WIP

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") != "" {

hierarchy.go

@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 )
 
-// DirectoryHierarchy is the mapped structure for an mtree directory hierarchy
+// DirectoryHierarchy is the mapped structure for an mtree directory hierarchy specification.
-// spec
 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) {