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Re: Monitoring filesystem for file/folder changes

by wolv (Pilgrim)
on Jun 05, 2005 at 19:56 UTC ( [id://463765]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Monitoring filesystem for file/folder changes

On Linux, there is inotify, which lets you monitor directory trees efficiently. There is a Perl module for it. A low-level C tutorial can be found at IBM developerWorks.
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