {
 			&cli.StringFlag{
 				Name:  "result-format",
 				Value: "bsd",
-				Usage: "output the validation results using the given format (bsd, json, path)",
+				Usage: "output the validation results/errors using the given format (bsd, json, path)",
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -245,6 +249,13 @@ func validateAction(c *cli.Context) error {
 		excludes = append(excludes, mtree.ExcludeNonDirectories)
 	}
 
+	if c.Bool("C") && specDh != nil {
+		specDh.Entries
+		
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// -u
 	// Failing early here. Processing is done below.
 	if c.Bool("update-attributes") && c.String("tar") != "" {
diff --git a/hierarchy.go b/hierarchy.go
index f004934..2eca4e8 100644
--- a/hierarchy.go
+++ b/hierarchy.go
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 )
 
-// DirectoryHierarchy is the mapped structure for an mtree directory hierarchy
-// spec
+// DirectoryHierarchy is the mapped structure for an mtree directory hierarchy specification.
 type DirectoryHierarchy struct {
 	Entries []Entry
 }
 
+var DefaultDirectoryHierarchyFormatter
+type DirectoryHierarchyFormatter interface {}
+
+
 // WriteTo simplifies the output of the resulting hierarchy spec.
 // Satisfies the `io.WriterTo` interface.
 func (dh DirectoryHierarchy) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (n int64, err error) {