waitchange is a simple script that monitors the specified files and folders for change. When something does change it exits with code 0.
Usage: waitchange [options] filename1 filename2 ...
Options:
--version show program's version number and exit
-h, --help show this help message and exit
The following examples assumes a bash shell and waitchange (symbolic link to waitchange.py) is in your path.
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When a C++ file changes in the current directory or a subdirectory run
scons(build system). Control-C to exit.while [ $[`waitchange *.cpp *.hpp`] ]; do scons; done -
Growl notification when "afile.py" changes. Assumes you have growlnotify in your path.
waitchange afile.py && echo 'afile.py changed!' | growlnotify
Assuming /usr/local/bin is in your path, the following works:
sudo curl -o /usr/local/bin/waitchange http://github.com/spenthil/waitchange/raw/master/waitchange.py && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/waitchange
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