Bug#695765: ITP: fsniper -- daemon to run scripts based on changes in files monitored by inotify

[Alex Z <ad_user@lavabit.com>]

Arno Töll wrote 2012-12-13 00:19:
> Hi,
>
> On 12.12.2012 13:50, Alex 'AdUser' Z wrote:
> >  fsniper is a lightweight daemon, that watches given set fo files 
> > and/or
> >  directories with inotify, and executes commands on inotify events.
> >  .
> >  This may be useful for seting up self-managed upload, temp or spool 
> > dirs.
>
> How is this better/different to incron(d) [1]?
>
> [1] http://packages.debian.org/sid/incron

Well, for me, killer features was (compared to incrond):
  * chain handlers (one event may have multiple handlers, which 
executes untill one returns zero code)
  * built-in filtering support:
    * file extension
    * mime-type
    * filename regexps
  * automatically watch newly created directories
  * written in pure c (instead c++)

All this, except last two may be implemented inside event handler, but 
I'm quite lazy to reinvent wheels. :-)