What can it do?
With FAD tools you can:
- compare directory hierarchies at different times (e.g. for intrusion detection or as a reminder to document a system configuration change),
- compare directory hierarchies at different locations (e.g. for working out why one version of something works and another one doesn't).
What does it consist of?
FAD tools consists of:
- commands for generating, comparing, merging, filtering the attribute details of sets of files,
- a command to make day to day comparisons and send reports by email,
- a command to repair filesystem permissions,
- manual pages
What has it been tested on?
FAD tools has been tested on:
but it should work on all Unix-like operating systems.
What are its prerequisites?
FAD tools requires:
Documentation
Debian installation
If not already done, configure access to this repository as described at ahuxley-keyring.
Run:
apt-get install fad
Downloads
version |
released |
version description |
file |
file description |
5.2.4 |
17/01/2012 |
latest stable |
source |
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Debian package |
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RPM |
Bugs and change requests
id |
filed |
description |
response |
status |
FAD#147 |
17/06/2008 |
/var/tmp/fadscan.pid.snap not deleted and filling FS |
should reassign to ADE |
retitled ADE#301 |
FAD#148 |
02/07/2008 |
fadscan -s xxx works even if no such basesnap |
|
fixed in 5.0.2 |
FAD#149 |
11/11/2009 |
faddiff should not produce this error (maybe mkfad should, but not faddiff) |
|
fixed in 5.0.2 |
FAD#150 |
16/03/2010 |
faddiff on two files one of which is empty/corrupt produces an error message which does not mention the filename |
|
fixed in 5.0.2 |
FAD#151 |
09/04/2010 |
find ~/ | fadfixperms -nv ~/etc/fadfixperms/fadfixperms.conf - |
examine option parsing |
open |
FAD#152 |
01/01/2011 |
faddiff exits non-zero on differences, which is not in alignment with the normal diff command |
fix exit codes |
fixed in 5.1 |
FAD#153 |
09/03/2011 |
faddiff with --ignore-* gives blank lines where ignored stuff was |
|
open |
Copyright
FAD tools is (C) AlexisHuxley 1995-2011 and is distributed under the terms of the GPL.
See also
Computing (other software by AlexisHuxley)