Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:21:40 +0100 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Monitor directory and execute script Message-ID: <4EB7F784.7020104@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111070725360.63429@wonkity.com> References: <4EB7DD00.3070103@netfence.it> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111070725360.63429@wonkity.com>
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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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