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- WaitNotify WaitNotify
-
- NAME
- WaitNotify -- Wait for a file or directory modification
-
- SYNOPSIS
- WaitNotify NAME/A/M,QUIET/S,FMT=FORMAT/K
-
- FUNCTION
- WaitNotify posts a notification request on the given files
- or directories. The command will not return until at least
- one of them has been modified. For files, it will return
- after the file is closed.
-
- The optional format string will be printed when the file or
- directory changes. The first "%s" in it will be replaced by
- the name.
-
- INPUTS
- NAME - name of the files or directories which you want
- to observe
- QUIET - suppresses warnings and error messages (but sets
- the return value to allow later diagnostis
- FORMAT - string to print on exit.
-
- EXAMPLES
- ;Wait for a change in our startup-sequence
- WaitNotify S:Startup-Sequence
-
- ;Wait for a change in either startup script and report its name
- WaitNotify S:Startup-Sequence S:User-Startup FMT="%s*N"
-
- ;Show the first file which changes via More
- More `WaitNotify S:Startup-Sequence S:User-Startup FMT=%s`
-
- BUGS
- Not all filesystems will support file notification. In particular,
- most network filesystems won't support it.
-
-
- DISCLAIMER
- This file is part of the WaitNotify distribution.
-
- WaitNotify is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
- by the Free Software Foundation; either version 1 of the License,
- or (at your option) any later version.
-
- WaitNotify is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
- See the GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with the program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
- the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
- COPYRIGHT
- WaitNotify is Copyright (C)1994 by Tobias Ferber.
- You can reach me via E-mail: ukjg@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
-