Difference in files and folders at two different times (Windows)
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I would like to see how many files and folders have been changed (including created, deleted and modified), list of changed files and folders with their size before and after.
So is there a utility tool (or script ?) which I could run at two different times and then get the difference ?
windows powershell cmd.exe ntfs
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I would like to see how many files and folders have been changed (including created, deleted and modified), list of changed files and folders with their size before and after.
So is there a utility tool (or script ?) which I could run at two different times and then get the difference ?
windows powershell cmd.exe ntfs
asked Dec 17 '18 at 10:16
OrangeSpiderOrangeSpider
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This is a very specific request, so, nope to a pre-canned tool. You are going to have to write this yourself. So, do some searches using your favorite search engine for each segment of your use case, to build out a script then test it, and if you then have issues, come back a see us with the code and the errors. Just search for PowerShell file and folder management as well as file and folder monitoring as well. A lot of this is in the help files on your system as well. Just look up Get-ChildItem, to get going.
– postanote
Dec 17 '18 at 10:24
@postanote thanks for comment. Btw, I'm open also to tools which do not cover all the aspects I mentioned...
– OrangeSpider
Dec 17 '18 at 10:56
You can use Treesize. It allows saving a snapshot of the files in the system at a given time and compare that to a snapshot from another time.
– Lieven Keersmaekers
Dec 17 '18 at 11:21
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I would like to see how many files and folders have been changed (including created, deleted and modified), list of changed files and folders with their size before and after.
So is there a utility tool (or script ?) which I could run at two different times and then get the difference ?
windows powershell cmd.exe ntfs
asked Dec 17 '18 at 10:16
OrangeSpiderOrangeSpider
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I would like to see how many files and folders have been changed (including created, deleted and modified), list of changed files and folders with their size before and after.
So is there a utility tool (or script ?) which I could run at two different times and then get the difference ?
windows powershell cmd.exe ntfs
windows powershell cmd.exe ntfs
asked Dec 17 '18 at 10:16
OrangeSpiderOrangeSpider
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asked Dec 17 '18 at 10:16
OrangeSpiderOrangeSpider
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asked Dec 17 '18 at 10:16
OrangeSpiderOrangeSpider
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asked Dec 17 '18 at 10:16
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This is a very specific request, so, nope to a pre-canned tool. You are going to have to write this yourself. So, do some searches using your favorite search engine for each segment of your use case, to build out a script then test it, and if you then have issues, come back a see us with the code and the errors. Just search for PowerShell file and folder management as well as file and folder monitoring as well. A lot of this is in the help files on your system as well. Just look up Get-ChildItem, to get going.
– postanote
Dec 17 '18 at 10:24
@postanote thanks for comment. Btw, I'm open also to tools which do not cover all the aspects I mentioned...
– OrangeSpider
Dec 17 '18 at 10:56
You can use Treesize. It allows saving a snapshot of the files in the system at a given time and compare that to a snapshot from another time.
– Lieven Keersmaekers
Dec 17 '18 at 11:21
add a comment |
This is a very specific request, so, nope to a pre-canned tool. You are going to have to write this yourself. So, do some searches using your favorite search engine for each segment of your use case, to build out a script then test it, and if you then have issues, come back a see us with the code and the errors. Just search for PowerShell file and folder management as well as file and folder monitoring as well. A lot of this is in the help files on your system as well. Just look up Get-ChildItem, to get going.
– postanote
Dec 17 '18 at 10:24
@postanote thanks for comment. Btw, I'm open also to tools which do not cover all the aspects I mentioned...
– OrangeSpider
Dec 17 '18 at 10:56
You can use Treesize. It allows saving a snapshot of the files in the system at a given time and compare that to a snapshot from another time.
– Lieven Keersmaekers
Dec 17 '18 at 11:21
This is a very specific request, so, nope to a pre-canned tool. You are going to have to write this yourself. So, do some searches using your favorite search engine for each segment of your use case, to build out a script then test it, and if you then have issues, come back a see us with the code and the errors. Just search for PowerShell file and folder management as well as file and folder monitoring as well. A lot of this is in the help files on your system as well. Just look up Get-ChildItem, to get going.
– postanote
Dec 17 '18 at 10:24
This is a very specific request, so, nope to a pre-canned tool. You are going to have to write this yourself. So, do some searches using your favorite search engine for each segment of your use case, to build out a script then test it, and if you then have issues, come back a see us with the code and the errors. Just search for PowerShell file and folder management as well as file and folder monitoring as well. A lot of this is in the help files on your system as well. Just look up Get-ChildItem, to get going.
– postanote
Dec 17 '18 at 10:24
@postanote thanks for comment. Btw, I'm open also to tools which do not cover all the aspects I mentioned...
– OrangeSpider
Dec 17 '18 at 10:56
@postanote thanks for comment. Btw, I'm open also to tools which do not cover all the aspects I mentioned...
– OrangeSpider
Dec 17 '18 at 10:56
You can use Treesize. It allows saving a snapshot of the files in the system at a given time and compare that to a snapshot from another time.
– Lieven Keersmaekers
Dec 17 '18 at 11:21
You can use Treesize. It allows saving a snapshot of the files in the system at a given time and compare that to a snapshot from another time.
– Lieven Keersmaekers
Dec 17 '18 at 11:21
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With PowerShell it's not too difficult to just combine some cmdlets.
Get-ChildItemto get the folder/file tree into an object,- using
Export-Clixml/Import-Clixmlto store an object in a file
(the xml files will take up some space), - and
Compare-Objectto compare the most recent with the current tree.
## Q:Test20181217SU_1385185.ps1
$Base = 'C:Test'
$ArchiveFolder = $Env:tmp
function Archive-Tree {
$File = "{0}Tree_{1:yyyyMMddHHmmss}.CliXML" -f $ArchiveFolder,[datetime]::Now
Get-ChildItem -Path $Base -Recurse | Export-Clixml $File
$File
}
## ----- get most recent file Tree_*.clixml
$File = Get-ChildItem "$($Env:tmp)Tree_*.Clixml" | Select-Object -Last 1
if ($File){
$Old = Import-Clixml $File
$New = Import-Clixml (Archive-Tree)
Compare-Object -Ref $Old -Dif $New -Property FullName,
Length,LastWriteTime,CreationTime,LastAccessTime |
Sort-Object FullName,SideIndicator | Format-Table -AutoSize
} else {
$File = (Archive-Tree)
"No saved tree, now created as {0}" -f $File
}
Sample output
FullName Length LastWriteTime CreationTime LastAccessTime SideIndicator
-------- ------ ------------- ------------ -------------- -------------
C:testc_test.clixml 982258 2018-12-17 12:59:27 2018-12-17 12:59:24 2018-12-17 12:59:24 =>
C:testc_test.clixml 0 2018-12-17 12:59:24 2018-12-17 12:59:24 2018-12-17 12:59:24 <=
C:Testfoo.baz 1164 2018-12-17 13:55:05 2018-12-17 13:55:21 2018-12-17 13:55:21 =>
The SideIndicator <= references the LHS or -ReferenceObject ($OLD),
the SideIndicator => the RHS or -DifferenceObject ($New).
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With PowerShell it's not too difficult to just combine some cmdlets.
Get-ChildItemto get the folder/file tree into an object,- using
Export-Clixml/Import-Clixmlto store an object in a file
(the xml files will take up some space), - and
Compare-Objectto compare the most recent with the current tree.
## Q:Test20181217SU_1385185.ps1
$Base = 'C:Test'
$ArchiveFolder = $Env:tmp
function Archive-Tree {
$File = "{0}Tree_{1:yyyyMMddHHmmss}.CliXML" -f $ArchiveFolder,[datetime]::Now
Get-ChildItem -Path $Base -Recurse | Export-Clixml $File
$File
}
## ----- get most recent file Tree_*.clixml
$File = Get-ChildItem "$($Env:tmp)Tree_*.Clixml" | Select-Object -Last 1
if ($File){
$Old = Import-Clixml $File
$New = Import-Clixml (Archive-Tree)
Compare-Object -Ref $Old -Dif $New -Property FullName,
Length,LastWriteTime,CreationTime,LastAccessTime |
Sort-Object FullName,SideIndicator | Format-Table -AutoSize
} else {
$File = (Archive-Tree)
"No saved tree, now created as {0}" -f $File
}
Sample output
FullName Length LastWriteTime CreationTime LastAccessTime SideIndicator
-------- ------ ------------- ------------ -------------- -------------
C:testc_test.clixml 982258 2018-12-17 12:59:27 2018-12-17 12:59:24 2018-12-17 12:59:24 =>
C:testc_test.clixml 0 2018-12-17 12:59:24 2018-12-17 12:59:24 2018-12-17 12:59:24 <=
C:Testfoo.baz 1164 2018-12-17 13:55:05 2018-12-17 13:55:21 2018-12-17 13:55:21 =>
The SideIndicator <= references the LHS or -ReferenceObject ($OLD),
the SideIndicator => the RHS or -DifferenceObject ($New).
answered Dec 17 '18 at 13:22
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With PowerShell it's not too difficult to just combine some cmdlets.
Get-ChildItemto get the folder/file tree into an object,- using
Export-Clixml/Import-Clixmlto store an object in a file
(the xml files will take up some space), - and
Compare-Objectto compare the most recent with the current tree.
## Q:Test20181217SU_1385185.ps1
$Base = 'C:Test'
$ArchiveFolder = $Env:tmp
function Archive-Tree {
$File = "{0}Tree_{1:yyyyMMddHHmmss}.CliXML" -f $ArchiveFolder,[datetime]::Now
Get-ChildItem -Path $Base -Recurse | Export-Clixml $File
$File
}
## ----- get most recent file Tree_*.clixml
$File = Get-ChildItem "$($Env:tmp)Tree_*.Clixml" | Select-Object -Last 1
if ($File){
$Old = Import-Clixml $File
$New = Import-Clixml (Archive-Tree)
Compare-Object -Ref $Old -Dif $New -Property FullName,
Length,LastWriteTime,CreationTime,LastAccessTime |
Sort-Object FullName,SideIndicator | Format-Table -AutoSize
} else {
$File = (Archive-Tree)
"No saved tree, now created as {0}" -f $File
}
Sample output
FullName Length LastWriteTime CreationTime LastAccessTime SideIndicator
-------- ------ ------------- ------------ -------------- -------------
C:testc_test.clixml 982258 2018-12-17 12:59:27 2018-12-17 12:59:24 2018-12-17 12:59:24 =>
C:testc_test.clixml 0 2018-12-17 12:59:24 2018-12-17 12:59:24 2018-12-17 12:59:24 <=
C:Testfoo.baz 1164 2018-12-17 13:55:05 2018-12-17 13:55:21 2018-12-17 13:55:21 =>
The SideIndicator <= references the LHS or -ReferenceObject ($OLD),
the SideIndicator => the RHS or -DifferenceObject ($New).
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With PowerShell it's not too difficult to just combine some cmdlets.
Get-ChildItemto get the folder/file tree into an object,- using
Export-Clixml/Import-Clixmlto store an object in a file
(the xml files will take up some space), - and
Compare-Objectto compare the most recent with the current tree.
## Q:Test20181217SU_1385185.ps1
$Base = 'C:Test'
$ArchiveFolder = $Env:tmp
function Archive-Tree {
$File = "{0}Tree_{1:yyyyMMddHHmmss}.CliXML" -f $ArchiveFolder,[datetime]::Now
Get-ChildItem -Path $Base -Recurse | Export-Clixml $File
$File
}
## ----- get most recent file Tree_*.clixml
$File = Get-ChildItem "$($Env:tmp)Tree_*.Clixml" | Select-Object -Last 1
if ($File){
$Old = Import-Clixml $File
$New = Import-Clixml (Archive-Tree)
Compare-Object -Ref $Old -Dif $New -Property FullName,
Length,LastWriteTime,CreationTime,LastAccessTime |
Sort-Object FullName,SideIndicator | Format-Table -AutoSize
} else {
$File = (Archive-Tree)
"No saved tree, now created as {0}" -f $File
}
Sample output
FullName Length LastWriteTime CreationTime LastAccessTime SideIndicator
-------- ------ ------------- ------------ -------------- -------------
C:testc_test.clixml 982258 2018-12-17 12:59:27 2018-12-17 12:59:24 2018-12-17 12:59:24 =>
C:testc_test.clixml 0 2018-12-17 12:59:24 2018-12-17 12:59:24 2018-12-17 12:59:24 <=
C:Testfoo.baz 1164 2018-12-17 13:55:05 2018-12-17 13:55:21 2018-12-17 13:55:21 =>
The SideIndicator <= references the LHS or -ReferenceObject ($OLD),
the SideIndicator => the RHS or -DifferenceObject ($New).
answered Dec 17 '18 at 13:22
LotPingsLotPings
4,7161722
With PowerShell it's not too difficult to just combine some cmdlets.
Get-ChildItemto get the folder/file tree into an object,- using
Export-Clixml/Import-Clixmlto store an object in a file
(the xml files will take up some space), - and
Compare-Objectto compare the most recent with the current tree.
## Q:Test20181217SU_1385185.ps1
$Base = 'C:Test'
$ArchiveFolder = $Env:tmp
function Archive-Tree {
$File = "{0}Tree_{1:yyyyMMddHHmmss}.CliXML" -f $ArchiveFolder,[datetime]::Now
Get-ChildItem -Path $Base -Recurse | Export-Clixml $File
$File
}
## ----- get most recent file Tree_*.clixml
$File = Get-ChildItem "$($Env:tmp)Tree_*.Clixml" | Select-Object -Last 1
if ($File){
$Old = Import-Clixml $File
$New = Import-Clixml (Archive-Tree)
Compare-Object -Ref $Old -Dif $New -Property FullName,
Length,LastWriteTime,CreationTime,LastAccessTime |
Sort-Object FullName,SideIndicator | Format-Table -AutoSize
} else {
$File = (Archive-Tree)
"No saved tree, now created as {0}" -f $File
}
Sample output
FullName Length LastWriteTime CreationTime LastAccessTime SideIndicator
-------- ------ ------------- ------------ -------------- -------------
C:testc_test.clixml 982258 2018-12-17 12:59:27 2018-12-17 12:59:24 2018-12-17 12:59:24 =>
C:testc_test.clixml 0 2018-12-17 12:59:24 2018-12-17 12:59:24 2018-12-17 12:59:24 <=
C:Testfoo.baz 1164 2018-12-17 13:55:05 2018-12-17 13:55:21 2018-12-17 13:55:21 =>
The SideIndicator <= references the LHS or -ReferenceObject ($OLD),
the SideIndicator => the RHS or -DifferenceObject ($New).
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This is a very specific request, so, nope to a pre-canned tool. You are going to have to write this yourself. So, do some searches using your favorite search engine for each segment of your use case, to build out a script then test it, and if you then have issues, come back a see us with the code and the errors. Just search for PowerShell file and folder management as well as file and folder monitoring as well. A lot of this is in the help files on your system as well. Just look up Get-ChildItem, to get going.
– postanote
Dec 17 '18 at 10:24
@postanote thanks for comment. Btw, I'm open also to tools which do not cover all the aspects I mentioned...
– OrangeSpider
Dec 17 '18 at 10:56
You can use Treesize. It allows saving a snapshot of the files in the system at a given time and compare that to a snapshot from another time.
– Lieven Keersmaekers
Dec 17 '18 at 11:21