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Date:      Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:21:40 +0100
From:      Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Monitor directory and execute script
Message-ID:  <4EB7F784.7020104@netfence.it>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111070725360.63429@wonkity.com>
References:  <4EB7DD00.3070103@netfence.it> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111070725360.63429@wonkity.com>

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On 11/07/11 15:26, Warren Block wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Andrea Venturoli wrote:
>
>> I need to check for new or updated files in a directory and execute a
>> script on them whenever that happens.
>> Before I launch on complicated scripting, is there some
>> utility/port/deamon that already does this?
>
> There's devel/gamin.

Thanks for the answer.
AFAICT gamin is a library; from there I'd need to develop some daemon, 
provide rc scripts, etc...

My question was whether such a thing already exists.

  bye
	av.



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