fswatch - Watch for changes in file system

Purpose

Watch for any changes recursively in specific directories.

Docker image: williamyeh/fswatch

Detailed article: Inotify in Containers.

Binary

Executable binaries for 3 platforms are provided in this image. You can extract them under Linux or Mac OS X:

% docker run  -v $(pwd):/mnt  williamyeh/fswatch  ./copy-files.sh

or under Windows:

C:> docker run  -v %cd%:/mnt  williamyeh/fswatch  ./copy-files.sh

Usage

fswatch - Watch for changes in file system.

Usage:
  fswatch <dir>...

Reference

• fsnotify: Cross-platform file system notifications for Go.

• How to detect file changes in Golang

LICENSE

Apache License 2.0. See the LICENSE file.