File-Watcher

Simple file watcher which executes a script each time this file is modified. The previous instance of the script is killed.

When you call the script, you specify the path of the file to watch. Each time it's modified on the disk, the specified script is started and the provious instance is killed

By BDeliers, June 2018

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Compile the file (I used GCC) and you're ready !

CALL SAMPLE :

file-watcher /home/myname/somewhere/somefile /home/myname/somewhere/someExecutableFile /path/to/executer commandToExecute

REAL EXAMPLE WITH PYTHON SCRIPT :

file-watcher /home/server/myDataBase /home/server/myscript.py /usr/bin/python3 python3

REAL EXAMPLE WITH BASH SCRIPT :

file-watcher /home/server/myDataBase /home/server/myscript.sh /bin/sh sh

Uses 0% ram and 0% cpu for me

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How it looks :

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