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

cargo install rs-filewatch-trigger

Example Command

For help:

fwt -h

The following contains the help message:

USAGE:
    fwt [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] <path> <SUBCOMMAND>

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

ARGS:
    <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:

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

Example output:

/home/xxx/a.jpg: CREATED

The following contains the help message for this action:

USAGE:
    fwt cmd [FLAGS] <cmd>

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:
    <cmd>    Shell template command to run with string interpolation ({path}: triggered file path) ({event}: event
             type number)