What Is Inotify in Linux?

Inotify (inode notify) is a Linux kernel subsystem which monitors changes to the filesystem, and reports those changes to applications. … Inotifywait and inotifywatch commands allows use inotify subsystem from command line.

How do I use Inotify in Linux?

iNotify Execution Flow

1. Create the inotify instance by inotify_init().
2. Add all the directories to be monitored to the inotify list using inotify_add_watch() function.
3. To determine the events occurred, do the read() on the inotify instance. …
4. Read returns list of events occurred on the monitored directories.

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What are Inotify watches?

Inotify Watch helps to keep track of the file changes under the directories on “watch” and report back to the application in a standard format using the API calls. We can monitor multiple file events under the watched directory using the API calls.