Comments on: Pyinotify – Monitor Filesystem Changes in Real-Time in Linux

By: Zinx

Zinx — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:51:02 +0000

I’m not interested in just printing out when a file is added to a directory, what I’m looking for is the ability to execute specific python code when that happens. This looks like a half-baked demo, not a useful library function for implementing some action that should occur when new files land. Consequently, this seems pretty pointless.

By: Aaron Kili

Aaron Kili — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:02:44 +0000

In reply to santosh.

@santosh

The easiest way to achieve that is to use a version control system such as Git. It helps you track changes in a file; showing you exactly who changed what file and what he/she changed in it. Git is commonly used for software projects but it can track changes in any file in a computer.

For more information, check out: https://www.tecmint.com/use-git-version-control-system-in-linux/

By: santosh

santosh — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 09:55:11 +0000

Can we also check who changed file and what does he/she changed in that and send a mail to recipients? If yes please share how can we achieve that. Many Thanks!!!

By: Aaron Kili

Aaron Kili — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 05:06:48 +0000

In reply to jorge.

@jorge

Oh, useful tip here. Many thanks for sharing this.

By: jorge

jorge — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 06:57:38 +0000

When you run pyinotify without specifying any directory to monitor, the /tmp directory is considered by default.