Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)

FreeBSD Manual Pages

  
 
  

home | help
FILESCHANGED(1) 		  User Commands 		 FILESCHANGED(1)

NAME
     fileschanged - displays altered files

SYNOPSIS
     fileschanged [OPTION...] [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
     Monitors  FILEs  for alterations.	Display the filenames of FILEs that were
     created, changed, deleted, started execution or finished executing.

     -s, --show=EVENT[,...]
	    Display created, changed, deleted, executing, or executed files (De-
	    fault is "created,changed")

     -a, --show-all
	    Display all file events and the associated action

     -f, --files-to-monitor
	    (Default) Monitor the FILEs on the command line

     -l, --filelist=FILE
	    Monitor the list of filenames inside FILE

     -L, --dereference
	    Don't monitor symlinks, monitor what's pointed to

     -r, --recursive
	    Monitor subdirectories of directories

     -t, --timeout=N
	    Delay showing changed files for N seconds (Def=2)

     -p, --display-action
	    Display action when showing altered files

     -x, --exec=PROG
	    Run PROG when file is altered (PROG action filename)

     -?, --help
	    Give this help list

     --usage
	    Give a short usage message

     -V, --version
	    Print program version

     FILEs must exist when monitoring begins, or they will not be monitored.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to <benasselstine@users.sf.net>.

SEE ALSO
     The full documentation for fileschanged is maintained as a Texinfo  manual.
     If  the info and fileschanged programs are properly installed at your site,
     the command

	    info fileschanged

     should give you access to the complete manual.

fileschanged 0.6.5		   August 2026			 FILESCHANGED(1)

Want to link to this manual page? Use this URL:
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fileschanged&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+Ports+15.1.quarterly>

home | help