On Mon, 2007-04-02 at 13:05 +1000, Peter Miller wrote:
> Does anyone know of a tool which walks all the files on your system, and
> ((any files which are not part of any package) or (files which are part
> of a package and which have been changed, thinking here of config
> files)) print the file name?
> 
> This would be great for generating a list of file backup candidates.
> 
> debsums(1) comes close, but only for installed files, and I'd like all
> of the files which *aren't* package files as well.

cruft(8) will tell you about files that don't belong to any installed
packages. Hopefully that should cover everything you need?

-- 
Pete

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