afick changelog

2010-12-10 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.16-1

fix bug in print_digest (bug report from Andy Bach )
fix bug base_checksum / degraded mode
rename set_planning.pl into afick_set_planning.pl

2010-04-06 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.15-1

add 64 bits lib directories in afick.conf and afickonfig.pl
(afickonfig.pl) addlib also add libs from ldd command on perl binary
(afick_cron) now use sh syntax instead bash syntax (patch from Mike Muise)
(afick) avoid loosing time in print_digest in null (patch from Mike Muise)
(afick_cron) fix hostname call for non GNU unix (patch from Mike Muise)
fix english typo (suggest from Francis Favorini)
(afick) fix error with activeperl 5.10.1.1007 on S_ISBLK (bug request from Francis Favorini)
check_config warns about environment variables in config file
clean_config try to replace environment variables in config file
(afick) allow to work as admin on vista/seven (uac)

2009-07-24 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.14-1

only one dangling info report
output compatibility with md5sum/sha1sum commands
fix a bug on negative rule
add quiet option, not recommanded (feature request from Kevin Crowston)

2009-01-16 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.13-1

(unix) remove udev files from scan
begin to remove global variables (Id, Field)
reference date is now $BASETIME
move to_abspath to afick-common
recode messaging to use same low-level subs (report)
add LF in report sub
new crlf sub
detect date in the future (Running)
new directive/option : only_suffix
new analysis option stat_ext
print dangling file as info if warn_dead_symlinks is disabled
test for existing database and die if not

2008-10-16 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.12-1

(windows) afick_planning now send report instead summary and use LINES macro
(unix) fix a warning with perl 5.10 on Constant subroutine main::S_IWGRP redefined
fix perlcritic warnings
(unix) new MOUNT macro to use a remote database when using batch task on unix (afick_cron)
add a security to avoid exlude auto-control files
better Makefile.pl diagnostics (I hope)
(unix) remove udev files from scan

2008-04-10 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.11-1

afick_planning can also send a mail on windows (add MAILHOST macro)
only one doc source : the included pod doc

2007-05-17 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.10-1

post_install can replace environment variables in afick's config
windows config file now use environment variables (Manuel Martin suggest)
rename set_planning.bat to afick_postinstall.bat
display warning for too long acl on windows (SDBM error)
add report_syslog directive and option
dynamic choice of database backend (on init)
change directives compare algorithm (diff_tab sub)
remove usage sub (all doc in pod)
add report_url option
adapt afick_cron to old shell syntax (ash ...) to fix bug with anacron ( Slass100 report)
prepare code for daemon mode (with gamin use)
checksum do not change atime any more if possible
improved afick change detection (warnings not only on checksum)

2006-10-05 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.9-1

fix bug on temporary files (init parameters to 0) ? (afick)
fix bug for exclude* (multi-line works again, was broken in 2.7-1) (afick-common), thanks Manuel Martin
use more constants (afick)
skip checksum on empty files (afick)
recode addfile in checksum sub to avoid exit (croak) on errors (afick)
change warning to debug for checksum access on windows (afick)
updated windows config file (add exclude by Manuel Martin)
(afickonfig) add man option (first use of Pod::Usage)
(afickonfig) add opt_ prefix for opt variables
(afickonfig) for addpath option on windows, add %systemroot% and %ProgramFiles%
(afick) fix a bug on exceptions with globing and ignore_case

2006-09-04 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.9-0

add database files in rpm database (ghost)
new warning_def and debug_def default subroutines (afick-common) to avoid duplicate code
new option --check_update to check for a new version (afick)
use perlcritic to clean perl code (follow Conway rules)
rename planning.bat to set_planning.bat and planning.pl to set_planning.pl (windows)
fix tar.gz install for hpux users (thanks Menguy Jacques)
fix a bug on print_config option (afick)
add afick_archive.pl tool
info, debug, warning now have an internal new line terminator
tar.gz, debian and rpm install now use common scripts for pre-install and post-install (clean config configuration)
improved configuration upgrade with "local config section"
clean_config do not remove comments any more (afick/afickonfig bugfix)
running an update action on a missing database switch to init action (useful for batch job)
change allow_overload default directive value to yes
addpath and addlib option now work on Microsoft OS (afickonfig bugfix)
move html doc to html subdirectory

2006-04-14 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.8-3

new my_die sub to be consistent (as warning, info ...)
add a locking mechanism on database (my_lock, my_unlock, close_database sub)
add new debugging tool ( debug_begin, debug_end, get_caller )
add signal trapping for a clean exit
fix bug if macro VERBOSE = 1( no mail sent if no changes) on afick_cron
nice macro value is used by afick.pl
change auto_control check for rfc needs
fix a bug with follow_symlinks doc which does not match behavior
new windows packager Setup2Go
(windows package) save config file before install
(windows package) remove task from service planning on uninstall
(windows package) remove hard-coded path to afick directory

2005-08-17 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.8-2

default config file can be set in AFICK_CONFIG environment variable
bugfix : afick can be started again by not-root users
rename afick.cron into afick_cron (cron file name limitation on Debian)(thanks to Roland Kruggel)

2005-06-28 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.8-1

fix date on control file to match history/archive date
more general addrule sub
improve auto-control on directives changes
fix bad directives display, with a new uniq sub (get_list_dir)
add a warning if init action on an existing database
package for Debian sarge

2005-06-06 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.8-0

restrict permissions on database files
now add all afick's programs to database
allow md5 and sha1 checksum
stat_secu : add uid and gid orphans
doc translation to french
Makefile.pl can change shebang (perl path) on perl scripts (suggest from paulhargreaves)
upgrade from tar.gz now save old config file

2005-05-01 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.7.1

fix problem with mkdir (add -p) on src.rpm (thanks Sinner)
add real elapsed time in timing option for afick.pl (thanks Roland Friedwagner)
remove symbolic links from running testing (thanks Roland Friedwagner)
fix problem with tar.gz install (afickonfig return code)
fix bug on get_configuration sub for multi-line exclude
add follow_symlinks directive to have control checksum behavior on symbolic links(Roland Friedwagner)
fix bug with root dir on windows (thanks Jean-Marc Mongrelet)
add macro REPORT
add directive allow_overload
fix bug for exceptions and quoted files

2005-02-09 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.7.0

add print_directive, print_macro, print_alias, print_rule options
add addpath and addlib options to afickonfig command
get macro constant from Fcntl instead POSIX (define socket and links)
add search option to get a filtered output from database
add stat_secu and stat_size options
add tab2hash, get_filemode, get_filesize, is_type, split_record sub
add open_database, statistics sub
move rech_parent sub to afick-common
run afickonfig.pl --addpath --addlib in rpm and tgz install
change default max_checksum_size to ~ 10 Mo
fix test_os.sh script perms bug
better section split in config file
use same format for all printed dates (last run ...)
add uninstall target in Makefile for tar.gz installers
allow new fileinfo fields (add norm_info and is_changed sub)

2005-01-13 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.6.2

fix a bug on afickonfig with directives
avoid scan if list mode contains exceptions (rech_parent)
open database in read-only mode if compare (bug report from Brian Warshawsky)
do not write control file in compare mode

2005-01-06 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.6.1

now create history file, archive Dir if not exists
on window, launch icon is now in afick menu
add a warning if nothing to scan
debug and clean list options treatment : check for adequate rule and warn if not exist

2004-12-17 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.6.0

restrict config file perm (security)
add max_checksum_size directive for partial checksum on big files (idea from Emmanuel Florac)
add exclude_re directive for regular expressions filter

2004-11-12 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.5.0

fix bug on print_config option
add alias, macros, rules options on afickonfig
check config validity at end of afickonfig
add info on check_config
now use common lib afick_common.pl
add option clean_config (afick.pl)
rewrite alias parsing ( now in good order)
fix bug in E alias use

2004-10-16 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.4.0

change tar.gz installer (Makefile) to work on AIX (add test_os.sh)
add short option -A for --archive
clean rpm files with rpmlint
now check macro syntax (afick.pl)
fix bug in planning.pl (remove rem)
add afick_planning.pl to send MessageBox to user on windows from
planning
test if archive directories exists (afick.pl)
now can choice day/time for service planning (planning.pl)
change all dates from gmt to local time
print_config option now print macros/alias/rules too
add current version in report header
add exclude_prefix directive
rewrite exclude algorithm to be faster

2004-07-21 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.3.1

on windows, the uninstall should work again
on linux, perl-Digest-MD5 (rpm) dependency was removed to work with perl 5.8. (a perl test is now done in pre-install stage

2004-06-30 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.3.0

add afickonfig.pl tool to manage afick's config file
add --database/-D option
add comments on running options in output
add check_config option
rename scan.cmd into afick_scan.cmd
change print_config output to the same format as config file
test if exists before adding to service planning on windows
remove old 'h' attribute (replaced by md5, or sha1)

2004-05-08 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.2.0

replace double quotes by simple if possible
add the NICE macro to control afick cron job priority (on a suggest from Bryan )
fix missing file name in print mode
bug on dangling links, defined as top file in config file ( bad $rep) (on a bug report from Bütow Michael)
add macro BATCH to allow cron remote control

2004-04-05 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.1.0

reference to array in sub (on a suggest from Terry Gliedt)
new directive debug
add an eval on FileSecurity to avoid perl crash or warning (on a bug report from Scott Harlow)
remove perl -T flag to have same version on all os
a new Makefile.pl for tgz install (check dependencies) (on a suggest from Terry Gliedt)
fix a bug with --print and archive mode
add a planning.bat on windows to insert a task in planning (with the help from Andre DUCLOS)

2004-03-11 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 2.0.0

add ignore_case directive/option
add history directive/option
add archive directive
bug in subtractive alias
remove/clean global var
split in 2 packages command-line and gui
add a makefile for tgz package
add macro VERBOSE to suppress useless mail if no changes

2004-01-28 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 1.8.0

for new files, display inode date
for deleted files, display parent change date
output format change to allow automatic parsing (comments)
add all perl dependencies in package
resolv all name to absolute path
afick-tk, more homogeneous gui
afick-tk, add tree view
afick-tk, add balloon for context help

2004-01-17 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 1.7.0

add a line to explain fields on print action
add html doc
add acl instead uid field on windows (Win32::Filesecurity)
now use POSIX macros for portability
afick-tk, add a little 'wizard'
afick-tk,now display file number and percent
add sha1 checksum

2004-01-01 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 1.6-0

fix a bug on report_url (with null)
detect changes during scan
fix a bug on deleted directories if not report_full
add a new -t/timing flag to print cpu statistics
add a new -r/--running_files to warn about modified files during program run

2003-12-10 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 1.5-0

add exclude_suffix directive
add progress option for afick-tk
new sub warning
add new warnings on bad config lines
fix a bug on alias resolution
afick-tk, add progress bar and file stat
afick-tk, add warning section, and update window
afick-tk, rewrite widget structure
afick-tk, new warning sub
afick-tk, change saved output to .log
afick-tk, rewrite help

2003-11-28 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 1.4-1

a better control between afick and afick.pl calls
afick.cron, now test -x (leo west)
rewrite afick help and man page in a better way

2003-11-13 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 1.4-0

add an auto-control to check afick changes
perl checking for sub arguments (prototypes)
afick-tk, version in title
change getopt for compatibility with old perl version
always get a hostname in cron job
the exit status now depends upon changes

2003-10-22 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 1.3-1

fix a bug in compare mode
more debug informations
afick-tk, change checkbox to optionmenu to have 3 choices (keep, overload, negative overload)

2003-10-14 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 1.3-0

add file type
sort results
add menu entries
add report_full_newdel directive
add ignore_missing_file directive
add WARNING word for all warning
add long options (gnu, posix)
default config file change according operating system
afick-tk, change cursor to clock during search
afick-tk, radio-buttons to configure options
afick-tk, fix bug in save config on windows

2003-10-02 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 1.2-0

add report and debug subroutines to have more general use
add report_url directive (stdout, stderr, null)
now have summary and detailed output
test for directories for equal scan
automatic database init on first install
fix a bug on -l flag use
remove checksum on sockets
afick-tk , edit and save config file
afick-tk , report stderr too
afick-tk , clear output after each operation
afick-tk , output expand to fill window

2003-09-23 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 1.1-0

fix bug for md5
add warn_dead_symlinks directive
fhs appliance (Debian)
distinguish dir and dir/ for =
add quit buttons in afick-tk
add about window in afick-tk
add manpage for afick-tk
add log file for cron jobs
add logrotate for log file

2003-09-17 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 1.0.0

add a default config file is /etc/afick.conf
add database in config file (-b option is obsolete now)
add equals selection lines (directories to scan, without recurse)
add a beta tk interface : afick-tk.pl
add ctime (c) and block count (b) parameters

2003-08-13 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 0.9.3

add aliases in config file with +- syntax
add configuration man page

2003-08-12 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 0.9.2

display in a more human way (device, perm)
add configurable attribute in config file

2002-09-09 Eric Gerbier <gerbier@users.sourceforge.net> 0.9

first public version package

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