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Filesystem monitoring
A script where we need to come up with a way for the disk space monitoring to be smarter. On smaller file systems, we still want to alert at 90% full, but on larger file sytems, we should only alert ...
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What logs would be written if file system is full in UNIX?
I am working on a unix server and I guess during some time in past the file system had been full. However, I need some solid data to prove it. Will there be any OS logs or something of that sort to ...
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How to detect and stop user from deleting particular file on Linux?
Is it possible to monitor user actions on the file system and prevent him from performing particular actions? Can inotify only monitor actions on the file system? What about fanotify? There's very ...
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Script to monitor folder for new files?
How do I detect new files in a folder with a bash script? I would like to process the files as soon as they are created in the folder. Is this possible to do so or do I have to schedule a script with ...
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Which application should I blame for compulsively creating a directory again and again?
There's an application on my system which keeps creating an empty ~/Desktop directory again and again. I can't stand capital letters in my home, nor I can stand this “desktop” thingy. So, as picky as ...
