Information about the package, inotify-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The inotify-tools package is designed for, Command line utilities for inotify.
Package Name:
inotify-tools
Summary:
Command line utilities for inotify
Description:
inotify-tools is a set of command-line programs for Linux providing a simple interface to inotify. These programs can be used to monitor and act upon filesystem events.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.14
Release:
1.el6
Size:
46 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the inotify-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install inotify-tools
This command will install inotify-tools on the server.
yum remove inotify-tools
This command will un-install inotify-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove inotify-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove inotify-tools
This command will un-install inotify-tools on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove inotify-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update inotify-tools
This command will update inotify-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove inotify-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update inotify-tools
This command will update inotify-tools to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove inotify-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info inotify-tools
This command will show you core information about the inotify-tools package.
yum deplist inotify-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for inotify-tools. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update inotify-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on inotify-tools. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.