Can inotify allow me to monitor all files with a specific name extension no matter where they are on disk?

Question

Can inotify allow me to monitor all files with a specific name extension no matter where they are on disk? For example, if I want to monitor all *.mp3 files on my device in various directories. Is it possible?

Many thanks! Amanda

Answer 1

Not without setting up notification for every single directory. Consider using the auditing subsystem instead.

Answer 2

With pyinotify at least you could. You'd have to watch recursively at / or the directory your disk is mounted on and use the exclude_filter argument to the WatchManager.add_watch method. Maybe react https://github.com/copton/react already does all you need.