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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Michael K. Boudreau, Orange, CA (US);
Jamie B. Marsnik, Annandale, MN (US);
Bradley T. Moore, Dana Point, CA (US);
Angela T. Pistole, Pittsboro, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In a method for determining signatures for a software package, a processor compares files on a computer system after an installation of a software package to files on the computer system before the installation. The processor determines a signature of the software package. The signature includes an indication of files on the computer system after the installation of the software package that were not present on the computer system before the installation. The processor compares files remaining on the computer system after an uninstall of the first software package to the files on the computer system after the installation of the first software package. The processor determines one or more files indicated in the first signature not remaining on the computer system after the uninstall of the first software package.