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1 Introduction

GNU direvent monitors events in file system directories. For each event that occurs in a set of pre-configured directories, the program calls an external program associated with it, supplying it the information about the event and the location within the file system where it took place.

GNU direvent provides an easy way to configure your system to react immediately if certain files undergo changes. This may be helpful, for example, to track changes in important configuration files.

Interfaces for tracking changes to file systems are highly system-specific. GNU direvent aims to provide a uniform and system-independent command-level interface. As of version 5.4 direvent works with modern Linux kernels (since v. 2.6.13) and BSD systems (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Darwin).