##Inotify-tools Provide an interface to inotify, consisting of:

###inotifywait This command simply blocks for inotify events, making it appropriate for use in shell scripts. It can watch any set of files and directories, and can recursively watch entire directory trees.

###inotifywatch This command collects filesystem usage statistics and outputs counts of each inotify event.

Inotify-tools

Provide an interface to inotify, consisting of:

inotifywait

This command simply blocks for inotify events, making it appropriate for use in shell scripts. It can watch any set of files and directories, and can recursively watch entire directory trees.

inotifywatch

This command collects filesystem usage statistics and outputs counts of each inotify event.