Detecting dir (tree) changes fast?

[robert]

I want to detect changes in a directory tree fast with minimum 
overhead/load. In order to check the need for sync tasks at high 
frequency.
It must not be 100% reliable (its also forced time periodic), so 
kind of hashing would be ok.
How?

Robert
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