https://github.com/tomenz/fsnotify

Notify on directory or file actions
https://github.com/tomenz/fsnotify

cpp filesystemwatcher linux

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Notify on directory or file actions

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tomenz/fsnotify
• Owner: Tomenz
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-08-26T13:24:57.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-28T07:39:38.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-16T01:12:04.040Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: cpp, filesystemwatcher, linux
• Language: C++
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• Size: 43.9 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# FsNotify

A linux systemd service to monitors directory's or files, an executes a user defined actions if a event is detected.

# Configuration

The configuration is is done in the fsnotify.cfg file.

```

[/home/user/Downloads]

itemflag=ONLYDIR

monitortyp=CREATE

filter=core.*

limit = 2 / 10s

actiontyp=system

actionpara=ls -l /home/user/Downloads > ./ls.out

monitortyp=DELETE

filter=core.*

actiontyp=system

actionpara=echo Deleted {NOTIFYITEM}/{NAME} >> ./ls2.out

[/home/user/test.sh]

monitortyp=OPEN

filter=.*

actiontyp=system

actionpara=echo OPEN {NOTIFYITEM} >> ./ls2.out

```

monitortyp = ACCESS | ATTRIB | CLOSE_WRITE | CLOSE_NOWRITE | CREATE |

             DELETE | DELETE_SELF | MODIFY | MOVE_SELF | MOVED_FROM |

             MOVED_TO | OPEN | CLOSE

filter     = Regular Expression to filter file or directory name

actiontyp  = system | syslog | addmonitor

actionpara = if actiontyp is "system" it can be any shell command or a shell

             script (*.sh)

             if actiontyp is "addmonitor" the actionpara is a string with a

             other monitor configuration.

             Example: actionpara = "itemflag=ONLYDIR\nmonitortyp=CLOSE_WRITE\nfilter=^[^\x23]+$\nactiontyp=system\nactionpara=../calcsha.sh {NOTIFYITEM}/{NAME}"