https://github.com/inotify-tools/inotify-tools

inotify-tools is a C library and a set of command-line programs providing a simple interface to inotify.
https://github.com/inotify-tools/inotify-tools

c fsnotify inotify inotify-tools inotifywait inotifywatch linux

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inotify-tools is a C library and a set of command-line programs providing a simple interface to inotify.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/inotify-tools/inotify-tools
• Owner: inotify-tools
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2009-11-22T22:59:07.000Z (over 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-02-16T11:22:18.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-11T12:30:51.487Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: c, fsnotify, inotify, inotify-tools, inotifywait, inotifywatch, linux
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 420 KB
• Stars: 3,264
• Watchers: 134
• Forks: 397
• Open Issues: 33
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: ChangeLog
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: COPYING
  • Authors: AUTHORS

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inotify-tools

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This is a package of some commandline utilities relating to inotify.

The general purpose of this package is to allow inotify's features to be used

from within shell scripts.  Read the man pages for further details.