FileWatch Trigger

FileWatch Trigger application in Rust. The binary is named fwt.

The application watches for any type of file changes in the recursively watched directory, and triggers the given action.

Currently able to perform the following action(s):

• Run shell template command with path and event

How to install

You may also choose to visit releases and download the latest version of statically built binary in the zip asset.

Alternatively, if you have the cargo command, simply run

bash cargo install rs-filewatch-trigger

Example Command

For help:

bash fwt -h

The following contains the help message:

```bash USAGE: fwt [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] --path

FLAGS: --force-poll Force using polling implementation, works for any platform -h, --help Prints help information --relative Use relative path instead of absolute path for path matches -V, --version Prints version information -v, --verbose Verbose mode (-v, -vv, -vvv)

OPTIONS: -d, --delay Delay interval in milliseconds between each file watch detection[default: 1000] -e, --event Event type to trigger on (0=NONE, 1=CREATED, 2=DELETED, 4=MODIFIED, 8=MOVED) [default: 1] -f, --filters Glob pattern(s) for file matching (comma delimited) [default: .] -p, --path Directory path to watch recursive

SUBCOMMANDS: cmd FileWatch Trigger to run various actions help Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s) ```

Shell template command action

Assuming the current working directory is /home/xxx:

bash fwt -e 15 \ -f "*.jpg,*.png" \ -p . \ -v \ cmd --print-stdout "echo {path}: {event}"

Example output:

bash /home/xxx/a.jpg: CREATED

The following contains the help message for this action:

```bash USAGE: fwt --path cmd [FLAGS]

FLAGS: -h, --help Prints help information --print-stderr Prints shell stderr to main stderr --print-stdout Prints shell stdout to main stdout -V, --version Prints version information

ARGS: Shell template command to run with string interpolation ({path}: triggered file path) ({event}: event type number) ```