Monitor Linux File System Events with Inotify
By Eli M. Dow2005-05-31
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When applied to such areas as performance monitoring, debugging, and automation, inotify is a powerful, highly granular mechanism for monitoring Linux file systems. Using the code provided in this article, you are ready to start writing applications that can respond to or record file system events in real time with a minimal performance overhead.
Tutorial Pages:
» This next-gen, dnotify replacement meets file system event-monitoring needs in the 2.6 kernel
» Why inotify?
» Installing inotify
» Using inotify in a simple application
» Conclusion
» Resources
First published by IBM DeveloperWorks
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