Placeholder install sheet: brackets mark values nobody has recorded.

Repairs the inconsistent records the checksum pass named, one at a time.

fileguard repair --inconsistent
3 records rewritten, 0 lost

Note from the shelf row: take the export first

Before you install

• Runs on: Windows, Linux, macOS. the application must be 4.0.7 to 4.1.6.
• Space: about 44 KB for the download, plus [WORKING SPACE] while it runs.
• Rights: an ordinary user account; no elevation needed
• Know first: [PREREQUISITE] — what has to be true before this tool will run at all.

Download and verify

Take the build for your platform from the [SHARE] and check it against the digest on the shelf row before you unpack anything.

certutil -hashfile fileguard-3.4-win64.zip
md5sum fileguard-3.4-linux-x64.tar.gz
md5 fileguard-3.4-macos.tar.gz

Expected: 5a1c87682c62. The shelf row carries the same digest.

Install

Copy it into place and put it on the path. Nothing here installs a service or a scheduled task.

Windows

Unpack the zip, then:

xcopy fileguard-3.4-win64 C:\Tools\fileguard /E /I
setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Tools\fileguard"
fileguard --version

Linux

Unpack it and link it onto the path:

sudo tar -xzf fileguard-3.4-linux-x64.tar.gz -C /opt
sudo ln -sf /opt/fileguard/fileguard /usr/local/bin/fileguard
fileguard --version

macOS

Unpack it and link it onto the path:

sudo tar -xzf fileguard-3.4-macos.tar.gz -C /opt
sudo ln -sf /opt/fileguard/fileguard /usr/local/bin/fileguard
fileguard --version

Check it worked

Check the version first, then run the one command the tool exists for:

fileguard --version
fileguard repair --inconsistent
3 records rewritten, 0 lost

Expected output is the line shown above; anything else means [TO DO: write the failure list].

Removing it

Delete the folder and drop the path entry. The tool keeps no state of its own.

rmdir /s /q C:\Tools\fileguard
sudo rm -rf /opt/fileguard /usr/local/bin/fileguard
sudo rm -rf /opt/fileguard /usr/local/bin/fileguard

If it goes wrong

• [KNOWN FAILURE 1] — the usual fixes for this tool have not been written down yet. Add them the second time somebody hits one.
• Wrong error number or a fault you cannot name: run the tool's own diagnostic first (shelf row).
• Before any repair that writes to a store, take the export — backoff is the tool for it.