Re: [tlug] Unix tool to monitor files for changes

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 12/07/07, Chris BALUTA <baluta@example.com> wrote:

>  Josh asks:
>
> > I need to monitor a set of directories and files for changes, and do
> > something when a file changes.
>
>    Erm, I'm probably missing something here, but anyway...

Indeed you are. :)

>    make + cron should do this just fine.

I don't want to grab the changes made at an interval, even if that
interval is one minute; I want *every* single change to an inode.

The use case is this:

When someone writes a change to a file, I want to immediately "svn
commit" that file. This will result in lots of small revisions, but
the ability to go back to any revision.

I could also solve this with a revisioned filesystem, but that will be
difficult because I need to run on a RHEL3 machine on which I cannot
rebuild the kernel (or realistically, even build modules inside the
kernel tree). Plus, I *know* SVN, but do not have the time to learn a
new technology, i.e. the tools provided by the filesystem for
manipulating revisions.

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Cheers,
Josh