helloworld@lemmy.ml to Linux Questions@lemmy.zipEnglish · edit-223 hours agoRun a shell script whenever a file in a certain directory changes?message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareRun a shell script whenever a file in a certain directory changes?helloworld@lemmy.ml to Linux Questions@lemmy.zipEnglish · edit-223 hours agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
Using a shell script, can I watch a folder and block program execution until a file in a certain folder changes?
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·22 hours agoOh god please don’t do this. Constantly reading the file is just stressing your IO for no reason. Please inotify instead: https://linux.die.net/man/1/inotifywait
Oh god please don’t do this. Constantly reading the file is just stressing your IO for no reason.
Please inotify instead:
https://linux.die.net/man/1/inotifywait