mtree

[fernandel]

Long time I am using mtree for checking changes on directories and long time I have a problem with unbound.log which is in /usr/local/etc and it is changing all the time.
Is it an option to skip "unbound.log", please?
Thank you.

 

[AlfredoLlaquet]

From the mtree() man page:

       -X exclude-file The  specified  file contains  fnmatch(3) patterns
              matching  files  to  be excluded from the specifica-
              tion, one to a line. If the pattern contains a  `/'
              character,  it  will be matched against entire path-
              names (relative to the starting  directory); other-
              wise, it will be matched against basenames only.
              Comments are permitted in the exclude-list file.

Note: The "exclude-file" is not the file to be excluded, it's a text file in which you list the files you want to exclude. I think that if you write "unbound.log" in a line, that's enough.

 

[AlfredoLlaquet]

Recommended thread about mtree:

Thread '(small) Guide on using mtree'

May 28, 2017

Hi gang,

What is mtree?

mtree(8) is a utility included in the base system (/usr/sbin/mtree) and can be used to compare two directory structures thus allowing you to spot any kind of difference. By default it does this by comparing file size (in bytes) and type, last modification time, file owner, group owner, the permissions as a numeric value, any optional flags (see ls -lo, and also chflags(1)) and finally any optional soft or hard links the file might have.

But there's a whole lot more you can do here.

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[fernandel]

From the mtree() man page:

       -X exclude-file The  specified  file contains  fnmatch(3) patterns
              matching  files  to  be excluded from the specifica-
              tion, one to a line. If the pattern contains a  `/'
              character,  it  will be matched against entire path-
              names (relative to the starting  directory); other-
              wise, it will be matched against basenames only.
              Comments are permitted in the exclude-list file.

Note: The "exclude-file" is not the file to be excluded, it's a text file in which you list the files you want to exclude. I think that if you write "unbound.log" in a line, that's enough.

I made a script from Dru Lavigne book BSD HACKS.
Book is from 2004 but it is useful still .

Thank you.