May 2017
Beginner
552 pages
28h 47m
English
Content preview from Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition
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Getting ready
The inotifywait command watches a file or directory and reports when an event occurs. It doesn't come by default with every Linux distribution. You have to install the inotify-tools package. It requires the inotify support in the Linux kernel. Most new GNU/Linux distributions compile the inotify support into the kernel.