runnig inotifywait to except file's change

Question

I am running code that allows you to execute a command if flow.xml.gz changes:

 while inotifywait -e modify,move,create,delete flow.xml.gz; do echo "test"; done

When I change the file nothing happens. I have only this output:

smadmin@sm-iotdf-mini-dev:~/nifi-1.4.0/conf$ while inotifywait -e modify,move,create,delete flow.xml.gz; do echo "test"; done
Setting up watches.
Watches established.

Can you be more specific about how you change the file? – Toby Speight May 02 '18 at 13:29 — Toby Speight, May 02 '18 at 13:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 02 '18 at 13:37

Run inotifywait -m flow.xml.gz . to monitor all events from both the file and its parent directory and see what's happening. You're only watching for 4 of the 15 types of events.

create and delete don't do what you think. To monitor for file creation/deletion you need to watch the parent directory, not the file itself.
Watch for move_self and delete_self if you're monitoring the file directly. Note that there's no create_self.

runnig inotifywait to except file's change

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