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A file change log differs from a file system's Journal .

Such a log can serve at least two purposes.

First, some applications must scan an entire file system to discover changes since their last scan. By reading a file change log, they can avoid this scan. Scanning applications include backup utilities, webcrawlers, search engines, and replication programs.

Second, the log can serve as an audit record for activity in a file system.