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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 14:38:22 -0700
From: David Romano <unobe@cpan.org>
To: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it>
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Subject: Re: Monitor directory and execute script
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Andrea Venturoli wrote on Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 06:28:32AM MST:
> I need to check for new or updated files in a directory and execute
> a script on them whenever that happens.
> Before I launch on complicated scripting, is there some
> utility/port/deamon that already does this?
For fine-tuned control, perhaps auditd.

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David Romano .:. unobe@cpan.org