>> On a similar subject, here's a suggestion for a really useful thing
>> somebody needs to write, if they haven't already : A utility which
>> intercepts any file overwrite or delete operation in specified
>> directories, and stashes away a copy of the old version (EVERY old
>> version) in an archive, which can then be periodically burned to a CD.
>> There are many times when I've wished I had every previous version of a
>> file....

Get, and run openvms ... ;-) Otherwise on a reasonably set up
linux/openbsd etc system the system setup and binary directories are not
writable by default for normal users, so you have to try hard to clobber
something (but if you try hard enough, you will succeed). The normal
method to keep track of changes, barring a tool, is ls -lR >ls-lR.txt. If
you suspect changes run the command again and diff the two results. diff
will tell you what changed. There are much more elaborate tools for that.

Peter

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