NAME¶
installwatch — Track installation of software
SYNOPSIS¶
installwatch [
options] [command]
DESCRIPTION¶
installwatch is a program that is used in order to track the changes made
while installing local software (i.e. "make install"). It monitors
the requested command, and produces a log which indicates all created and
modified files. By default it outputs to
syslog(3) using a priority of
"LOG_USER | LOG_INFO". This may be overridden by the use of the
-o flag. The log format is as follows:
<return-value> <syscall-name> <argument> #<comment>
Each field is delimited by a "^I" character if logging to
syslog(3), or by a tab when logging to a file.
ENVIRONMENT¶
- INSTALLWATCH_BACKUP_PATH
- Set this variable to the location that you want
installwatch to copy the original version of files which get modified. The
directory will be created if it does not exist, assuming that the parent
is writable.
OPTIONS¶
These program follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options
starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.
- -o --logfile
- Directs that output from the logged command be written to
the filename specified. If the specified file already exists, it will be
truncated.
- -r --root
- Sets the directory under which meta-info and translated
files will be stored.
- -t --trans
- Toggle translation capabilities.
- -e --exclude
- Sets a comma separated neutral directory list, that won't
be concerned by translation or backups.
- -d --dbgfile
- Specify a debug file.
- -v --dbglvl
- Sets the debug level to be used.
- -h --help
- Show help information.
BUGS¶
installwatch does not work with programs which are statically linked with libc.
Due to LD_PRELOAD limitations, it does not work with suid programs (this would
probably introduce security problems, anyway).
mknod(2) is not monitored.
AUTHOR¶
This manual page was written by Felipe Sateler <fsateler@gmail.com> for
the
Debian system (but may be used by others). Original text by Greg
Norris <adric@debian.org>. Permission is granted to copy, distribute
and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
Version 2.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be
found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.