If you want to monitor file changes in a directory on an Apple
OS X/macOS
system, one way to do so is using
fswatch, a cross-platform
file change monitor. The utility will allow
you to monitor which files in the directory have been changed, though it doesn't
report on the particular changes made to the content of the files. You can track
the addition and deletion of files or whether files in the monitored directory
are modified. On a Mac OS X system, you can install the software using the
Homebrew package management system - see
Installing Homebrew on Mac OS X for
instructions on installing the software. Once Homebrew is installed, you
can install fswatch using the command brew install fswatch in
a
Terminal window, which provides a
command-line interface (CLI). The program
will be installed in /usr/local/bin. Once it is installed, you
can view help information by typing fswatch -h at a Terminal
window shell prompt.
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