--- name: "ftpwatch" section: "8" platform: "linux" package: "ftpwatch" version: "1.24+nmu2" release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/ftpwatch" --- # ftpwatch(8) Notifies you of changes on remote ftp servers ## NAME ftpwatch - Notifies you of changes on remote ftp servers ## SYNOPSIS ftpwatch ## DESCRIPTION *ftpwatch* is a program intended to be run as a cron job. Every user who wants to use it should install it into his crontab file. That is add something like: 47 5 \* \* 7 /usr/bin/ftpwatch The user should then create a .ftpwatchrc file. If one is found the specifed files and directories in that file will be dired, and the result is stored as separate files in a .ftpwatch directory i the home directory. [*diff*(1)](/diff/1.md) is invoked to find any changes since last run. If any are found, the output of diff is mailed to the user. ## OPTIONS \-d\ passes the options in \ to diff when invoked to generate the change-repport sent to the user. \-p run ftp in passive mode ## CONFIGURATION FILES Each user can place a .ftpwatchrc file in there home directories, listing the files or directories they are intrested in. The format is simpel. Each line of the file is of the following type: \:\ Where \ is the hostname of the ftp server and \ is the file or directory to watch. If you instead want to watch an entire directory structure recoursly you can add an R to the config line of the dir whoes subdirs you are intresed in, like this: \:R:\ ## AUTHOR ``` Hakan Ardo ```