Questions tagged [inotify]
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inotifywait ignoring new folders in watch directory
I am trying to use inotifywait to watch a folder (/shares/Photos) and when it detects a jpg added to the folder I need to resize it into a sub directory ($small_dir). Under the photos director there ...
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Manual syncing of files each time it changes (between a desktop always connected home-wifi and a laptop that I carry around)
I know I have to use inotifywatch or something for this. I also know I can use rsync. I know that my connection should be made through SSH for better security but here's what I don't know: Where to ...
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USB-Device and inotify
I'm looking a solution for being notified about files and directories modifications using inotify or any other API when the files are located on a filesystem on a custom board which is configured as a ...
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How to intercept file descriptor of file opened with inotify or others on access?
I just finished an Operating Systems course at my University, and I want to start playing with systems level programs with Rust. One of things I'm looking for is how to intercept a file descriptor of ...
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How to create a bash script that watches my local git repo and runs 'git log' every time I commit/checkout -b/push/status?
When I'm coding, I usually have 2 terminal tabs open in VSCode. The tab on the left is used for git commands. The tab on the right always has git log --all --graph --decorate --oneline showing me all ...
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I need some service that trigger actions once after any file is created, modified, deleted, copied or moved
The problem is that I'm not being able to keep track of all my files and I'm also tired of not telling which ones are important and which ones are a temporary file that some random programmer decided ...
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inoticoming daemon started as service just vanishes
I'm trying to get inoticoming to start monitor a folder, and it's working if I start it manually, but I can't get it to autostart.
I know it starts, because if I enters a non-existant directory it ...
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Segmentation fault (core dumped) when using inotifywatch
I need to watch a file system for the creation of new files of a specific type. Thinking that this would be a perfect use case for inotifywatch, I set out to try and make something work. I went to the ...
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How to use a pattern when doing for loop of files in directory
I'm a novice bash scripter. Need help with the following. I have a script that uses inotifywait to watch a directory. Another process will drop a csv file in nightly. The file will be of the ...
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Check if Files Where Updated on HDD Without Spin-Up
I am looking for a way to check if files were added/deleted/updated on a network shared HDD without spinning it up if possible.
First I will start with my set up.
I have an Asus Router (running Merlin)...
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Notify when programs access path only via specific symlink
My HDD mountpoint was at /mnt/old, now I changed it to /mnt/new
So for seamless transition now /mnt/old is a symlink to /mnt/new.
Gradually I want all the programs to use the new mountpoint.
How can I ...
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How to attach a listener to sysfs files?
How to watch for sysfs file changes (like /sys/class/net/eth0/statistics/operstate) and execute a command on content change?
inotify does not work on sysfs
I don't want to poll. I want to set a ...
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How is Inotifyd different from inotifywait in term of monitoring a directory and do some post actions?
I need to monitor a directory and do some post actions based on the events happened. I am familiar with inotifywait but since we use docker based on alpine, I was thinking about is there other way to ...
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NFS async mode causes inotify to fire multiple CLOSE_WRITE events
I have a nfs server and a client (v4, both CentOS 7.6/7.8)
On the server I have a program which uses inotifywait to copy away incoming files (on CLOSE_WRITE)
On the client the share is mounted like
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Is there a way to get a list of every single directory watched by inotify on a system?
I'd like to obtain a complete list of what a particular program (not mine, installed as a package) is watching, because some notifications it generates make it appear to be looking at things it ...
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One way hard link backup
a brief preface: I'm a real noob when it comes to Linux but I like to read and study.
I have a folder where I place some files (let's say "/mnt/original_dir"). I want this folder to be ...
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Listing the files that are being watched by `inotify` instances
I got a little script that lists the number of inotify watches per process. That usually gets me what I want, but now I would like to know which files are being watched. I assume this is possible and ...
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Detect changes in network status on SBC running Debian using inotify?
I have Debian 10 running on a small SBC (industrialized Raspberry Pi like form factor). I have some python programs running that make use of inotify capabilities. I want to detect when the network ...
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inotify only acts upon modification by root
On my Debian Buster system I want to run a bash script when a certain file is modified. I have created and enabled a service in /etc/systemd/system which looks like this
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/...
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monitoring xinput in script
My laptop has a cracked touchscreen that the local Asus tech tells me can't be replaced, not even with a non-touch because they just don't make them anymore.
It is in all other respects a great laptop ...
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Is it possible to continuously feed parallel with more input?
What I want to do is something like this:
inotifywait -m ./input -e close_write -e moved_to |
parallel --max-args 1 "someSlowSingleThreadedTaskThatActsOnThisFile"
I can't imagine that ...
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How to use parallel with inotifywait?
I currently have this:
inotifywait -m ./input -e close_write | parallel --max-args 1 "echo {1}"
For some reason this doesn't do anything at all. The output of inotifywait is the same as ...
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Inotifywait not executing when actions to be taken are on remote server
I am trying to monitor file creation with inotifywait and execute a long script on every file creation.
Everything works smoothly when the action to be taken is on the same server.
But when it ...
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How to combine inotify with tail command to print last line of every modified file
I have this command this shows me when a file has been modified under a concrete directory (excluding some paths):
inotifywait -m -q -r --format '%T % e %w%f' --excludei '/trash/' --timefmt '%d/%m/%Y-%...
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inotifywait not executing when files are created simultaneaously in watched folder
I am using inotifywait for executing automatically a script created with my web app in a given folder.
I have setup inotifywait to watch file creation events in a folder and i am looking for a way to ...
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How to monitor a directory for changes across reboots?
I'm searching for a tool that will allow me to run a program for every change in a directory, but is guaranteed to run exactly once per change even across system reboots. For the purposes of this ...
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awk behaving different with tail vs inotifywait
awk behaves differently when analyzing the output of tail -f versus inotifywait -m. Specifically I am searching for a matching string and want to exit awk once it appears. This works fine for tail -f, ...
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Inotifywait with counter does not work
I would like to run a command if there are 3 modifications events in the monitored directory.
I have tried this, however, even though it works with the -m option, it does not work without the -m ...
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My main goal is to monitor Tomcat directory, if any user modify files in tomcat directory; print that user name in the log;
#!/bin/bash
watchDir="$1"
watchDir2="$2"
date1=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S')
inotifywait -m -r --exclude \.log "$watchDir" "$watchDir2" -e attrib,delete,...
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Awk's behaviour changes when inside a script
I have a text file, "invoice.txt" containing a line beginning "Vendor Invoice Number" which contains an order number field of the form RCTI- followed by alphanumeric characters ...
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inotifywait - need help with nested if statements
I am monitoring a folder ($WATCHED) for new files (only .mkv)/folders. When something shows up it is to copy them to a Destination folder ($DESTINATION) and then change the ownership and permissions.
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inotifywait - Rename file using just filename, not full path?
How do I use just the filename to rename files use this script syntax?
#!/bin/bash
WATCHED=/mnt/Watched
DESTINATION=/mnt/Destination
inotifywait -re CLOSE_WRITE,CREATE,MOVED_TO --format $'%e\t%w%f' -...
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"inotifywait -e close_write" ignores new folders in watch directory
I am trying to make a copy of completed files that are saved to a watch folder. I have created a bash script using inotifywait to watch the folder.
My original script worked great with files and ...
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Unable to detect when a USB is plugged/unplugged with inotify [duplicate]
I'm trying to detect when a USB device (Android Device) is plugged into my computer.
I know when I plug a device in, this file is changed /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices and if I do a grep for the UDID ...
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How can I see how many inotify watchers a user has open?
When I run a command in a container, I'm getting
inotify_init1() failed: Too many open files
How can I see how many inotify watchers I have open and what's holding them open?
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Bash script for monitoring a directory and symlinking all newly created subdirectories and their files
I am in need of a bash script to recursively watch a folder and symlink every new file and subdirectory to another folder.
this script correctly symlinks subdirectories and their contents:
#!/bin/...
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inotifywait never prints the unmount event
From the manual page of inotifywait:
EVENTS
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unmount
The filesystem on which a watched file or directory resides was unmounted.
After this event the file or ...
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Are inotify events guaranteed to come in the right order?
I have a single thread writing a stream of data into files in a directory. The data stream can pause for any length of time just as easily as it writes a continuous trickle of data. It writes one ...
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inotify - maintaining watch through log rollover
I have a inotifywait on syslog. It works without issue until the log rolls over.
Although the same filename is used, the new file is a new file and inotify loses its reference.
How do we compensate ...
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inotifywait with curlsftpsf mount point is not moving files as expected
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04. I'm trying to run this script for inotifywait. The idea is to move files from dir to target every time a change in directory occurs; this script is a shell file that can be ...
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Replace file with my own version when an external program changes it
I was wondering if anyone knew how to replace a file with my own version when an external program changes it.
My system is running on ubuntu 20.04 Thanks in advance!
Edit for clarity: when Minecraft ...
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Why isn't `inotifywatch --recursive /proc -v` able to see all created directories in `/proc`?
In one terminal I run the following command, which generates lots of directories in /proc over time:
$ while true; do /bin/echo helloworld | cat -; echo $$; sleep 3s; done
Then after several minutes, ...
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chmod command run within inotifywait doesn't work
I have the following bash script (which is saved as ~/fix-perms.sh):
#!/usr/bin/env bash
inotifywait -d -r -e close_write -o /dev/stdout ~/testdir |
while read path event file; do
sudo chown user:...
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inotify: avoiding a loop of repeated file changes
I am using inotify (implemented via pyinotify) on my Ubuntu 18.4 system in order to monitor creates, modifies, and attribute changes in certain directories.
I use these watch flags: IN_CREATE, ...
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Run script when content of a file changes
I have a file with a word that changes when you move the vm on which the file resides.
For example it says "test", but if I move the vm to another server it says "test1".
Now as soon as the vm is ...
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Why doesn't inotifywait report modifications made to battery capacity file?
I want to know when my battery charge changes, and I don't want to simply run a daemon that checks on it every five seconds.
I've tried running inotifywait -m /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/capacity, ...
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Script in bash to scan a folder to move a docker file and execute it
I'm new here and I'm on a little project currently.
I need to write a script in bash to scan a folder each time a file is dropped in it.
In second part it should move it in a new directory created ...
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How does inotify work when multiple processes are watching the same files?
I have read some stuff about inodes and open file limits - what happens when multiple processes are watching the same files using inotify? is there ever a problem, or does the kernel/system handle ...
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Use inotifywait to build after all files are copied
I am using inotifywait to copy files and the build them. But how do I get it to copy all the changed files and build once? A simple script will build 3 times per file changed (something to do with ...
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inotifywait not responding to change in /proc/mounts
I'm trying to get notification of the state of a problematic sshfs mount
I have tried two bash scripts
while inotifywait -e modify /proc/mounts; do
echo "modified"
done
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inotifywait -m /...
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