Apr 28, 2011 · The date at which a file was last read is called its access time, or atime for short. All unix filesystems can store it, but many systems don't record it, because it has a (usually …

A monitor based on inotify, a Linux kernel subsystem that reports file system changes to applications. A monitor based on File Events Notification, a Solaris/Illumos kernel API that …

Nov 11, 2020 · 4 For the general case you want to monitor a file, and send a desktop notification with the new file content only when the content has changed, you can use inotifywait (from …

Mar 9, 2017 · For example, inotifywait -mr dir/ monitors changes in the given directory and instantly gives you feedback of any application trying to open/read/write/close a file. However, …

I'd like to do some general disk io monitoring on a debian linux server. What are the tools I should know about that monitor disk io so I can see if a disk's performance is maxed out or spikes at c...

However, a process can open, alter and close a file so quickly that I won't be able to see it when monitoring it using standard shell scripting (e.g. watch) as explained in "monitor open process …

Oct 17, 2022 · 2 My business purpose is to monitor the remote file system on Linux, and if there are any new files, SFTP them to another machine and delete them. However, the limitation is …

Aug 17, 2010 · I would like to monitor one process's memory / cpu usage in real time. Similar to top but targeted at only one process, preferably with a history graph of some sort.

FYI, while tail is the tool for the job, literally open a text file and let it update itself can be achived with watch cat filename.

Apr 10, 2025 · Loggedfs - had limited success with this, could log file creations/updates but didn't log the names of deletions fatrace - similar to loggedfs bpftrace - worked ok on a client nfs …