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inotifywait efficiently waits for changes to files using Linux's inotify(7) interface. It is suitable for waiting for changes to files from shell scripts.

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inotifywait - wait for changes to files using inotify

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inotifywait [-hcmrq] [-e <event> ] [-t <seconds> ] [--format <fmt> ] [--timefmt <fmt> ] <file> [ ... ]

Description

inotifywait efficiently waits for changes to files using Linux's inotify(7) interface. It is suitable for waiting for changes to files from shell scripts. It can either exit once an event occurs, or continually execute and output events as they occur.

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efficient use of inotifywait to detect if no files are created

I'm doing a script to see if a certain device writes on the disk or not. I ended up with this: cd mkdir -p /var/logfiles CAMERANAME="tvcc16" DIR='/share/HDA_DATA/video4/' #tvcc16 ALERTPATH="/var/logfiles/$CAMERANAME.alert" while true;…
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Inotfiy to watch for a specific file upload , then upload all files in same sequence via ftp

I have this requirement: Client uploads csv files into a folder via SFTP. Wehn these are complete client will upload a "trigger" file to indicate that the upload is complete. I have tried to use inotifywait to wait for this trigger file then upload…
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Managing access via inotifywait for Vhosts

I have a few vhosts on apache server and a few developers working on them separately. I want to give them access to their site only. Since daemon overtakes access on any file that is created within site, I created a script with inotifywait to grant…
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Run upstart task on file change?

Here's my attempt: start on (filesystem and net-device-up IFACE!=lo and file EVENT=modify FILE="/tmp/bar.txt") task script chdir /tmp exec echo THIS_CHANGED >> CHANGEDDDDDDDD end script But it only runs once. How do I make it run whenever…
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inotifywait loop to monitor directory changes and execute custom bash script

Here is a script for executing custom script on file changed in directory. The thing is that it doesn't react on file changes. Where is a mistake ? printf "starting watching folder...\n"; while inotifywait -r /media/my_folder do echo "a file…
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Inotifywait exclude all except specific files

So I know you can exclude files from being watched but what about the other way ? What if I only want to watch *.txt only ?
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using inotifywait for nginx restart

I want to use inotifywait to restart nginx when configuration changes are detected in a script. The problem is that if I run it in daemon mode it keep restarting the nginx. The script looks like this: while inotifywait -d -o /var/log/bootstrap.log…
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How to use inotifywait to watch for file rename in shell script

I need to use inotifywait to watch for a folder. Files come into that folder can be very large, that's why I use close_write and wait for the file to complete writing. However, I also want an event to be triggered when a file is renamed under the…
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Using inotifywait to process two files in parallel

I am using: inotifywait -m -q -e close_write --format %f . | while IFS= read -r file; do cp -p "$file" /path/to/other/directory done to monitor a folder for file completion, then moving it to another folder. Files are made in pairs but at separate…
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Script for directory mirroring with inotifywait and ssh

I have a script that try to mirror a specific directory from a local server to a remote one. It looks like that: inotifywait -mr --format '%w%f' -e close_write -e moved_to -e delete /mydir | \ while read FILECHANGE do if [ -f $FILECHANGE ] …
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Queuing events with inotifywait

Initialize source and destination directories. srcdir=/user/user1/src tagtdir=/user/user1/dest I would like to get notified when a file is copied over into the srcdir and -m for continuous monitoring. inotifywait -m -r -e close "$srcdir" | while…
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Using cat : nothing happens

I have this script : #!/bin/bash DIR_TMP=$HOME/.tmp BIB=$HOME/biblio.bib inotifywait -m $DIR_TMP -e create -e moved_to | while read path action file; do echo $path$file echo $path$file >> $BIB cat $path$file >> $BIB …
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Bash Monitoring directory and moving files out to a new location

I am looking to monitor a directory for any new csv files written in to the directory. The new csv files on creation will be appended with data. Once the file is written and closed. The file needs to be moved to a new directory. Monitor dir:…
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Ubuntu BASH inotifywait to trigger another script

I am trying to use inotifywait within a bash script to monitor a directory for a file with a certain tag in it (*SDS.csv). I also only want to execute once (once when the file is written to the directory data ). example: #! /bin/bash inotifywait…
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inotifywait adding multiple files at ones

this shell script should add everything put in the folder to transmission. With one folder it works fine, but when i add more then one folder at the same moment it ignores the second one. while true; do file=$(inotifywait -e moved_to --format %f…
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