docs/source/reference/minio-mc/mc-watch.rst

mc watch

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mc watch

Syntax

The mc watch command watches for events on the specified MinIO bucket or local filesystem path. For S3 services, use mc event add to configure bucket event notifications on S3-compatible services.

You can also use mc watch against a local filesystem directory to produce similar results to running the inotify -e modify,create,delete,move command.

EXAMPLE

The following command watches for events <mc-event-supported-events> on any object or prefix in the mydata bucket on the myminio MinIO deployment:

mc watch --recursive myminio/mydata

SYNTAX

The command has the following syntax:

mc [GLOBALFLAGS] watch                \
                 [--event "string"]   \
                 [--prefix "string"]  \
                 [--recursive]        \
                 [--suffix "string"]  \
                 ALIAS

Parameters

ALIAS

Required The alias <alias> of a MinIO deployment and the full path to the bucket to watch for configured events. For example:

mc tree myminio/mybucket

event

The event(s) to watch for. Specify multiple events using a comma , delimiter. See mc-event-supported-events for supported events.

Defaults to put,delete, get.

prefix

The bucket prefix in which to watch for the specified ~mc watch event.

For example, given a ~mc watch ALIAS of play/mybucket and a ~mc watch prefix of photos, only events in play/mybucket/photos trigger bucket notifications.

recursive, r

Recursively watch for events in the specified ~mc watch ALIAS bucket path or local directory.

suffix

The bucket suffix in which to watch for the specified ~mc watch event.

For example, given a ~mc watch ALIAS of play/mybucket and a ~mc watch suffix of .jpg, only events in play/mybucket/*.jpg trigger bucket notifications.

Global Flags

Examples

Watch for Events in a Bucket

mc watch --recursive ALIAS/PATH

• Replace ALIAS <mc watch ALIAS> with the alias <mc alias> of the S3-compatible host.
• Replace PATH <mc watch ALIAS> with the path to the bucket.

Behavior

S3 Compatibility