Top "Inotify" questions

inotify is a Linux kernel subsystem that informs processes when files are accessed/created/modified or deleted.

How to retrieve a module's path?

I want to detect whether module has changed. Now, using inotify is simple, you just need to know the directory …

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Is there a command like "watch" or "inotifywait" on the Mac?

I want to watch a folder on my Mac (Snow Leopard) and then execute a script (giving it the filename …

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How to run a shell script when a file or directory changes?

I want to run a shell script when a specific file or directory changes. How can I easily do that?

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What is the proper way to use inotify?

I want to use the inotify mechanism on Linux. I want my application to know when a file aaa was …

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How to monitor a complete directory tree for changes in Linux?

How can I monitor a whole directory tree for changes in Linux (ext3 file system)? Currently the directory contains about …

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What is a reasonable amount of inotify watches with Linux?

I am working on a daemon that monitors file events via inotify to trigger various types of events when files …

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inotify with NFS

I've recently created a dropbox system using inotify, watching for files created in a particular directory. The directory I'm watching …

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Is there anything like inotify on Windows?

With the Linux OS, there is the ionotify subsystem which notifies an application of changes to the filesystem. However, I …

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How do I find out what inotify watches have been registered?

I have my inotify watch limit set to 1024 (I think the default is 128?). Despite that, yeoman, Guard and Dropbox constantly …

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inotify and bash

I am trying to make a bash script with inotify-tools that will monitor a directory and alter all new files …

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