Re: Bug#733767: RFS: entr/2.5-1 [ITP] -- Run arbitrary commands when files change
On 01/09/2014 05:23 AM, Cameron Norman wrote:
>>>> 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
Compare:
while echo file | inotifywait --fromfile - -q; do command; done
to
echo file | entr command
(I've used echo file here since entr accepts a file list from stdin).
Auto-rebuild of your sources?
find . -type f -ipath "*.[ch]*" | entr make
I was using a shell wrapper over inotifywait before discovering entr.
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