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installwatch(1)						       installwatch(1)

NAME
       installwatch — Track installation of software

SYNOPSIS
       installwatch [options]  [command]

DESCRIPTION
       installwatch  is	 a  program that is used in order to track the changes
       made while installing local software (i.e.  "make install").  It	 moni‐
       tors the requested command, and produces a log which indicates all cre‐
       ated and modified files. By default it outputs  to  syslog(3)  using  a
       priority of "LOG_USER | LOG_INFO". This may be overridden by the use of
       the -o flag. The log format is as follows:

       <return-value> <syscall-name> <argument> #<comment>

       Each field is delimited by a "^I" character if logging to syslog(3), or
       by a tab when logging to a file.

ENVIRONMENT
       INSTALLWATCH_BACKUP_PATH
		 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.

OPTIONS
       These program follow the usual  GNU  command  line  syntax,  with  long
       options	starting  with	two  dashes  (`-').   A	 summary of options is
       included below.

		 -o	   --logfile
		 Directs that output from the logged command be written to the
		 filename  specified. If the specified file already exists, it
		 will be truncated.

       -r	    --root
		 Sets the directory under which meta-info and translated files
		 will be stored.

       -t	    --trans
		 Toggle translation capabilities.

       -e	    --exclude
		 Sets  a comma separated neutral directory list, that won't be
		 concerned by translation or backups.

       -d	    --dbgfile
		 Specify a debug file.

       -v	--dbglvl
		 Sets the debug level to be used.

       -h	  --help
		 Show help information.

BUGS
       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).

       mknod(2) is not monitored.

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Felipe Sateler <fsateler@gmail.com> for
       the  Debian  system  (but may be used by others). Original text by Greg
       Norris <adric@debian.org>. Permission is granted	 to  copy,  distribute
       and/or  modify  this document under the terms of the GNU General Public
       License, Version 2.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License
       can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

							       installwatch(1)

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