[ILUG] Watch for new files ?

[P at draigBrady.com]

Declan Grady wrote:
> Hi,
> Is there an easy way to watch a specific directory for the creation of new 
> files, and then run some script to report on these new files ?

Have a look at /usr/src/linux-2.4/Documentation/dnotify.txt
I use that mechanism in http://www.pixelbeat.org/rotagator

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