wendy

Inotify-based directory watcher.

An arbitrary command is run whenever one or more filesystem events occur. Events are reported through the inotify API, which is specific to the Linux kernel.

Features

• Event(s) selection done with bitwise mask
• Automatically watch new directories in recursive mode
• Exports event informations in the command environment
• Path can be specified as argument or from STDIN.

Usage

Refer to wendy(1) manual page for details and examples. The below commands are provided as a quick introduction.

Recompile a project when a source file changes:

ls *.[ch] | wendy make

Dynamic preview of a manual page (note the use of simple quotes):

export MANPAGER=/bin/cat
wendy -c -w manual.1 -- sh -c 'man ./$WENDY_INODE'

Synchronize the local directory with a remote one. The value 394 is a sum of events: MODIFY, CLOSE_WRITE, MOVED_TO, CREATE:

wendy -rd -m 394 -w . rsync -av . remote:/dest

Installation

Edit config.mk if needed, then build/install with the following commands:

make
make install

Development

git clone git://z3bra.org/wendy.git

If you find any bug, please report them or send a patch to dev@z3bra.org.

Download

• wendy-2.1.tar.bz2
• wendy-2.0.tar.bz2
• wendy-1.0.tar.bz2
• wendy-0.7.tar.bz2
• wendy-0.6.tar.bz2
• wendy-0.5.tar.bz2
• wendy-0.4.tar.bz2
• wendy-0.3.tar.bz2
• wendy-0.2.tar.bz2
• wendy-0.1.tar.bz2
• LICENSE