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Package: incron (0.5.9-2 and others)

cron-like daemon which handles filesystem events

incron is an "inotify cron" system. It works like the regular cron but is driven by filesystem events instead of time events. This package provides two programs, a daemon called "incrond" (analogous to crond) and a table manipulator "incrontab" (like "crontab").

incron uses the Linux Kernel inotify syscalls.

like cron, each user can edit its own incron tables.

incron can be used to : 

 - notifying programs (e.g. server daemons) about changes in configuration
 - guarding changes in critical files (with their eventual recovery)
 - file usage monitoring, statistics
 - automatic on-crash cleanup
 - automatic on-change backup or versioning
 - new mail notification (for maildir)
 - server upload notification
 - installation management (outside packaging systems)
 - ... and many others

Tags: System Administration: Automation and Scheduling, Implemented in: C++, User Interface: Daemon, Role: Program, Scope: Utility

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [not alpha, avr32, ia64, m68k, sparc]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
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    dep: libc6 (>= 2.5) [avr32]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) [m68k]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.4) [alpha, ia64]
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    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) [not armel, avr32, hppa, m68k]
    GCC support library
    dep: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.2.1) [avr32]
    dep: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.4.0) [armel]
  • dep: libgcc2 (>= 4.2.1) [m68k]
    Package not available
  • dep: libgcc4 (>= 4.1.1) [hppa]
    GCC support library
  • dep: libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1) [not armel]
    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
    dep: libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0) [armel]
  • dep: libunwind7 [ia64]
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  • dep: lsb-base (>= 3.0-3)
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Download incron

Download for all available architectures
Architecture Version Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 0.5.9-2 120.2 kB448 kB [list of files]
amd64 0.5.9-2 110.8 kB300 kB [list of files]
armel 0.5.9-2 105.7 kB356 kB [list of files]
avr32 (unofficial port) 0.5.9-2 127.3 kB368 kB [list of files]
hppa 0.5.9-2 128.4 kB404 kB [list of files]
i386 0.5.9-2 105.1 kB364 kB [list of files]
ia64 0.5.9-2 151.3 kB592 kB [list of files]
m68k (unofficial port) 0.5.9-1 103.6 kB376 kB [list of files]
mips 0.5.9-2 110.8 kB460 kB [list of files]
mipsel 0.5.9-2 110.2 kB460 kB [list of files]
powerpc 0.5.9-2 111.9 kB392 kB [list of files]
s390 0.5.9-2 106.6 kB376 kB [list of files]
sparc 0.5.9-2 110.3 kB376 kB [list of files]