Get a 'signal' when a file is modified???
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Apr 14, 2022
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Use inotify(7).
INOTIFY(7) Linux Programmer's Manual INOTIFY(7)
NAME inotify - monitoring filesystem events
DESCRIPTION The inotify API provides a mechanism for monitoring filesystem events. Inotify can be used to monitor individual files, or to monitor directo- ries. When a directory is monitored, inotify will return events for the directory itself, and for files inside the directory.
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SEE ALSO inotifywait(1), inotifywatch(1), inotify_add_watch(2), inotify_init(2), inotify_init1(2), inotify_rm_watch(2), read(2), stat(2), fanotify(7)
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