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Old 07-02-2010
Bug Generate a change list of files/dir

Is there a tool that can diff a directory and generate a change list of files in that directory based on a previous snapshot on the directory?

For example
/etc/a.txt:changed
/etc/b.txt:removed
/etc/c.txt:added

Thanks!
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