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Sandeep Singh
Sandeep Singh

Reputation: 5191

How to log daily changes in Linux Filesystem?

Can anyone please suggest me some script or mechanism so that I can record all the Changes made into my GNU/Linux File System on daily basis.

Example:

Suppose I make the following changes on 1-Jan-2012:

File_Modified                Modification_type      Date/Timestamp

/mnt/linux_d/notes.txt       Added                  1-Jan-2012 10:00 AM

/root/Desktop/log/pdf        Deleted                1-Jan-2012 2:00 PM

/root/Document/sample.html   Modified               1-Jan-2012 5:00 PM

Thanks.

Best Regards,

Sandeep Singh

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1678

Answers (3)

Basile Starynkevitch
Basile Starynkevitch

Reputation: 1

If you care only about changes inside one single directory, you could use the inotify facilities, in particular inotifywatch.

You can also use incrond thru incrontab

Upvotes: 2

Shiplu Mokaddim
Shiplu Mokaddim

Reputation: 57690

zfs file system supports similar functionality. And there are many more. See this wiki entry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versioning_file_system

Upvotes: 2

Kevin
Kevin

Reputation: 6747

Take a look at tripwire:

Tripwire is a tool that aids system administrators and users in monitoring a designated set of files for any changes. Used with system files on a regular (e.g., daily) basis, Tripwire can notify system administrators of corrupted or tampered files, so damage control measures can be taken in a timely manner.

There are packages available on many distributions.

Upvotes: 6

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