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