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		emmelaich on Feb 7, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Maybe: run a command, see what it does to your fil... Yes, it's a great idea. A similar idea is used to trace what 'make install' does so that stuff can be uninstalled later - or made into a package (rpm, dpkg etc) I forget what that tool is called.

par1970 on Feb 7, 2016 | [–]

http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/

obelisk_ on Feb 7, 2016 | [–]

Also similar in concept is the tup build system which monitors rule commands run to gain knowledge of additional dependencies.

http://gittup.org/tup/ex_dependencies.html

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