[SOLVED] Linux Monitoring tools.

hack3rcon · 10-08-2017, 09:41 AM

Hello.
Has Linux any tool that show me which part of system changed after install an App or...? Something like "DiffView" for Windows OS.

Thank you.

DavidMcCann · 10-08-2017, 10:43 AM

How about using find to discover what's changed in a given time range?
http://www.hcidata.info/find.htm

The whereis command will also be useful here.

MadeInGermany · 10-08-2017, 02:50 PM

The article mentions

Code:

find ... -print | xargs -r cmd

But that has a problem with space characters in file names.
Should better be

Code:

find ... -exec cmd {} +

where the same is done within the find command.

jamison20000e · 10-08-2017, 04:26 PM

The app itself may tell you what will\has change\d, depending on documentation? Eg: in Synaptic package manager you can right click one, hit properties and pick the "installed files" tab &c or so on...

chrism01 · 10-08-2017, 11:35 PM

For rpm based systems, try /var/log/yum.log.

Please provide more info.

hack3rcon · 10-09-2017, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadeInGermany

The article mentions

Code:

find ... -print | xargs -r cmd

But that has a problem with space characters in file names.
Should better be

Code:

find ... -exec cmd {} +

where the same is done within the find command.

Problem solved via "find" command.

Thank you.

hack3rcon · 10-09-2017, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidMcCann

How about using find to discover what's changed in a given time range?
http://www.hcidata.info/find.htm

The whereis command will also be useful here.

Thank you for a useful link.

DavidMcCann · 10-09-2017, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadeInGermany

But that has a problem with space characters in file names.

Which is why experienced users follow POSIX protocols and don't put spaces in file names. Linux is not Windows!