File and Directory Tracker Daemon

This program tracks changes made to a specified file(s)/directories and sends notifications when certain events occur. It runs as a "daemon" on Unix systems.

Features

Monitors file access, deletion, modification, and write/close events.
Sends desktop notifications using libnotify when significant file events are detected.
Runs as a background, allowing continuous monitoring of file/directory changes.

Installation

Clone the repository or download the source code.

git clone https://github.com/kingbian/track-it.git

Compile

Compile the program using:

gcc -o track_it `pkg-config --cflags --libs libnotify`  trackIt.c

libnotify is required

Copy the executable to your systems PATH to make it accessible system wide

sudo cp track_it /usr/local/bin

Usage

To start the program as a background process

track_it /path/to/file /path/to/directory &

To end the program

kill track_it

Screen shots

Dependencies

libnotify used for desktop notifications

Acknowledgments

This project was inspired by:

https://github.com/sinasun/count-it