Monitor Directory for Changes
Look at inotify.
With inotify you can watch a directory for file creation.
First make sure inotify-tools
in installed.
Then use them like this:
logOfChanges="/tmp/changes.log.csv" # Set your file name here.
# Lock and load
inotifywait -mrcq $DIR > "$logOfChanges" &
IN_PID=$$
# Do your stuff here
...
# Kill and analyze
kill $IN_PID
while read entry; do
# Split your CSV, but beware that file names may contain spaces too.
# Just look up how to parse CSV with bash. :)
path=...
event=...
... # Other stuff like time stamps?
# Depending on the event…
case "$event" in
SOME_EVENT) myHandlingCode path ;;
...
*) myDefaultHandlingCode path ;;
done < "$logOfChanges"
Alternatively, using --format
instead of -c
on inotifywait
would be an idea.
Just man inotifywait
and man inotifywatch
for more infos.
You can also use incron
and use it to call a handling script.