so after alex answer here are my steps :
creating shell code
root@ip[/]# touch mylog.sh
root@ip[/]# nano mylog.sh
copying the code in the mylog.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo "File $1 created." >> /mylog.log
permission
root@ip[/]# chmod +x mylog.sh
creating the log file
root@ip[/]# touch mylog.log
opening icron table
incrontab -e
putting new command in
/test/ IN_CREATE mylog.sh $@$#
reloading incron - creating a new file - checking the log file
root@ip[/]# incrontab --reload
requesting table reload for user 'root'...
request done
root@ip[/]# cd test
root@ip[/test]# touch newfile.txt
root@ip[/test]# cd /
root@ip[/]# nano mylog.log
but still empty log file ... am i missing something ?
finally calling shell script with full path did the trick so :
/test/ IN_CREATE /mylog.sh $@$#
You can usually find the incron logs in /var/log/messages
If you want to log events to a specific file you can use:
/test/ IN_CREATE mylog.sh $@$#
where mylog.sh is a shell script which handles the logging.
#!/bin/bash
echo "File $1 created." >> /home/myuser/filescreated.log
Don't forget to give execution permission to this shell script by chmod +x mylog.sh
Explanation: As soon as you start using parameters for your command which you're calling, you have to put it all into a shell script. Since incron don't pass the arguments to your command but interprets it as an argument for itself.
Don't forget to call incrontab --reload after changing the incrontab.
incrontab -e
/text/ IN_CREATE /home/myuser/mylog.sh $@ $#
mylog.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo "$(date) File $2 in $1 created." >> /home/myuser/log.txt