Ubuntu
iwatch package

iwatch doesn't recognize directory hirarchy created with 'mkdir -p'

Bug #1178504 reported by Mboy
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
iwatch (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

When a series of directories is created with 'mkdir -p' only the first level gets watched by inotify.

E.g. after 'mkdir -p A/B/C/D' only A gets watched. Took me quite a while to find out why my scripts didn't behave like they should.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: iwatch 0.2.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-41.45-lowlatency 3.2.42
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-41-lowlatency x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 10 03:38:19 2013
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120817.3)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: iwatch
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.iwatch.iwatch.xml: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.default.iwatch: 2013-03-16T18:01:29.858376
mtime.conffile..etc.iwatch.iwatch.xml: 2013-05-10T02:47:39.002749

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Mboy (larsbehrens) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in iwatch (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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David D Lowe (flimm) wrote :

Did you use the recursive flag?

iwatch -r directory

I've found that iwatch doesn't seem to work if I use a trailing slash

iwatch -r directory/

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