bb

a little file event watcher written in zig.

*sorry: currently linux only

building

1. zig build --release=fast
2. cp zig-out/bin/bb ~/.local/bin (or wherever you want it)

usage

bb <path> "<pattern>" -- <command> [args..]

path - the path to watch for events, includes all subdirs, uses .gitignore if available, supports relative or absolute paths

pattern - a simple pattern to filter for specific files, supports simple glob (*) and maybe (?) parameters, e.g. *.zig or ?prefix_*.zig, uses .gitignore if available, must be enclosed in quotes

-- to pass the next args to bb

command - the command you want to run on file events

args... - any additional args for the command

full example

bb . "*.zig" -- zig build test --summary all

this will cause any changes to *.zig files in the current directory and below to trigger a test build to run

why?

• learning zig/linux stuff
• i needed a file watcher, so i made one

why not just use X?

see why?

license

see LICENSE.md