{"id":37,"date":"2008-03-09T16:32:43","date_gmt":"2008-03-09T15:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nooblet.org\/blog\/2008\/directory_monitorpl-monitor-directory-for-file-changes\/"},"modified":"2013-01-10T03:42:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T03:42:48","slug":"directory_monitorpl-monitor-directory-for-file-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nooblet.org\/blog\/2008\/directory_monitorpl-monitor-directory-for-file-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"directory_monitor.pl &#8211; Monitor directory for file changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote this perl script to monitor a directory for changes in files such as ,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Created<\/li>\n<li>Deleted<\/li>\n<li>Modified<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A directory is given on the command-line and the script continuously checks for changes until it is halted (ctrl+c).<\/p>\n<p>Example output,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><code>$ .\/directory_monitor.pl \/tmp\/<\/p>\n<p>Monitoring directory: \/tmp\/<br \/>\n        (ctrl+c to halt)<\/p>\n<p>20080209.145857 : test.txt      Created. [0b]<br \/>\n20080209.145904 : test.txt      Size changed to 375b (up 375b)<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I was having issues with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mythtv.org\">MythTV<\/a> prematurely deleting recorded shows, and this script proved its worth in determining when they were deleted.<\/p>\n<p><b>Download<\/b><br \/>\n<div class=\"wp-downloadmanager\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"wp-downloadmanager-sprite\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><symbol id=\"wp-downloadmanager-icon-file\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M6 2.5h7l5 5v14H6z\" \/><path d=\"M13 2.5v5h5\" \/><\/symbol><symbol id=\"wp-downloadmanager-icon-archive\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M6 2.5h7l5 5v14H6z\" \/><path d=\"M13 2.5v5h5\" \/><path d=\"M11 3h2v2h-2zM11 6h2v2h-2zM11 9h2v2h-2zM10.5 13h3v3.5h-3z\" \/><\/symbol><symbol id=\"wp-downloadmanager-icon-audio\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M6 2.5h7l5 5v14H6z\" \/><path d=\"M13 2.5v5h5\" \/><path d=\"M10 18.5v-5l5-1.5v5\" \/><circle cx=\"9\" cy=\"18.5\" r=\"1.4\" \/><circle cx=\"14\" cy=\"17\" r=\"1.4\" \/><\/symbol><symbol id=\"wp-downloadmanager-icon-code\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M6 2.5h7l5 5v14H6z\" \/><path d=\"M13 2.5v5h5\" \/><path d=\"M10.5 12.5 8 15.5l2.5 3M13.5 12.5 16 15.5l-2.5 3\" \/><\/symbol><symbol id=\"wp-downloadmanager-icon-document\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M6 2.5h7l5 5v14H6z\" \/><path d=\"M13 2.5v5h5\" \/><path d=\"M9 12.5h6M9 15.5h6M9 18.5h4\" \/><\/symbol><symbol id=\"wp-downloadmanager-icon-image\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M6 2.5h7l5 5v14H6z\" \/><path d=\"M13 2.5v5h5\" \/><circle cx=\"10\" cy=\"13.5\" r=\"1.1\" \/><path d=\"M8 19.5l3-3 2 2 3-3.5 2 4.5z\" \/><\/symbol><symbol id=\"wp-downloadmanager-icon-presentation\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M6 2.5h7l5 5v14H6z\" \/><path d=\"M13 2.5v5h5\" \/><path d=\"M9 19.5v-3M12 19.5v-5.5M15 19.5v-8\" \/><\/symbol><symbol id=\"wp-downloadmanager-icon-spreadsheet\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M6 2.5h7l5 5v14H6z\" \/><path d=\"M13 2.5v5h5\" \/><path d=\"M8 12.5h8v7H8zM8 16h8M11.5 12.5v7\" \/><\/symbol><symbol id=\"wp-downloadmanager-icon-video\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M6 2.5h7l5 5v14H6z\" \/><path d=\"M13 2.5v5h5\" \/><path d=\"M10.5 13.5l5 3-5 3z\" \/><\/symbol><symbol id=\"wp-downloadmanager-icon-application\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M6 2.5h7l5 5v14H6z\" \/><path d=\"M13 2.5v5h5\" \/><circle cx=\"12\" cy=\"16.5\" r=\"2\" \/><path d=\"M12 12.5V14M12 19v1.5M8.5 16.5H10M14 16.5h1.5\" \/><\/symbol><\/svg><svg class=\"wp-downloadmanager-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><use href=\"#wp-downloadmanager-icon-file\" \/><\/svg>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nooblet.org\/blog\/download\/directory_monitor.pl\">directory_monitor.pl<\/a><\/strong> (4.6 KiB, 6,246 hits)<br><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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). 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