Getting File Create Notifications for CIFS Mount in Linux

Question

I have a windows share mounted via CIFS on an ubuntu server. I need to a way to know when a new file has been added to the Windows share. I tried this inotify program:

Answer 1

For Windows hosts running Linux docker containers there is a detailed article on t his issue with a provided solution that works "docker-windows-volume-watcher": http://blog.subjectify.us/miscellaneous/2017/04/24/docker-for-windows-watch-bindings.html

Looks like support is not coming any time soon from Linux implementation of CIFS inotify.