Information about the package, python-inotify, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-inotify package is designed for, Monitor filesystem events with Python under Linux.
Package Name:
python-inotify
Summary:
Monitor filesystem events with Python under Linux
Description:
This is a Python module for watching filesystems changes. pyinotify can be used for various kind of fs monitoring. pyinotify relies on a recent Linux Kernel feature (merged in kernel 2.6.13) called inotify. inotify is an event-driven notifier, its notifications are exported from kernel space to user space.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.9.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
50 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the python-inotify package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-inotify
This command will install python-inotify on the server.
yum remove python-inotify
This command will un-install python-inotify on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-inotify, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-inotify
This command will un-install python-inotify 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 python-inotify when using the -y flag.
yum update python-inotify
This command will update python-inotify to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-inotify, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-inotify
This command will update python-inotify 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 python-inotify when using the -y flag.
yum info python-inotify
This command will show you core information about the python-inotify package.
yum deplist python-inotify
This command will show you the dependencies for python-inotify. 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 python-inotify
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-inotify. 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.