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.\"     Title: gvfs-monitor-file
.\"    Author: Alexander Larsson <alexl@redhat.com>
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.\"      Date: 03/28/2017
.\"    Manual: User Commands
.\"    Source: gvfs
.\"  Language: English
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.SH "NAME"
gvfs-monitor-file \- Monitor files for changes
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBgvfs\-monitor\-file\ \fR\fB[OPTION...]\fR\fB\ \fR\fB[LOCATION...]\fR\ 'u
\fBgvfs\-monitor\-file \fR\fB[OPTION...]\fR\fB \fR\fB[LOCATION...]\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
As long as
\fBgvfs\-monitor\-file\fR
is running, it will print information about creation, deletion, content and attribute changes and mount and unmount operations affecting the monitored files\&.
.PP
\fBgvfs\-monitor\-file\fR
uses the GIOs file monitoring APIs to monitor the given files\&. GIO uses different implementations depending on the platform\&. The most common implementation Linux uses inotify\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
The following options are understood:
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Prints a short help text and exits\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Shows the version number and exits\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-no\-pair\fR
.RS 4
Don\*(Aqt send single MOVED events\&.
.RE
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
.PP
On success 0 is returned, a non\-zero failure code otherwise\&.