extern crate notify; extern crate libc; use libc::system; use notify::{RecommendedWatcher, Watcher}; use std::ffi::CString; use std::string::String; use std::sync::mpsc::channel; fn invoke(cmd: &String) { let s = CString::new(cmd.clone()).unwrap(); unsafe { system(s.as_ptr()); } } fn main() { let cmd = std::env::args().nth(1).expect("Argument 1 needs to be a command"); let (tx, rx) = channel(); let mut watcher: RecommendedWatcher = Watcher::new(tx) .expect("unable to create watcher"); watcher.watch(".") .expect("unable to start watching directory"); loop { match rx.recv() { Ok(notify::Event{ path: Some(path), op:Ok(op) }) => { println!("{:?} {:?}", op, path); invoke(&cmd); }, Ok(event) => println!("broken event: {:?}", event), Err(e) => println!("watch error: {}", e), } } }