Utility for watching directories and running actions when they change.
The utility can be used in immediate mode and directly watch and run an action, or with a json config file that allows you to have modules with directory groups and an action each.
tanuki <run|watch> [config_file]
tanuki -i watch_dir [action]
run Runs actions in all modules.
watch Watches modules for changes and runs actions on them.
config_file Tanuki config file. If empty, "tanuki.json" in the current
directory is used.
-i Immediate mode. In this mode tanuki watches a single directory and
runs the action when it is modified. if no action is specified
it simply exits.
watch_dir Directory to watch.
action Action to run when directory is modified.
Tanuki json configuration file schema is as follows:
{
"modules": [
{
"name": "My module name",
"rootDir": "path/to/module",
"watchDirs": [
"watched1",
"subdir/watched2"
],
"action": "echo 'This will run in rootDir.'"
}
]
}
It is highly recommended that you build it yourself on your platform.
If you want a pre-compiled binary for macOS, Windows, or Ubuntu, check the latest release. These are built using GitHub Actions on GitHub Runners.
Clone this repo. Then:
./build MinSizeRel clean
After building, tanuki executable is in the code/bin directory.