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inotify_copy_on_close_write.sh
# This is for monitoring a folder (recursive) and copying files that were saved into a new folder
# apt install inotify-tools
# https://linux.die.net/man/1/inotifywait includes events
# command below does copy after close_write event
inotifywait -q -m -r -e close_write --format '%w%f' myfiles/ | while read afile; do cp --parents -r $afile /tmp/; done
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