NAME

snapshot-dir - create a snapshot database of a directory tree

SYNOPSIS

snapshot-dir [-vN] directory [directory...] [:output=database-name]

DESCRIPTION

snapshot-dir

Finds all files in the directory, recursively, and writes to the [database-name] or to standard output a description of each file including name, file modes, sizes, dates, and an MD5 checksum of each REG file, and the contents of each symbolic link.

The database can be further processed by other programs that can determine what has changed in a file system.

The directory arguments can also be regular file names.

The -v argument lets you specify a verbosity level.

# snapshot-dir /tmp/gjc
("/tmp/gjc/."


 (dev 8 0)


 (ino . 8034)


 (mode DIR XOTH ROTH XGRP RGRP XUSR WUSR RUSR)


 (nlink . 3)


 (uid . 148)


 (gid . 0)


 (rdev . 36789)


 (size . 512)


 (atime . 815151544)


 (mtime . 815085346)


 (ctime . 815085346)


 (blksize . 8192)


 (blocks . 2)


 (flags . 0)


 (gen . 815085365)
)
("/tmp/gjc/foo"


 (dev 8 0)


 (ino . 8059)


 (mode DIR XOTH ROTH XGRP RGRP XUSR WUSR RUSR)


 (nlink . 3)


 (uid . 148)


 (gid . 0)


 (rdev . 36821)


 (size . 512)


 (atime . 815151319)


 (mtime . 815151527)


 (ctime . 815151527)


 (blksize . 8192)


 (blocks . 2)


 (flags . 0)


 (gen . 815085366)
)
("/tmp/gjc/foo/test.txt"


 (md5 . "bd7090333ff9eabec6a4c1f9461aaaff")


 (dev 8 0)


 (ino . 8085)


 (mode REG ROTH RGRP WUSR RUSR)


 (nlink . 1)


 (uid . 148)


 (gid . 0)


 (rdev . 36963)


 (size . 13)


 (atime . 815151527)


 (mtime . 815151537)


 (ctime . 815151537)


 (blksize . 8192)


 (blocks . 2)


 (flags . 0)


 (gen . 815151527)
)

EXIT STATUS

Errors result in a non-zero exit status.

AUTHOR

gjc@world.std.com

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