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Short: Wait for a file or diretory modification
Author: ukjg@rz.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Tobias Ferber)
Uploader: ferber@rpk.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de (Tobias Ferber)
Type: util/cli
WaitNotify WaitNotify
NAME
WaitNotify -- Wait for a file or directory modification
SYNOPSIS
WaitNotify NAME/A/M,QUIET/S,FMT=FORMAT/K
FUNCTION
WaitNotify posts a notification request on the given files
or directories. The command will not return until at least
one of them has been modified. For files, it will return
after the file is closed.
The optional format string will be printed when the file or
directory changes. The first "%s" in it will be replaced by
the name.
INPUTS
NAME - name of the files or directories which you want
to observe
QUIET - suppresses warnings and error messages (but sets
the return value to allow later diagnostis
FORMAT - string to print on exit.
EXAMPLES
;Wait for a change in our startup-sequence
WaitNotify S:Startup-Sequence
;Wait for a change in either startup script and report its name
WaitNotify S:Startup-Sequence S:User-Startup FMT="%s*N"
;Show the first file which changes via More
More `WaitNotify S:Startup-Sequence S:User-Startup FMT=%s`
BUGS
Not all filesystems will support file notification. In particular,
most network filesystems won't support it.
DISCLAIMER
This file is part of the WaitNotify distribution.
WaitNotify is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation; either version 1 of the License,
or (at your option) any later version.
WaitNotify is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with the program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
COPYRIGHT
WaitNotify is Copyright (C)1994 by Tobias Ferber.
You can reach me via E-mail: ukjg@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
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