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Easily tell what's been installed...
Authored by: sharumpe on Oct 24, '02 12:10:07PM
I am paranoid about what installers put on my system. Here's an easy recipe that will allow you to tell what's been changed. Geek level is about 6 on the 1-10 scale. 1) in Terminal, type:
touch /tmp/timestamp
2) install the software as usual 3) in Terminal, type:
sudo find / -newer /tmp/timestamp -depth -print > /tmp/newfiles.txt
open /tmp/newfiles.txt
Review the file to see what's changed since the timestamp file was created. You will get some things like log files and /dev files that have changed, depending on how long the install took and how long you waited between 'touching' the file and running the installer. However, the majority of the files listed should be the ones you are concerned with. Mr. Sharumpe

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