Re: how would you do this?

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

Roberto C  Sánchez wrote:
...
> It sounds like you want something like like incrond, which gives you
> user-space hooks into the inotify kernel subsystem.  I have used it, for
> instance, for protecting artifacts published to a develpment archive
> server.  I use incron to monitor the directories where artifacts can be
> uploaded, and as soon as an upload is completed, then incron invokes a
> call to 'chattr +i' to make the new file immutable and thus protect it
> from being overwritten by a subsequent upload or deletion.
>
> Because it can also simply log accesses, reads, etc., it will probably
> do exactly what you want.


  thanks!  very useful to know.  :)


  songbird