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<H2>NAME </H2>
installwatch --- Track installation of software
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<H2>SYNOPSIS </H2>
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<B>installwatch</B> [<I>options</I>] [command]
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<H2>DESCRIPTION </H2>
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<B>installwatch</B> is a program that is used in order
to track the changes made while installing local software (i.e.
&quot;make install&quot;). It monitors the requested command, and produces
a log which indicates all created and modified files. By default
it outputs to <B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+syslog">syslog</A>(3)</B> using a priority
of &quot;LOG_USER | LOG_INFO&quot;. This may be overridden by the use of the
<B>-o</B> flag. The log format is as follows:
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<TT>&lt;return-value&gt; &lt;syscall-name&gt; &lt;argument&gt; #&lt;comment&gt;</TT>
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Each field is delimited by a &quot;^I&quot; character if logging to
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+syslog">syslog</A>(3)</B>, or by a tab when logging to a file.
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<H2>ENVIRONMENT </H2>
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<DT id="1">INSTALLWATCH_BACKUP_PATH<DD>
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.
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<H2>OPTIONS </H2>
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These program follow the usual GNU command line syntax,
with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of
options is included below.
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<DT id="2"><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TT><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TT><B>-o</B> <TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TT><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TT><B>--logfile</B> <TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TT><DD>
Directs that output from the logged command be written to <BR>
the filename specified. If the specified file already exists,
it will be truncated.
<DT id="3"><B>-r</B> <B>--root</B> <DD>
Sets the directory under which meta-info and translated
files will be stored.
<DT id="4"><B>-t</B> <B>--trans</B> <DD>
Toggle translation capabilities.
<DT id="5"><B>-e</B> <B>--exclude</B> <DD>
Sets a comma separated neutral directory list, that won't
be concerned by translation or backups.
<DT id="6"><B>-d</B> <B>--dbgfile</B> <DD>
Specify a debug file.
<DT id="7"><B>-v</B> <B>--dbglvl</B><DD>
Sets the debug level to be used.
<DT id="8"><B>-h</B> <TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TT> <B>--help</B><DD>
Show help information. <BR>
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<H2>BUGS </H2>
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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).
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+mknod">mknod</A>(2)</B> is not monitored.
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<H2>AUTHOR </H2>
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This manual page was written by Felipe Sateler &lt;<A HREF="mailto:fsateler@gmail.com">fsateler@gmail.com</A>&gt; for
the <B>Debian</B> system (but may be used by others). Original text
by Greg Norris &lt;<A HREF="mailto:adric@debian.org">adric@debian.org</A>&gt;. Permission is
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under
the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2.
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On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
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<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME </A><DD>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS </A><DD>
<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION </A><DD>
<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAE">ENVIRONMENT </A><DD>
<DT id="13"><A HREF="#lbAF">OPTIONS </A><DD>
<DT id="14"><A HREF="#lbAG">BUGS </A><DD>
<DT id="15"><A HREF="#lbAH">AUTHOR </A><DD>
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