From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mailsrv.cs.umass.edu (mailsrv.cs.umass.edu [128.119.240.136]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 65F923858C39 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2022 17:59:56 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 65F923858C39 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=cs.umass.edu Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=cs.umass.edu Received: from [192.168.50.148] (c-24-62-201-179.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [24.62.201.179]) by mailsrv.cs.umass.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BFB18401CE28; Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:59:55 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: moss@cs.umass.edu Subject: Re: Does cygwin have an 'autorun' utility/package? To: Mark Hansen , cygwin@cygwin.com References: <66df682d-2a2f-7429-39d9-f7b32a79c693@mehconsulting.com> <20220116161249.tvizujlenvqkdyyp@lucy.dinwoodie.org> <056dd5de-878e-b04f-6717-c9506701e797@mehconsulting.com> From: Eliot Moss Message-ID: <86247c2b-c254-63e8-95c1-d5fec2b1c4be@cs.umass.edu> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:59:55 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.12.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <056dd5de-878e-b04f-6717-c9506701e797@mehconsulting.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_SHORT, NICE_REPLY_A, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 17:59:58 -0000 inotify is a POSIX library that would help meet the need. It apparently has not been ported to Cygwin as a regular package, though Windows has the necessary underlying ability. However, this suggests that you can fairly easily build a program to help: https://github.com/thekid/inotify-win It seems to build and work reasonably well. Another angle is this Qt library (though I am not sure if it works under Cygwin): https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qfilesystemwatcher.html Best - Eliot Moss