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linux:file-changes [2024/12/30 03:19] – created Wufflinux:file-changes [2024/12/30 03:27] (current) – Wuff
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 inotifywait -e modify,create,delete,move -r -m | while read line; do something_with $line; done  inotifywait -e modify,create,delete,move -r -m | while read line; do something_with $line; done 
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 +According to the documentation for inotifywatch, the default limit is 8192 watch descriptors, and you can increase it by writing the new value to /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches. On Linux Mint 22 with Surface Kernel, this appears to be set to 29301.
  
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linux/file-changes.1735528740.txt.gz · Last modified: by Wuff