Re: Filesystem Snapshot
On Monday 27 February 2006 13:46, Sammy wrote:
> I'd like to take a snapshot of the filesystem structure (merely
> contents, as if listed by an ls command) at one point in time, make
> some changes (say install an application) and then compare the
> current structure to the snapshot taken.
> I tried listing contents before/after changes and using diff but
> the results were not satisfactory.
> Any ideas?
> Thank you,
> Sammy
Hey Sammy,
you should take a look at star.
It is an archiver that can create all archive formats I can think of,
also filesystem snapshots. It can be used for incremental backups and
even restores.
And it is _very_ fast.
Just take a look at the exhaustive man page.
Patrick
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