inotifyd - manual page for inotifyd 1.31.1
inotifyd PROG FILE1[:MASK]...
BusyBox v1.31.1 (2020-04-30 13:38:01 EDT) multi-call binary.
Run PROG on filesystem changes. When a filesystem event matching
MASK occurs on FILEn, PROG ACTUAL_EVENTS FILEn [SUBFILE] is run. If PROG is
-, events are sent to stdout. Events:
- a
- File is accessed
- c
- File is modified
- e
- Metadata changed
- w
- Writable file is closed
- 0
- Unwritable file is closed
- r
- File is opened
- D
- File is deleted
- M
- File is moved
- u
- Backing fs is unmounted
- o
- Event queue overflowed
- x
- File can't be watched anymore
- y
- Subfile is moved into dir
- m
- Subfile is moved out of dir
- n
- Subfile is created
- d
- Subfile is deleted
inotifyd waits for PROG to exit. When x event happens for all
FILEs, inotifyd exits.