[CentOS] Watching a directory
Dr. Ed Morbius
dredmorbius at gmail.com
Wed Mar 16 23:19:14 UTC 2011
on 14:06 Wed 16 Mar, Jason Slack-Moehrle (slackmoehrle.lists at gmail.com) wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am thinking about an idea, but it requires that I be able to watch several
> directories for files that are added, deleted or maybe changed.
>
> Let start with adding files. What tools are available for me to watch a
> directory. In an example, if a file is added to a directory I want to run a
> shell script that will do some conversation on the file to produce a second
> copy.
>
> I have the shell scripting down, I am not sure how to watch, realize change
> and kick off the script with the parameters of the directory and what was
> added.
>
> Would anyone have thoughts?
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