# inotify-win

**Repository Path**: gtj2020/inotify-win

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: inotify-win
- **Description**: A port of the inotify-wait tool for Windows
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: BSD-3-Clause
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-10-07
- **Last Updated**: 2024-06-21

## Categories & Tags

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**Tags**: None

## README

inotify-win
===========
A port of the **inotifywait** tool for Windows, see https://github.com/rvoicilas/inotify-tools

Compiling
=========
If you have Cygwin installed, just run `make` in this directory. This will create the executable, `inotifywait.exe`.

Manual complilation goes as follows:

```sh
$ %WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\csc.exe /t:exe /out:inotifywait.exe src\*.cs
Microsoft (R) Visual C# 2010 Compiler Version 4.0.30319.1
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

$ 
```

Usage
=====
The command line arguments are similar to the original one's:

```sh
$ inotifywait.exe
Usage: inotifywait [options] path [...]

Options:
-r/--recursive:  Recursively watch all files and subdirectories inside path
-m/--monitor:    Keep running until killed (e.g. via Ctrl+C)
-q/--quiet:      Do not output information about actions
-e/--event list: Events (create, modify, delete, move) to watch, comma-separated. Default: all
--format format: Format string for output.
--exclude:       Do not process any events whose filename matches the specified regex
--excludei:      Ditto, case-insensitive

Formats:
%e             : Event name
%f             : File name
%w             : Path name
%T             : Current date and time
```

Known issues
------------
When moving files, not all events are reported consistently with the original. See [issue #7](https://github.com/thekid/inotify-win/issues/7) for an explanation. **Pull requests welcome!**