1 GNU Direvent is a daemon that monitors file system directories for events,
2 such as creating, deleting or modifying files. It can be configured to
3 monitor different sets of directories for different events. When an event
4 is detected, direvent(8) calls an external program associated with it,
5 supplying it with the information about the event and the location within
6 the file system where it occurred.
8 GNU Direvent provides an easy way to configure the system to react
9 immediately if certain files undergo changes. This may be helpful, for
10 example, to track changes in important configuration files.
12 The program aims to provide a uniform and system-independent command-level
13 interface for file system events. The current version is known to work on
14 GNU/Linux and BSD systems (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Darwin).
16 WWW: https://www.gnu.org.ua/software/direvent/