How to monitor a directory and all its subdirectories for file changes
C
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Thursday, 1 August 2024
To monitor a directory and all its subdirectories for file changes and execute a command when a file is changed using inotify in C on Linux, you can follow these steps:
Initialize inotify: Create an inotify instance.
Add Watchers: Add watches for the directory and its subdirectories.
Handle Events: Monitor the events and execute the command when a file change is detected.
Recursively Watch Subdirectories: Ensure that any newly created subdirectories are also watched.
Here is an example program demonstrating these steps:
Compile the program with gcc -o inotify_example inotify_example.c.
Run the program with ./inotify_example <directory_to_watch> <command_to_execute>.