Using Inotify in Box Backup

Inotify would allow Box Backup to detect when a file is changed and schedule it for backing up automatically, without scanning the whole filesystem.

It should be built into recent Linux kernels (2.6).

For more information see:

• http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2004-09/8586.html
• http://kerneltrap.org/node/3847