Monitor files by inotify2011/07/11

#!/bin/bash

# inotifywait: Start/Stop inotifywait
#
# chkconfig: - 80 20
# description: inotifywait waits for changes to files using inotify.
#
# processname: inotifywait

. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
. /etc/sysconfig/network
. /etc/inotifywait.conf

LOCK=/var/lock/subsys/inotifywait

RETVAL=0
start() {
   echo -n $"Starting inotifywait: "
   /usr/bin/inotifywait \
   --format '%w%f %e %T' \
   --timefmt '%Y/%m/%d-%H:%M:%S' \
   --exclude '.*\.sw[pox].*' \
   -e $EVENT \
   -o $LOGFILE \
   -dmrq $MONITOR

   RETVAL=$?
   echo
   [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $LOCK
   return $RETVAL
}
stop() {
   echo -n $"Stopping inotifywait: "
   killproc inotifywait
   RETVAL=$?
   echo
   [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $LOCK
   return $RETVAL
}
case "$1" in
   start)
      start
      ;;
   stop)
      stop
      ;;
   status)
      status inotifywait
      ;;
   restart)
      stop
      start
      ;;
   *)
      echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart}"
      exit 1
esac
exit $?