Monitor directory and execute script

[Frank Brendel]

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I think sysutils/wait_on is what you are looking for.



Am 07.11.2011 16:21, schrieb Andrea Venturoli:
> On 11/07/11 15:26, Warren Block wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Andrea Venturoli wrote:
>>
>>> I need to check for new or updated files in a directory and execute a
>>> script on them whenever that happens.
>>> Before I launch on complicated scripting, is there some
>>> utility/port/deamon that already does this?
>>
>> There's devel/gamin.
>
> Thanks for the answer.
> AFAICT gamin is a library; from there I'd need to develop some daemon, 
> provide rc scripts, etc...
>
> My question was whether such a thing already exists.
>
>  bye
>     av.
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