Monitor Linux file system events with inotify (IBM developerWorks)

[Posted April 13, 2005 by cook]

Eli M. Dow uses inotify for file system monitoring on IBM developerWorks. "Inotify is a file system event-monitoring mechanism slated for inclusion in upcoming Linux kernels that is designed to serve as an effective replacement for dnotify, which was the de facto file-monitoring mechanism supported in older kernels. Inotify is a powerful, fine-grained, asynchronous mechanism ideally suited for a variety of file-monitoring needs including, but not limited to, security and performance. Learn how to install inotify and how to build a sample user-space application to respond to file system events."

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