Re: Native (small) inotifywait-like tool?

In reply to: Bjoern A. Zeeb: "Native (small) inotifywait-like tool?"
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From: Vadim Goncharov <vadimnuclight_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:29:08 UTC

On Wed, 5 Aug 2026 16:43:12 +0000 (UTC)
"Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> do we have a native tool (can be way simpler) like inotifywait?
> 
> I am essentially looking for something which will trigger an action when a
> file changes; the action could also be in a shell script so "wait" in a shell
> script look would be acceptable.
> 
> Problem is that I am very space contraint and don't want to pull in more
> libraries etc. when a few kB would already do.
> 
> I assume soemthing like the example in kqueue(2) will almost do?

sysutils/wait_on is for scripts and already based on kqueue

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