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FTIMES-BIMVL(1) 	      FTimes Documentation		 FTIMES-BIMVL(1)

NAME
     ftimes-bimvl - Take a snapshot, compare it to a baseline, and log the
     changes.

SYNOPSIS
     ftimes-bimvl [-S] [-d work-dir] [-f config-file] [-H ftimes-home] [-i ig-
     nore-file] [-m mask] [-p priority] [-s server[:port]] [-t tag] include [in-
     clude ...]

     ftimes-bimvl [-S] [-d work-dir] [-H ftimes-home] [-i ignore-file] [-m mask]
     [-p priority] [-s server[:port]] [-t tag] -f config-file [include ...]

DESCRIPTION
     This utility creates an FTimes snapshot of a specified set of files and/or
     directories, compares that snapshot to a previously captured baseline, and
     sends log messages to a specified syslog server for each object that is
     changed, missing, or new.	If no baseline exists, one will be created, and
     no comparisons will be made until the next invocation of the utility.

OPTIONS
     -d work-dir
	 Specifies a work directory that will be used to store the baseline,
	 snapshot, and compare files during runs.  If this directory does not
	 exist, it will be created during runtime.  The default location is
	 'C:\FTimes\out' and '/usr/local/ftimes/out' for WINX and UNIX plat-
	 forms, respectively.

     -f config-file
	 Specifies a config file that contains any of the various ftimes(1) con-
	 trols (one per line) that are valid for map mode.  Note that this op-
	 tion is required when no includes are specified on the command line,
	 and in that case, the desired includes must be specified within the as-
	 sociated config file.

     -H ftimes-home
	 Specifies the location of FTimes components on the client system.  The
	 default value is 'C:\FTimes' and '/usr/local/ftimes' for WINX and UNIX
	 platforms, respectively.

     -i ignore-file
	 Specifies a file containing zero or more patterns, one per line, that
	 are to be applied to the compare output. All matched records will be
	 discarded, and no syslog message will be generated.

     -m mask
	 FTimes fieldmask to use.

     -p priority
	 Specifies the syslog facility and level to use for syslog messages.
	 The format is facility.level.	Valid values can be found in the log-
	 ger(1) man page.

     -S  Specifies that the log messages should use the Perl module Sys::Syslog
	 for sending messages. The benefit of using this option is that messages
	 can use the settings in /etc/syslog.conf.

     -s server[:port]
	 Specifies the hostname (or IP address) and port of syslog server.  The
	 default value is 127.0.0.1:514.

     -t tag
	 Specifies the string that will be tagged to every syslog message.  The
	 default tag is the name of this utility.

AUTHOR
     Klayton Monroe and Jason Smith

SEE ALSO
     ftimes(1)

LICENSE
     All documentation and code are distributed under same terms and conditions
     as FTimes.

perl v5.42.3			   2026-08-27			 FTIMES-BIMVL(1)

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