Hi phenigma,

I am absolutely trying to make these changes to benefit the current process. I became aware of them through this experiment, and had been confused about how to change them, thinking they were a billion Designer changes AND DB work. Make no mistake, I want small videos and msNOTHING for all. That is why I have abandoned this side project to focus on moving LMCE to those goals... however I HATE leaving things unfinished, and I do not know yet what else this backwards process might yield to that end. I do not care if it is implemented. It is all my way of figuring things out. I just hate unfinished work... it bothers me when I go to sleep... so I am building backwards and forwards.

I mentioned before that I have been making a builder, that is for forward progress on a leaner DL design. I am just a little cog, trying to find some purchase in the bigger wheels, and until LMCE had never used linux. All of my scripts are a learning exercise.

Am still toying with this. I have a problem in that I don't think the powers that be will ever produce a snap using it, and I have some definite database issues to address in order to make this work. I have been trying to get a builder up in 1004 for the last week or so... and experimenting with other distracting things. Sorry for the lack of attention.

Thank you very much for the kernel spot locutus_.

With my successful 1004 installs becoming less and less successful I have sort of put this on hold, as I see the death of 0810 impending in short order. That being said, these are the things I am working on to make this more successful.
1. Munging the DB to use liberation fonts instead of msttcorefonts.
2. Also changing over video types in video-wizard-videos in the DB to use my .avi's, which drop about 340Mb.
3. Exploring the DB call to launch AVSetupWizard, so I can script in an addition that prevents it from doing so unless running from a hard drive, and not the DVD.
4. Someplace to house a 4Gb file so people can test the snaps on the variety of hardware out there.

With those things solved, a snapshot can be produced by anyone with a working or tweaked system. If only as a "demo" to try rather than going through the drudgery of a normal install. The only thing on 1004 that needs to be ripped out is the video driver of whatever system is being used ATM... but will have the capability of ripping out future non-free additions.

Thank you all for helping.

http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/attachment/ticket/1003/repoplaces.5.2.sh?format=raw
Fixed. (again) Should work like a charm now.

It should be noted that IF your sources are correct, this will not affect them. This does not just overwrite the sources.list with the list from the wiki... it actively edits your sources to replace prefixes. The install script process will add the appropriate linuxmce specific sources at the appropriate times.

So to recap, the script:
Adds a folder to Dolphins "places" for LMCE.
Fixes sources.list
Runs update/dist-upgrade/autoclean

I leave it to you to push the "Install LMCE" button on the desktop.

Well then let me try and fix this script. It did not produce the results I wanted... and sort of forgot about it on hearing that it was no longer needed...

Thank you for the feedback.

This was my attempt to watch asterisk during a 1004 install. (Was watching /etc, while this was an accident, it appears that asterisk makes changes in several subdirectories, so it proved useful)

I noticed asterisk was choking while looking for the "modules.conf" file which had been deleted. The tool backs up anything deleted while monitoring, so I moved it back, and asterisk installed without error. I am not suggesting it works, but did install w/o error. I do not have hardware to test.

This is one big file with all of the diffs in it. They are labeled.

http://pastebin.com/W6idTP7V

It is treating directory changes like file changes too... misnomering them "Changes in file..." sorry for the confusion. That should now be fixed... with some other minor bugs. Working on not overwriting existing diffs if same dir is chosen twice to write to.

Perfect. TYVM. Works on my end.

*fixed the numerous ls entries.

Update:

This tool now works in Ubuntu/Kubuntu 0810 and 1004, and is not dangerous. You cannot specify a file to monitor however. It simply monitors all human readable files in a specified directory, recursively.

It is a never ending loop. You have to ctrl+c to exit. Therefore it does not clean up after itself. After monitor you will want to:

Code:

rm -r /tmp/difftmp

Or run it again. It WILL clean up that way. You can just exit at the first screen.

This script MUST BE RUN as sudo.

As a failsafe, it makes sure no other instances are running when it starts, and for this MUST be named "diffmon.sh", though I have not had a disgraceful exit since revision.

I do not know what it will do if you do not have enough space to mirror the directory into the temp environment. I recommend NOT monitoring  /  or /var . There will be recursive loops... and probably be hard to achieve whatever you want. You could monitor /var/cache etc... just not the root dir /var. There are probably other directories for which this is true, but I know only of that one.

The diffs, if you do not specify a directory to spit to, end up in /home/diffs. If you want to monitor /home you will need to specify another directory to put the diffs.

If files come into existence, they are noted, but not read, in the diff file. This only monitors CHANGES to files and directories. So if they are deleted, but never changed, they end up in /the-directory-specified/deleted so you can review them.

This script is now obsolete. The latest snaps have the correct sources.list

Hi,

I tried to build a LiveDVD but no matter what option I try ...

live, install, etc.

...it gives me a logging in as custom message and

A critical error occurred.  Please look at KDM's logfile(s) for more information or contact your system administrator.

The system wants me to log in as custom.

I also get authentication errors on tty's

Sorry.

That should have been fixed. This comes from moving too much information from user dir into skel. Are you sure you used the most recent version of both scripts in trac? I will get back to this project very soon.

Just out of curiosity:

1. Did you interrupt it the first time it announced itself to the router, because it just hung there and didn't seem to be doing anything? Because it was doing things.
2. In web admin under "Media Directors" did it make one (should be two there now, 1st the hybrid, and second the MD)? If not, run /usr/pluto/bin/Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh again.
If so delete it, run /usr/pluto/bin/Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh again, then boot and do not interrupt it.

Okay ,the problem persist without proxy too ,what to do now , on every hit on the repository address it is showing me ign (ignore) what could possibly be the problem?

Can you paste the output of

Code:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

please.

 However you have now pushed a failed install, and should probably start over for a clean result. Also never run dist-upgrade after installing.

So if we build the system that you do not understand enough to install, the way you think it should be built, you will dane to try it for us?


Is that basically what you are offering?

I for one think we should consider it guys. It is a decent offer. It's only four million lines of code.


We should consider it is all I'm saying.

Ah well, Thom, if you are so right, why does it feel wrong then? If i'm a bull headed paranoid network guy who does not want to abide to the system rules and wants to implement just a simple media device in an existing network and sure of that the system 'should' be flexible to adjust to it, then what are you? developer of a system that says: I AM GOD, YOU ARE JUST A BUNCH OF IDIOTS WHO MAY OR MAY NOT CONTRIBUTE.  something like that, so is how i feel your comment. I know you guys did a fantastic job, but is my plea not worth thinking over? making it more flexible all the time? The whole world is connected, it all works fine, let not your system becom a second internet at home and be implementable.
I don't know if i go on if i stumble upon your suggestions or rather wishes, and yes, i am not a contributer so the best way to say to you all goodbye and never meet again?
So be it!

Instead of leaving, i'll convince more morons like me to use your system, and this forum, and then you can unknowingly that i might have send them, help them till your teeth bleed! How's that?  

Come on, use your quality for the best. i wish you could see it my way, i'm not on here to ask stupid questions and make stupid decisions, not everybody has the ability to develope a nice piece of free software. One day someone comes by and asks to implement YOUR system into a complete finished piece of nice hardware, and then he offers you big bucks, would you say no to him?
What i try to say here is that instead of argueing, convince, explain why and why not, stop using your personal feelings in other man's mind and help where you can, that way you can pad yourself on the shoulder and a lot of people see the best of the best.
Thanks for trying to help Thom.

Explain television to me. How it works.

Only I am an ant.


The system is complicated. Few really understand it. You are going to have to accept some principals on faith, or use something less comprehensive, I think is what Thom is saying. After enough years, you become abrasive to time vampires, in any station in life. That is not disparaging of you as a person. LMCE has to control the network, or it will not work, and all of the marvelous things that do work will be impacted by your unwillingness to let it be the router, because it seems like a server... it is just a very complicated router/messaging system. Routing those messages is important. Nobody wants you to be servile, but until you write something to be the way you want it, you have to accept it as it is.

For the record... I am an ant.

* l3mce didn't realize that dialog was not standard on k810. Fixed.

*** Now handles subdirectories, and moves files that are being deleted by something. Echoes a mv error while moving things that something is trying to delete, but it moves them... and whatever else deletes them. Am going to do an install and monitor all changes to /etc to see what breaks.

Sample output from watching folder /etc while installing vlc.

Code:

cat diffmon
1c1                                       
< total 1828                             
---                                       
> total 1824                             
139c139                                   
< -rw-r--r--  1 root     root      84382 2011-03-20 17:16 ld.so.cache                                           
---                                                     
> -rw-r--r--  1 root     root      83182 2011-03-13 20:53 ld.so.cache                                           
163c163                                                 
< -rw-r--r--  1 root     root      22564 2011-03-20 17:16 mailcap                                               
---                                                     
> -rw-r--r--  1 root     root      19358 2011-03-12 21:56 mailcap                                               
179c179                                                 
< -rw-r--r--  1 root     root       1251 2011-03-20 17:15 mtab                                                 
---                                                     
> -rw-r--r--  1 root     root       1251 2011-03-20 16:51 mtab                                                 
213c213                                                 
< -rwxrwxrwx  1 root     root        683 2011-03-20 17:11 pluto.conf                                           
---                                                     
> -rwxrwxrwx  1 root     root        683 2011-03-20 16:51 pluto.conf                                           

****** Scripts running during change
 3548 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/Spawn_Device.sh 28 localhost LIRC_DCE                                   
 4831 root     /bin/bash ./diffmon.sh                   
10437 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/Start_NewMD_interactor.sh                                               
10438 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/Dhcpd-Plugin.sh
10439 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/VoiceMailMonitor.sh                                                     
10441 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/VoiceMailMonitor.sh                                                     
10610 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/StorageDevices_StatusRadar.sh background                               
10654 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/StorageDevices_SambaRadar.sh background                                 
10671 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/StorageDevices_NFSRadar.sh background                                   
11454 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/LaunchOrbiter.sh -d 21 -r localhost -l /var/log/pluto/21_LaunchOrbiter.sh.log                                                   
13762 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/Start_X_Wrapper.sh --parms start --client /usr/bin/xfwm4 --server :0 -ignoreABI -ac -allowMouseOpenFail vt7 -logverbose 9 -br --flags -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf                       
13821 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/LaunchManagerDaemon.sh                                                 
14056 mcc      /bin/bash                               
15896 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/Spawn_DCERouter.sh                                                     
16462 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/Spawn_Device.sh 15 localhost App_Server                                 
16542 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/Restart_MythBackend.sh                                                 
16642 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/Spawn_Device.sh 16 localhost HAL                                       
16721 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/Spawn_Device.sh 18 localhost Asterisk                                   
17125 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/Spawn_Device.sh 19 localhost Text_To_Speech                             
17643 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/Spawn_Device.sh 31 localhost Disk_Drive                                 
19648 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/Spawn_Device.sh 32 localhost External_Media_Identifier                 
19974 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/Spawn_Device.sh 39 localhost ZWave                                     
20496 root     /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/Spawn_Device.sh 21 localhost LaunchOrbiter.sh                           
20768 root     SCREEN -d -m -h 3000 -S SimplePhone_22 /bin/bash -x Spawn_Device.sh 22 127.0.0.1 SimplePhone     
20770 root     /bin/bash -x Spawn_Device.sh 22 127.0.0.1 SimplePhone                                           
20772 root     SCREEN -d -m -h 3000 -S Xine_Player_23 /bin/bash -x Spawn_Device.sh 23 127.0.0.1 Xine_Player     
20773 root     /bin/bash -x Spawn_Device.sh 23 127.0.0.1 Xine_Player                                           
20776 root     SCREEN -d -m -h 3000 -S MPlayer_Player_26 /bin/bash -x Spawn_Device.sh 26 127.0.0.1 MPlayer_Player                                                       
20778 root     /bin/bash -x Spawn_Device.sh 26 127.0.0.1 MPlayer_Player                                         
20782 root     SCREEN -d -m -h 3000 -S MythTV_Player_37 /bin/bash -x Spawn_Device.sh 37 127.0.0.1 MythTV_Player
20783 root     /bin/bash -x Spawn_Device.sh 37 127.0.0.1 MythTV_Player                                         
20787 root     SCREEN -d -m -h 3000 -S Game_Player_50 /bin/bash -x Spawn_Device.sh 50 127.0.0.1 Game_Player     
20788 root     /bin/bash -x Spawn_Device.sh 50 127.0.0.1 Game_Player                                           
20793 root     SCREEN -d -m -h 3000 -S Hulu_Player_52 /bin/bash -x Spawn_Device.sh 52 127.0.0.1 Hulu_Player     
20798 root     /bin/bash -x Spawn_Device.sh 52 127.0.0.1 Hulu_Player                                           
21292 root     /bin/bash ./diffmon.sh                   
21393 root     /bin/bash ./diffmon.sh                   
22782 mcc      /bin/bash                               
31589 mcc      /bin/bash                               

********* Changes in file ld.so.cache
Binary files /etc/ld.so.cache and /tmp/difftmp/ld.so.cache differ     
                                         
********* Changes in file mailcap                       
51,62d50                                               
< video/mpeg; vlc '%s'; description="MPEG Video"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"                                       
< video/x-mpeg; vlc '%s'; description="MPEG Video"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"                                     
< video/mpeg-system; vlc '%s'; description="MPEG Video"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"                               
< video/x-mpeg-system; vlc '%s'; description="MPEG Video"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"                             
< audio/x-wav; vlc '%s'; description="WAV Audio"; nametemplate=%s.wav; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"                 
< video/mpeg4; vlc '%s'; description="MPEG-4 Video"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"                                   
< audio/mpeg; vlc '%s'; description="MPEG Audio"; nametemplate=%s.mpg; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"                 
< audio/mpegurl; vlc '%s'; description="MPEG Audio URL"; nametemplate=%s.m3u; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"           
< audio/x-mp3; vlc '%s'; nametemplate=%s.mp3; description="MPEG Audio"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"                 
< audio/mpeg4; vlc '%s'; description="MPEG-4 Audio"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"                                   
< application/mpeg4-iod; vlc '%s'; description="MPEG-4 Video"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"                         
< application/mpeg4-muxcodetable; vlc '%s'; description="MPEG-4 Video"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"                 
152,169d139                                             
< video/mpeg; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; needsterminal; description="MPEG Video"                                   
< video/x-mpeg; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; needsterminal; description="MPEG Video"                                 
< video/mpeg-system; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; needsterminal; description="MPEG Video"                           
< video/x-mpeg-system; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; needsterminal; description="MPEG Video"                         
< audio/x-wav; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; nametemplate=%s.wav; needsterminal; description="WAV Audio"             
< video/mpeg4; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; needsterminal; description="MPEG-4 Video"                               
< audio/mpeg; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; nametemplate=%s.mpg; needsterminal; description="MPEG Audio"             
< audio/mpegurl; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; nametemplate=%s.m3u; needsterminal; description="MPEG Audio URL"       
< audio/x-mp3; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; nametemplate=%s.mp3; needsterminal; description="MPEG Audio"             
< audio/mpeg4; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; needsterminal; description="MPEG-4 Audio"                               
< application/mpeg4-iod; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; needsterminal; description="MPEG-4 Video"                     
< application/mpeg4-muxcodetable; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; needsterminal; description="MPEG-4 Video"             
< video/x-msvideo; vlc '%s'; description="MS Video (AVI)"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"                             
< video/quicktime; vlc '%s'; description="Apple Quicktime Video"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"                       
< application/ogg; vlc '%s'; nametemplate=%s.ogg; description="Ogg stream"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"             
< application/x-ogg; vlc '%s'; nametemplate=%s.ogg; description="Ogg stream"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"           
< application/x-ms-asf-plugin; vlc '%s'; description="Windows Media Video"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"             
< application/x-mplayer2; vlc '%s'; description="Windows Media"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"                       
211,216d180
< video/x-msvideo; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; needsterminal; description="MS Video (AVI)"
< video/quicktime; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; needsterminal; description="Apple Quicktime Video"
< application/ogg; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; nametemplate=%s.ogg; needsterminal; description="Ogg stream"
< application/x-ogg; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; nametemplate=%s.ogg; needsterminal; description="Ogg stream"
< application/x-ms-asf-plugin; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; needsterminal; description="Windows Media Video"
< application/x-mplayer2; vlc -I rc -V caca '%s'; needsterminal; description="Windows Media"

Ok. This appears to be working and stable. At least in my dev enviro. Can ctrl+c out of it and everything.

* l3mce Important note. I am installing, if it is not already, a package called symlinks, which I use to delete broken symbolic links in the specified directory. This is necessary because you cannot ignore symbolic links with a recursive diff, and if they are broken, it loops... spitting diff files out.

For the install process (or really any changes you want to monitor that an executable produces), I have made a tool that monitors definable human readable files in a specific directory. You supply:
1 The folder to monitor, it will wait for it to exist to start if need be.
2 The pattern of files (eg *.conf) to read diffs from, if left blank will search all human readable files.
3 Where you want the diff files to live, default is /home/diffs.

You will have to run this, then execute your script in another terminal. I tried to launch scripts from it, and everything got gummed up.

It then spits out diff files whenever files change or are added, what script is running at that time, and what the difference is in which human readable file. I will tweak it more when I get some other things done. It needs to be recursive on demand. Need to be able to specify more folders.

diffmon1.6
Requires dialog and symlinks (local ubu repos)

Code:

#!/bin/bash
### This script is free.

#Needs to be the only instance running. Makes sure that happens but is name specific.
trap 'rm -r /tmp/difftmp' EXIT
procs=$(echo | ps -eo pid,user,args | grep 'diffmon.sh' | wc -l)
if (($procs > 3)); then echo "Multiple instances running. Terminating... please reload"; sleep 1; rm -r /tmp/difftmp; killall -v 'diffmon.sh'; fi

### Sets suffix numberer, installs dialog and cleans up after old operations
if [ -z $runonce ]; then
   suffix=1
   type -P dialog &>/dev/null || apt-get install dialog -y
   type -P symlinks &>/dev/null || apt-get install symlinks -y
   if [ -d /tmp/difftmp ]; then rm -r /tmp/difftmp; fi
   if [ -e /tmp/ast1.txt ]; then rm /tmp/ast1.txt; fi
   if [ -e /tmp/ast2.txt ]; then rm /tmp/ast2.txt; fi
   runonce=something
   getout=live
fi

### Sets the directory to monitor
thedir () {
   searchdir1=$(dialog --title "Directory to Monitor" --stdout --inputbox "Please choose a folder to monitor
   (eg /etc/asterisk ) cannot be blank" 14 48)
   if [ $? = 1 ]; then exit 0; fi
}
if [ -z $searchdir1 ]; then thedir; fi

### Figures out if the directory to monitor exists already and makes sure you didn't typo
if [ ! -d $searchdir1 ]; then dialog --title "Confirm" --yesno "The directory $searchdir1 does not exist. Are you expecting it to be created by the process?" 10 48; fi

### Sets the file pattern to monitor
#filemon=$(dialog --title "File Pattern" --stdout --inputbox "Please indicate a file pattern to monitor (eg *.conf, or for all readable files leave blank)" 14 48)

### Sets the output folder for diff files/deleted files
difhome=$(dialog --title "Output" --stdout --inputbox "Please specify a folder to put diff files in. If it does not exist it will be created. If left blank will default to /home/diffs" 14 48)
if [ -z $difhome ];then difhome=/home/diffs; fi

### Main loop
rundiff () {
   getin=die
   symlinks -dr $searchdir1
   ### Waits for directory to exist and creates the temporary environment.
   while [ ! -d $searchdir1 ]; do sleep 1; done
   if [ ! -d $difhome ]; then mkdir $difhome; chmod 777 $difhome; fi
   if [ ! -d /tmp/difftmp ]; then mkdir /tmp/difftmp; chmod 777 /tmp/difftmp; rsync -rtv --links $searchdir1/ /tmp/difftmp; fi
   while true; do
      if [ ! "$getout"="$getin" ]; then echo "-1"; break; fi
     
      ### Figures out if files are trying to be deleted by something, and moves them for review. If they come into existence then that is noted, but not read in diff.
      home=$(ls -R $searchdir1 | wc -l)
      target=$(ls -R /tmp/difftmp | wc -l)
      if [ "$home" -lt "$target" ]; then
         if [ ! -d $difhome/deleted ]; then mkdir -p $difhome/deleted; fi
         mover=$(diff -r $searchdir1 /tmp/difftmp | grep Only | sed -e 's/Only in /rsync -avb --remove-source-files /g;s/\: /\/*/g')
         movdir=$(echo "$mover $difhome/deleted")
         #   remover=$(diff -r $searchdir1 /tmp/difftmp | grep Only| sed -e 's/Only in /rm -r /g;s/\: /\/*/g')
         $movdir
         #   cleanrm=true;
      fi
     
      ### Finds diffs and spits them into format
      if (diff -r $searchdir1 /tmp/difftmp); then sleep 1; else
         if [ -z $filemon ]; then filemon=$(find $searchdir1 -name '*' -prune -readable -type f | sed 's_.*/__'); fi
         if [ ! -e /tmp/ast1.txt ]; then
            echo | ls -l $searchdir1 > /tmp/ast1.txt;
            input_variable=$"diffmon"${suffix}
            iv2=$input_variable;
            echo "" > $difhome/$iv2
            echo "" >> $difhome/$iv2
            echo "                ************** $iv2 ***************" >> $difhome/$iv2
            echo "" >> $difhome/$iv2
            echo "Files added > or removed <" >> $difhome/$iv2
            (echo | diff /tmp/ast1.txt /tmp/ast2.txt >> $difhome/$iv2);
            iv1=$(ls $searchdir1/$filemon);
            echo "" >> $difhome/$iv2
            echo  "****** Scripts running during change " >> $difhome/$iv2
            (echo | ps -eo pid,user,args | grep 'bin/bash' >> $difhome/$iv2);
            for iv1diff in $iv1; do
               if ! diff -r $searchdir1/$iv1diff /tmp/difftmp/$iv1diff; then
                  echo "" >> $difhome/$iv2
                  echo  "********* Changes in $searchdir1/$iv1diff"  >> $difhome/$iv2
                  (diff -r $searchdir1/$iv1diff /tmp/difftmp/$iv1diff >> $difhome/$iv2)
               fi
            done
            echo "Diff $difhome/$iv2 written";
            rsync -azdr $searchdir1/ /tmp/difftmp
            if [ -e /tmp/ast2.txt ]; then rm /tmp/ast2.txt; fi
            let suffix=$suffix+1
         else
           
            ### Redundant function allowing two files to always be contrasted and never confused
            echo | ls -l $searchdir1 > /tmp/ast2.txt;
            input_variable=$"diffmon"${suffix}
            iv2=$input_variable;
            echo "" > $difhome/$iv2
            echo "" >> $difhome/$iv2
            echo "                ************** $iv2 ***************" >> $difhome/$iv2
            echo "" >> $difhome/$iv2
            echo "Files added > or removed <" >> $difhome/$iv2
            (echo | diff /tmp/ast1.txt /tmp/ast2.txt >> $difhome/$iv2);
            iv1=$(ls $searchdir1/$filemon);
            echo "" >> $difhome/$iv2
            echo  "****** Scripts running during change " >> $difhome/$iv2
            (echo | ps -eo pid,user,args | grep 'bin/bash' >> $difhome/$iv2);
            for iv1diff in $iv1; do
               if ! diff -r $searchdir1/$iv1diff /tmp/difftmp/$iv1diff; then
                  echo "" >> $difhome/$iv2
                  echo  "********* Changes in $searchdir1/$iv1diff"  >> $difhome/$iv2
                  (diff -r $searchdir1/$iv1diff /tmp/difftmp/$iv1diff >> $difhome/$iv2)
               fi
            done
            echo "Diff $difhome/$iv2 written";
            rsync -azdr $searchdir1/ /tmp/difftmp
            if [ -e /tmp/ast1.txt ]; then rm /tmp/ast1.txt; fi
            let suffix=$suffix+1
         fi
         
         ### Backup insist one contrast file exist at all times.
         if [ ! -e /tmp/ast1.txt ] && [ ! -e /tmp/ast2.txt ]; then echo | ls -l $searchdir1 > /tmp/ast1.txt; fi
      fi
      sleep 1
   done
}

### Confirms input information is correct before launching
dialog --title "Confirm" --yesno "Choose ok to begin, or cancel to exit and start over" 10 48;
if  [ $? = 0 ]; then clear
   rundiff
fi
else
exit 0

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