[CentOS] Detect file change

Tue Jan 26 13:29:55 UTC 2010
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

Alan Hoffmeister wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> 
> How can I detect if a folder have changed (sync logic) than run a script 
> if it's true?
> I found this script over the net, but I think it's such complicated for 
> that simple thing...
> 

You could just run rsync periodically without checking anything.  It will only 
transfer files that have changed and will walk the whole tree doing the 
comparisons with the -R or -a options.

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   Les Mikesell
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