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#1 2025-11-05 08:18:38
- duyinthee
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inotifywait does not print filename that edited
I am trying to get it works.
inotifywait --event modify --format '%w%f' ./*it only print
Setting up watches.
Watches established.while waiting. then, after a file is edited in the directory, nothing show up.
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#2 2025-11-05 10:00:24
- dimich
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Re: inotifywait does not print filename that edited
Do you edit a file which exists at the moment of inotifywait invokation, or create it after inotifywait run?
./* argument is expanded by shell to existing files, so inotifywait is waiting for changes only on files which already exist. If you want to wait for changes on a directory, use . rather than ./*
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#3 2025-11-05 13:52:35
- seth
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Re: inotifywait does not print filename that edited
"Edit" might not end up being a modification if the file gets replaced w/ a new inode.
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