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Topic: listing every file with it's directory, like tar-tvf mytar would

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clacker

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Posted: Aug. 08 2004,11:45

Is there a way to get a listing of every file on the system, similar to the output from tar -t??? Besides the obvious:
tar -cvf mytar *
tar -tvf mytar

I am trying to make a dsl for a program that runs a lot of configuration programs after the *.deb files load with apt-get. What I would like to do is get a listing of every file in /ramdisk and /etc, including full path names and file sizes, before and after I load the new program. Then I want to take any line in the second file that isn't in the first (using grep) and add that entry to a file. Then I will take that file and use tar with the -T command to make my dsl.

roberts

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Posted: Aug. 08 2004,15:12

Sure, use the find command.

find /home -print > myfiles.lst

or

cd desired_dir
find . -print > myfiles.lst

There are lots of options to find. It is one of the most useful commands.

ke4nt1

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Posted: Aug. 08 2004,15:36

....ke4nt sneaks in for a bite.... :cool:

roberts, I have wanted to do this very thing many times before
to see how an extension affects the file system...

So , would this work.....

"find / -print > b4.txt"
before installing an app.... then

"find / -print > aft.txt"
After installing the app.... then

"diff b4.txt aft.txt > newlist.txt" ?

Would this work?

73
ke4nt

roberts

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Posted: Aug. 08 2004,18:55

Yes, but I would filter out stuff not really needed in the list list /KNOPPIX and /proc maybe /dev also mnt if you have a bunch of other drives mounted.

Just create pipes to grep -v

find / -print | grep -v proc | grep -v KNOPPIX > mylist.txt

Using *nix one becomes a wordsmith.