File Access Monitoring
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InCron
Install software...
sudo aptitude install -y -v incron
Allow normal users...
sudo nano /etc/incron.allow
Create a Incrontab to monitor a folder...
incrontab -e
Add the lines like this...
/home/user/Folder/ IN_MODIFY /usr/local/bin/incronotify "$#"
Save and exit the Incrontab editor.
Create the notification shell script of your choosing...
sudo touch /usr/local/bin/incronotify sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/incronotify sudo nano /usr/local/bin/incronotify echo "$@" |mail -s "Change in folder" me@mydomain.com
Then test it!
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-inotify-examples-to-replicate-directories/
https://www.howtoforge.com/triggering-commands-on-file-or-directory-changes-with-incron
http://inotify.aiken.cz/?section=incron&page=doc&lang=en
Custom Script
See this article.