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7 points smoqadam | 2 comments | 11 Sep 25 17:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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kseistrup ◴[12 Sep 25 12:00 UTC] No.45221194[source]▶
As one who is currently using `incrond` for the watch and act combo, this looks interesting.

On Linux, what does it use for watching? Inotify?

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1. smoqadam ◴[12 Sep 25 14:36 UTC] No.45222619[source]▶
I wasn't aware of incrond, thanks for sharing. Yes, I'm using 'notify [1]' package in Rust which uses 'inotify' on Linux.

[1] https://crates.io/crates/notify

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2. kseistrup ◴[12 Sep 25 15:08 UTC] No.45222945[source]▶
Sweet, thanks!