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gvfs-monitor-dir

gvfs-monitor-dir(1)						   User Commands					       gvfs-monitor-dir(1)

NAME

       gvfs-monitor-dir - monitor the change of a directory content using the VFS system

SYNOPSIS

       gvfs-monitor-dir URI

DESCRIPTION

       gvfs-monitor-dir  monitors  the change content of a directory using the VFS system. If anything changes inside the directory, gvfs-monitor-
       dir will print a message informing of the event.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       URI	Specifies the directory location in standard URI format.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Monitor a local directory

       example% gvfs-monitor-dir file:///tmp/example

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gvfs-monitor-dir       Executable to monitor the change content of a directory using the VFS system.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-gvfs		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gvfs-copy(1), gvfs-info(1), gvfs-less(1), gvfs-ls(1), gvfs-mkdir(1) gvfs-cat(1), gvfs-monitor-file(1), gvfs-mount(1),  gvfs-move(1),  gvfs-
       rename(1), gvfs-open(1), gvfs-rm(1), gvfs-save(1), gvfs-trash(1), gvfs-tree(1), attributes(5), environ(5)

NOTES

       Written by Alvaro Lopez Ortega, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.

SunOS 5.11							    25 Mar 2008 					       gvfs-monitor-dir(1)