[ale] Using diff to see what changed

[Michael Hirsch]

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 6:58 AM, Watson, Keith <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Chris
>> Fowler
>> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 17:54
>> To: ale at ale.org
>> Subject: [ale] Using diff to see what changed
>>
>> I want to do something weird.
>>
>> I want to install a program in wine and do a diff on the tree to see
>> what files were updated after the installation.  What would be the best
>> way?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>
>
> Chris,
>
> There are Windows applications that do this but I don't know if they would work under wine.

There are many Linux programs to do this.  My two faves are kdiff3 for
a good graphical interface (requires KDE libs) and ediff for a handy
Emacs interface.  I'm sure there must be more for the Gnomish and
vi-ish amongst us.

Michael