sysfile_noti

sysfile_noti is a tool written in C to monitor file changes on a Linux system and notify you through a Telegram bot. It leverages the inotify API to track file events such as creation, modification, deletion, and movement within a specified directory. It might help you to get started in developing more sophiscated and with more feature's for your client, company that you are working in ... This is just a Sample Code to get you help started ..........

Features

• Monitors file creation, deletion, modification, and movements in a specified directory.
• Sends real-time notifications to a Telegram bot.
• Configurable via a simple config.ini file.
• notifications you will get in Bot :
• File created: example.txt
• File modified: data.log
• File deleted: old_file.txt
• File moved to: new_location.txt

Usage & Compilation

1. Configuration:

   • Create a config.ini file with your Telegram bot token and chat ID:

     token=<your-telegram-token>
     chat_id=<your-chat-id>

2. Specify Directory:

   • Update the path in the source code to define the directory you want to monitor:

     const char *path = "/home/user";

3. Dependencies:

   • Install libcurl to handle HTTP requests:

     sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev

4. Compilation:

   • Compile the program using gcc with the -lcurl flag:

     gcc -o notify notify.c -lcurl

5. Run:

   • Start monitoring the specified directory:

     ./notify

Add more features to suit your infrastructure

• Add functionality to monitor all directories in the Linux filesystem.
• Enable auto-run when the system starts.
• Integrate shell scripts for user interaction before execution.
• Add feature to know who changed(user login) & at what time
• Rewrite in other stack's
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