Inotify

External

• https://github.com/inotify-tools/inotify-tools/wiki
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inotify

Overview

inotify (inode notify) is a Linux kernel subsystem that monitors changes to the filesystem, and reports those changes to applications. It can be used to automatically update directory views, reload configuration files, log changes, backup, synchronize, and upload. The inotifywait and inotifywatch commands allow using the inotify subsystem from the command line