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

[jep200404 <jep200404@example.com>]

Josh wrote:

> I need to monitor a set of directories and files for changes, and do
> something when a file changes.

How fast do you need to do the something? 

Later he added: 

> 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.

So even polling every second would not suffice. 
(Neverminding that polling sucks.) 

> 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.

What if you grab a file that is in the _middle_ of being written to? 
Yikes! 

Jim