Monitor Directory for Changes
First make sure inotify-tools in installed.
Then use them like this:
logOfChanges="/tmp/changes.log.csv" # Set your file name here.# Lock and loadinotifywait -mrcq $DIR > "$logOfChanges" &IN_PID=$$# Do your stuff here...# Kill and analyzekill $IN_PIDwhile read entry; do # Split your CSV, but beware that file names may contain spaces too. # Just look up how to parse CSV with bash. :) path=... event=... ... # Other stuff like time stamps? # Depending on the event… case "$event" in SOME_EVENT) myHandlingCode path ;; ... *) myDefaultHandlingCode path ;;done < "$logOfChanges"Alternatively, using --format instead of -c on inotifywait would be an idea.
Just man inotifywait and man inotifywatch for more infos.
You can also use incron and use it to call a handling script.