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Using a shell script, can I watch a folder and block program execution until a file in a certain folder changes?

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[-] nublug 2 points 13 hours ago

why is that a plus

[-] helloworld@lemmy.ml 2 points 13 hours ago

I do not need to install anything/can work on bare install without internet connection?

[-] nublug 1 points 7 hours ago

ah, fair.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

You should be able to tie into the kernel with some C programming if you want to go extra small.

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