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Created September 25, 2010 14:30
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Watches packages' directories for changes and executes a command when detecting a change.
#!/bin/sh
#
# Requires inotify-tools to be installed.
usage(){
echo "Watches packages' directories for changes and executes"
echo 'a command when detecting a change.'
echo
echo 'This script requires inotify-tools to be installed.'
echo
echo "Usage: $0 <command> <packages...>"
echo
echo 'arguments:'
echo ' <command> The command to execute when detecting a change.'
echo ' <packages> Packages (registered to ~/.package.yml) to'
echo ' watch.'
echo
echo 'example:'
echo " $0 'packager build More/* > more.js' Core More"
}
if [ "$1" == '-h' -o "$1" == '--help' -o -z "$1" ]; then
usage
exit
fi
getpackagedirs(){
for PACKAGE in "$@"; do
PKG=`sed -n "/^$PACKAGE:/ { s/^$PACKAGE://; />$/n; s/^ \+//; p }" ~/.packages.yml`
if [ -f "$PKG" ]; then
PKG=`dirname "$PKG"`
fi
if [ -d "$PKG" ]; then
echo "$PKG"
fi
done
}
COMMAND=$1
shift
DIRS=`getpackagedirs "$@"`
echo -e "Watching directories:\n$DIRS\nPress ctrl-c to stop." >&2
while true; do
inotifywait -r --exclude '.*(\.sw\w+|~)$' -e close_write -e move -e create -e delete $DIRS >&2 2> /dev/null
sh -c "$COMMAND"
done
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