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Track file changes to help with system recovery
Authored by: matx on Feb 22, '06 10:13:13AM

I've been using logGen for years to do this.

I did it to see what an app installs, so we can package it up and track the changes for lab builds.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/loggen/?branch_id=49025&release_id=155769 or
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsait/admin/mac/software/index.asp

To use it, first run "sudo /usr/local/sbin/logGen [orig.dat]" then
"sudo /usr/local/sbin/logGen [new.dat] [orig.dat] > changes.txt"

Or to track system binaries use Checkmate:
http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/checkmate.html

And check out the afp548 article, for links to updates for checkmate:
http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20050325082931247

And finally, RADMIND, Fine grain control over the whole system:
http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/radmind/



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Mat X -- VFX Mac Tech



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