🤗lemmyverseultrahug@lemmy.ml to Linux Questions@lemmy.zipEnglish · edit-22 days agoRun a shell script whenever a file in a certain directory changes?message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareRun a shell script whenever a file in a certain directory changes?🤗lemmyverseultrahug@lemmy.ml to Linux Questions@lemmy.zipEnglish · edit-22 days 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-up14·1 day 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