144 lines
4.6 KiB
Groff
144 lines
4.6 KiB
Groff
.\" generated with Ronn/v0.7.3
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.\" http://github.com/rtomayko/ronn/tree/0.7.3
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.TH "WATCHEXEC" "1" "April 2017" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
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\fBwatchexec\fR \- execute commands when watched files change
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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watchexec [\fB\-\-exts\fR | \fB\-e\fR \fIextensions\fR]\.\.\. [\fB\-\-filter\fR | \fB\-f\fR \fIpattern\fR]\.\.\. [\fB\-\-ignore\fR | \fB\-i\fR \fIpattern\fR]\.\.\. [\fB\-\-watch\fR | \fB\-w\fR \fIpath\fR]\.\.\. [\fB\-\-restart\fR | \fB\-r\fR] [\fB\-\-clear\fR | \fB\-c\fR] [\fB\-\-postpone\fR | \fB\-p\fR] [\fB\-\-force\-poll\fR \fIinterval\fR] [\fB\-\-debug\fR | \fB\-d\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-vcs\-ignore\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-default\-ignore\fR] \fIcommand\fR [\fIargument\fR\.\.\.]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Recursively monitors the current directory for changes, executing the command when a filesystem change is detected\. By default, watchexec uses efficient kernel\-level mechanisms to watch for changes\.
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.P
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At startup, the specified \fIcommand\fR (passing any supplied \fIargument\fRs) is run once, and watchexec begins monitoring for changes\.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.TP
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\fIcommand\fR
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Command to run when watched files are modified, and at startup, unless \fB\-\-postpone\fR is specified\. All \fIargument\fRs are passed to \fIcommand\fR\.
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.TP
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\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-exts\fR \fIextensions\fR
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Comma\-separated list of file extensions to filter by\. Leading dots are allowed (\.rs) are allowed\. (This is a shorthand for \fB\-f\fR)\.
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.TP
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\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-filter\fR \fIpattern\fR
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Ignores modifications from paths that do not match \fIpattern\fR\. This option can be specified multiple times, where a match on any given pattern causes the path to trigger \fIcommand\fR\.
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.TP
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\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-signal\fR
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Sends the specified signal (e\.g\. \fBSIGKILL\fR) to the child process\. Defaults to \fBSIGTERM\fR\.
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.TP
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\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-shell\fR
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Execute command directly, do not wrap it in \fBsh \-c\fR resp\. \fBcmd\.exe /C\fR\. This is especially useful in combination with \fB\-\-signal\fR, as the signal is then send directly to the specified command\. While \fB\-\-no\-shell\fR is a little more performant than the default, it prevents using shell\-features like pipes and redirects\.
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.TP
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\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\fR \fIpattern\fR
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Ignores modifications from paths that match \fIpattern\fR\. This option can be specified multiple times, and a match on any pattern causes the path to be ignored\.
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.TP
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\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-watch\fR \fIpath\fR
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Monitor a specific path for changes\. By default, the current working directory is watched\. This may be specified multiple times, where a change in any watched directory (and subdirectories) causes \fIcommand\fR to be executed\.
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.TP
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\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-restart\fR
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Terminates the child process group if it is still running when subsequent file modifications are detected\. By default, sends \fBSIGTERM\fR; use \fB\-\-kill\fR to send \fBSIGKILL\fR\.
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.TP
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\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-clear\fR
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Clears the screen before executing \fIcommand\fR\.
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.TP
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\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-postpone\fR
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Postpone execution of \fIcommand\fR until the first file modification is detected\.
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.TP
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\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
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Prints diagnostic messages to STDERR
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.TP
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\fB\-\-force\-poll\fR \fIinterval\fR
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Poll for changes every \fIinterval\fR ms instead of using system\-specific notification mechanisms (such as inotify)\. This is useful when you are monitoring NFS shares\.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-no\-vcs\-ignore\fR
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Skip loading of version control system (VCS) ignore files\. By default, watchexec loads \.gitignore files in the current directory (or parent directories) and uses them to populate the ignore list\.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-no\-default\-ignore\fR
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Skip default ignore statements\. By default, watchexec ignores common temporary files for you, for example \fB*\.swp\fR, \fB*\.pyc\fR, and \fB\.DS_Store\fR
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.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
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Processes started by watchexec have the \fB$WATCHEXEC_UPDATED_PATH\fR environment variable set to the path of the first modification observed\. In addition, the \fB$WATCHEXEC_COMMON_PATH\fR environment variable is set to the common path of all observed modifications\.
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
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Rebuild a project when source files change:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf
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$ watchexec make
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
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Watch all HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files for changes:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf
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$ watchexec \-e html,css,js make
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
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Run tests when source files change, clearing the screen each time:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf
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$ watchexec \-c make test
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
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Launch and restart a node\.js server:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf
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$ watchexec \-r node app\.js
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
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Watch lib and src directories for changes, rebuilding each time:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf
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$ watchexec \-w lib \-w src make
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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