commands – property diff

List the differences between two versions of a groups properties.

Usage

property diff group [before [after]]

where

group	whose differences to list.
before	change id, or relative change index, as listed by property changes. Default is -1.
after	change id, or relative change index, as listed by property changes. Default is 0.

read on group

Examples

List the differences between the previous and current versions of a groups properties

BeyondCron % property diff /admin

+ [environment] TZ: UTC

List the differences between earlier versions of an property

BeyondCron % property changes /admin

Time Change Action User Host ------------------ ------- -- ------- ----- ---------------- 19:21:00 yesterday 7be13fb 0 Updated admin demo.example.com 18:11:47 yesterday a9f5fc2 -1 Updated admin demo.example.com 18:11:38 yesterday fdc4f08 -2 Updated admin demo.example.com 17:59:54 yesterday 176f295 -3 Created admin demo.example.com

BeyondCron % property diff $$ 176f295 fdc4f08

- [environment] PATH: /bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/user/sbin + [environment] PATH: /bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin

List the differences between the second and current version of an property

BeyondCron % property diff /admin -2

- [environment] PATH: /bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/user/sbin + [environment] PATH: /bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin + [environment] TZ: UTC

See also

• property changes
• property delete
• property list
• property set
• property unset