Watchman – A File Watching Service

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6 pointsausjke2 comments

Does this try to work around any of the limitations of inotify? Can my scripts be sure the file still exists when they start executing or will it act instantly on any inotify event?

I know my use case might be uncommon, but I am tired of actually having to handle the occasional creation and instantaneous deletion of files at the top of all my scripts i use for file monitoring.

Edit: and I'm not alone, it seems: https://wingolog.org/archives/2018/05/21/correct-or-inotify-...

I use incron to monitor some directory and take action when the file is done copying into the drop folder, mostly for some drag-and-drop transcoding with ffmpeg with a specific set of codecs, etc.

My use case is probably not what you're doing, as the file isn't going to show up and vanish quickly, but maybe it would be better than scripting inotify?

I'll have to take a look at watchman though, seems solid from the looks of it.

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