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How could I track changes of specific directory in UNIX? For example, I launch some utility which create some files during its execution. I want to know what exact files were created during one particular launch. Is there any simple way to get such information? Problem is that:
Please notice that I do not want to know whether directory has been changed as stated here, I need filenames which ideally could be grepped to match specific pattern.
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We can use the inotifywait command to monitor a directory tree. To monitor a directory tree, including its subdirectories, we'll use the -r parameter. Also, we have to use the -m parameter. This configures inotifywait to keep watching the directory forever.
Watching Files and Directories with Watchman in Linux To watch a directory (e.g ~/bin ) for changes, run the following command. The following command writes a configuration file called state under /usr/local/var/run/watchman/<username>-state/, in JSON format as well as a log file called log in the same location.
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