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Rahul
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You need something that polls for file changes because if a file is modified on the Windows side, the Linux kernel is not going to know about it. There are a few existing applications that can help with that, such as Guard: http://guardgem.org/

Depending on your exact needs, you could just watchwatch the file listing (adjusting n seconds to whatever is suitable):

watch --differences -n 10 ls -l </path/to/shared/dir>

You need something that polls for file changes because if a file is modified on the Windows side, the Linux kernel is not going to know about it. There are a few existing applications that can help with that, such as Guard: http://guardgem.org/

Depending on your exact needs, you could just watch the file listing (adjusting n seconds to whatever is suitable):

watch --differences -n 10 ls -l </path/to/shared/dir>

You need something that polls for file changes because if a file is modified on the Windows side, the Linux kernel is not going to know about it. There are a few existing applications that can help with that, such as Guard: http://guardgem.org/

Depending on your exact needs, you could just watch the file listing (adjusting n seconds to whatever is suitable):

watch --differences -n 10 ls -l </path/to/shared/dir>
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Paul Nordin
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You need something that polls for file changes because if a file is modified on the Windows side, the Linux kernel is not going to know about it. There are a few existing applications that can help with that, such as Guard: http://guardgem.org/

Depending on your exact needs, you could just watch the file listing (adjusting n seconds to whatever is suitable):

watch --differences -n 10 ls -l </path/to/shared/dir>