On Tue, Feb 24, 2009, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >Is there anything I can use to take an inventory of the filesystem >before and after some process to see what's changed? I frequently do something like this: touch /tmp/copyctrl # do update here find / ! -type d -newer /tmp/copyctrl | sort > /tmp/changelist Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed. -- Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers at 184-188