File System Monitoring: FsGhost
Summary
FsGhost is a tiny cross-platform command-line tool to monitor and notify of file changes in a given directory. FsGhost works natively on Windows and Linux. Its only dependencies are the operating system headers for your platform. FsGhost is self contained in one C file and is extremely easy to compile.
Usage Example
Simply give FsGhost the directory to monitor, and it'll write to stdout any file changes.
Features
- ANSI C with no external dependencies.
- Contained in a single source code file.
- Released under the zlib license - free for nearly any use.
- Does not use polling! Uses efficient OS APIs for file monitoring.