Monitor files by inotify2010/05/05

yum --enablerepo=dag -y install inotify-tools

# install from DAG

/usr/bin/inotifywait -e create,delete,modify,move -mrq /etc &

# try to create a file under /etc

touch /etc/test.txt

# try to rename a file

mv /etc/test.txt /etc/test.conf

# try to remove a file

rm -f /etc/test.conf

vi inotify.sh

#!/bin/sh

/usr/bin/inotifywait -e create,delete,modify,move \
    -mrq /etc | while read line; do
    echo -n "$line " >> /var/log/inotify.log
    echo `date | cut -d " " -f1-4` >> /var/log/inotify.log
done

chmod 700 inotify.sh

./inotify.sh &

# try to action something

touch /etc/test.txt

mv /etc/test.txt /etc/test.conf

vi /etc/test.conf

rm -f /etc/test.conf

# logs are got like follows

cat /var/log/inotify.log