Execute a command when files change in a directory
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Mar 15, 20263244 viewsConfidence Score0%
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In OS X, is there a way (shell script-ish?) to watch a directory for a file pattern and if there are any file changes to execute a command?
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: or relogin to load the agent. There's a launchd gotcha « Managing OS X though: It turns out that if a file is listed as a launchd job WatchPath, it must exist at all times, or launchd removes the path from its list of paths to watch. So you can't …
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