# How to get a detailed log file?

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-to-get-a-detailed-log-file/10209
**Category:** How-To
**Created:** [July 2, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-to-get-a-detailed-log-file/10209 "2020-07-02T19:27:27Z")
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### Author: ![4eyes](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/4eyes/32/2940_2.png) [@4eyes](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/4eyes)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-to-get-a-detailed-log-file/10209/1 "2020-07-02T19:27:27Z")

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…with a list of added/modified/deleted folders/files in a backup session?

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### Author: ![ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/ts678)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-to-get-a-detailed-log-file/10209/2 "2020-07-02T22:54:47Z")

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See [Backup detailed summary / file list](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/backup-detailed-summary-file-list/10156/2) for how to use [The COMPARE command](https://duplicati.readthedocs.io/en/latest/04-using-duplicati-from-the-command-line/#the-compare-command) for such analysis.  
This isn’t really a log (there is no log kept), but is a comparison between two versions of the backup.