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From: dpl@unix.cis.pitt.edu (David P. Lithgow)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: needed: periodic directory content monitor
Keywords: periodic directory content monitor
Message-ID: <25568@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 2 Jul 90 18:20:32 GMT
Reply-To: dpl@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (David P. Lithgow)
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To all netnews readers,

	We have persistent problems with sloppy roots dropping junk
files into system directories, and the occasional operator
"rm *" problems.  We'd like to detect and correct.

	I'm looking for a software program - which I've heard of,
but don't know the name - which will run (e.g.) once a week, and
report on any changes made to a list of "system" directories (whose
contents we try to keep clear of local code & files).  We reserve
/usr/local/{etc,bin,lib...} for locally-added commands,files,packages.

	I'm about to write this program unless I can locate it
on the net - just the convenience at upgrade time will justify
the effort...

					-David P. Lithgow
					dpl@unix.cis.pitt.edu
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