[CentOS] Good md5sum snapshot tool?
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Wed Jun 3 21:51:53 UTC 2009
Sean Carolan wrote:
> I have a server that is undergoing some patching soon and would like
> to make note of any files that have changed after the patching is
> complete. Can you recommend a tool that uses md5sum snapshots to do a
> quick before and after test, showing anything that's changed on a
> particular file system?
I always like brute force - and the ability to undo things... If you
have space somewhere to rsync (-aH) a backup copy of the filesystems
before the changes, repeating the rsync with -aHvn --delete, (don't
forget that -n) will show what is different afterwards.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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