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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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[–] helloworld@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

On the upside, you do not need to install the inotifywait package. md5sum already installed on my system haha

[–] nublug@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] helloworld@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] nublug@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago
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