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Show HN: Willow – a configurable file watcher and rule‑based file manager

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Post by smoqadam » Thu, Sep 11, 2025, 5:31 PM UTC

Show HN: Willow – a configurable file watcher and rule‑based file manager
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Re: Show HN: Willow – a configurable file watcher and rule‑based file manager

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Post by kseistrup » Fri, Sep 12, 2025, 12:00 PM UTC

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?

Re: Show HN: Willow – a configurable file watcher and rule‑based file manager

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Post by smoqadam » Fri, Sep 12, 2025, 2:36 PM UTC

kseistrup wrote: post #2

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?

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

Re: Show HN: Willow – a configurable file watcher and rule‑based file manager

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Post by kseistrup » Fri, Sep 12, 2025, 3:08 PM UTC

smoqadam wrote: post #3

kseistrup wrote: post #2

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?

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

Sweet, thanks!