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		i_s on March 31, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rebuild code automatically with "watch" and a make... If you're on mac, you can use fswatch instead: https://github.com/alandipert/fswatch It uses Mac APIs to monitor the file system and executes your command when it changes.

stefans on March 31, 2013 [–]

And there is https://bitbucket.org/ssaasen/spy if you want something that works on both Mac and Linux (disclaimer: author here). The "run" mode can be used for the "compile on fs event" use case.

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