Re: Native (small) inotifywait-like tool?
Vadim Goncharov <[email protected]>
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On Wed, 5 Aug 2026 16:43:12 +0000 (UTC) "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > do we have a native tool (can be way simpler) like inotifywait? > > I am essentially looking for something which will trigger an action when a > file changes; the action could also be in a shell script so "wait" in a shell > script look would be acceptable. > > Problem is that I am very space contraint and don't want to pull in more > libraries etc. when a few kB would already do. > > I assume soemthing like the example in kqueue(2) will almost do? sysutils/wait_on is for scripts and already based on kqueue -- WBR, @nuclight