Re: Bug#733767: RFS: entr/2.5-1 [ITP] -- Run arbitrary commands when files change

[Cameron Norman <camerontnorman@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Jordan Metzmeier <titan8990@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Yuri D'Elia <wavexx@thregr.org> wrote:

On 12/31/2013 07:13 PM, Yuri D'Elia wrote:

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "entr": * Package name : entr Version : 2.5 Upstream Author : Eric Radman <ericshane@eradman.com> * URL : http://entrproject.org/ * License : ISC, BSD-3-Clause, BSD-2-Clause Programming Lang: C Description : Run arbitrary commands when files change

This description doesn't exactly sell it. Why should entr be used instead of inotifywait?

It seems to be:

1. available on BSD

2. easily callable and usable from the shell

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Cameron Norman