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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 07:26:39 -0700 (MST)
From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it>
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Subject: Re: Monitor directory and execute script
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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.