On 03.07.2009 18:06, Jon Watson wrote: > Hi All, > > I am aware that rsync can be run to just list the files that have > changed between the source and destination. I would like to capitalize > on that feature to monitor some development that is going on in order to > get a complete list of files that have been changed on a server. > > I realize that I can create an initial rsync of the files to some other > location and then sometime later run rsync in list only mode against > that initial repository to find out what files have changed. > > I also realize that there are revisioning tools out there but they are > complete overkill for this particular issue. > > What I am curious about is if there is a way to achieve this without > maintaining two copies of the files. Is there any way to run rsync > against a fileset where rsync will produce a checksum or something for > those files and can then later determine what files have changed without > maintaining a second copy of those files? > > I realize rsync is primarily a backup tool (and a great one!) and this > probably falls outside of its purview.
man md5sum Initially (With filenames that (may) contain spaces): find * -type f -printf %p\\0 | xargs -0 md5sum > md5 Without filenames that contain spaces it's a little shorter: find * -type f | xargs md5sum > md5 Then you have a file with an md5sum of all files And to later check what files have changed: md5sum -c md5 That's it. Bis denn -- Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated, cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
