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Zuriar
Zuriar

Reputation: 11734

Find out when file was added to system or placed in directory

On Ubuntu: I want to be able to determine when a file was added to the system or in other words when it was placed/copied into the directory. The time stamp is 'last modified' so when one installs from Apt the timestamp is not the same as when it was actually placed on the system. Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 78

Answers (1)

Klaus
Klaus

Reputation: 25603

You can use inotify.

From the manpage: "The inotify API provides a mechanism for monitoring filesystem events. Inotify can be used to monitor individual files, or to monitor directories."

Watching for file or directory change can be done with

int inotify_add_watch(int fd, const char *pathname, uint32_t mask);

where mask can be IN_MODIFY to see all modifications on the file/directory.

Upvotes: 2

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