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- Linux kernel 2.6.13 or higher with CONFIG_INOTIFY enabled
- Standard C Library (tested with GNU libc but might work with others too)
+- GCC (other compilers might work but are not tested)
+
+Building and installing inotail
+-------------------------------
+To build inotail type:
+
+ $ make
+
+By default, inotail is installed to /usr/local/bin/, the manpage is installed to
+/usr/local/share/man/man1/. To install the inotail files to these locations type:
+
+ $ make install
+
+To change these locations just set the prefix variable. E.g. to install the
+inotail binary to /usr/ and the manpage to /usr/share/man/ respectively type:
+
+ $ make prefix=/usr install
License
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