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I wrote this perl script to monitor a directory for changes in files such as ,

• Created
• Deleted
• Modified

A directory is given on the command-line and the script continuously checks for changes until it is halted (ctrl+c).

Example output,

$ ./directory_monitor.pl /tmp/

Monitoring directory: /tmp/
        (ctrl+c to halt)

20080209.145857 : test.txt      Created. [0b]
20080209.145904 : test.txt      Size changed to 375b (up 375b)

 
 

I was having issues with MythTV prematurely deleting recorded shows, and this script proved its worth in determining when they were deleted.

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