Fwatcher

Auto run command when some files changed.

Install

fwatcher is implemented by rust language, so you need cargo command:

cargo install fwatcher

fwatcher will be installed in your cargo binary directory(~/.cargo/bin/).

CLI

fwarcher can be use as a command:

$ fwatcher -h
Usage:
    fwatcher [options] CMD

Options:
    -h, --help          Display this message
    -v, --version       Print version info
    -r, --restart       Auto restart command
    -d, --directory <dir>
                        watch directory
    -p, --pattern <pattern>
                        watch file glob pattern
    -i, --interval <pattern>
                        Interval in seconds to scan filesystem, default to 1
                        second

For example to search recursively for python files in the current directory and run pytest when a file is updated:

fwatcher -d . -p "**/*.py" "pytest"

you can also use more than one directory/pattern option:

fwatcher -d src -d test -p "**/*.py" -p "**/*.html" "pytest"

The --restart option kills the command if it's still running when a filesystem change happens. Can be used to restart locally running webservers on updates, or kill long running tests and restart on updates:

fwatcher -d src -p "**/*.py" --restart "run_forever_cmd"

Rust Lib

Dependencies in your project's Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
glob = "0.2"
notify = "4.0"
fwatcher = "0.0.2"

The following example shows simple usage:

extern crate glob;
extern crate getopts;
extern crate fwatcher;

use fwatcher::Fwatcher;
use glob::Pattern;
use std::path::PathBuf;
use std::time::Duration;

fn main() {
	let dirs =vec![PatchBuf::new("src")];
    let patterns = vec![Pattern::new("**/*.py")];
    let interval =  Duration::new(i, 0);
    let restart = false;
    let cmd = vec!["pytest".to_string];

	let mut fwatcher = Fwatcher::new(dirs, patterns, interval, restart, cmd);
    fwatcher.run();
}