A port of the inotifywait tool for Windows, see https://github.com/rvoicilas/inotify-tools
If you have Cygwin installed, just run make in this directory. This will create the executable, inotifywait.exe.
Manual complilation goes as follows:
$ %WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\csc.exe /o /t:exe /out:inotifywait.exe src\*.cs
The command line arguments are similar to the original one's:
$ inotifywait.exe Usage: inotifywait [options] path [...] Options: -r/--recursive: Recursively watch all files and subdirectories inside path -m/--monitor: Keep running until killed (e.g. via Ctrl+C) -q/--quiet: Do not output information about actions -e/--event list: Events (create, modify, delete, move) to watch, comma-separated. Default: all --format format: Format string for output. --exclude: Do not process any events whose filename matches the specified regex --excludei: Ditto, case-insensitive --include: Only process events whose filename matches the specified regex --includei: Ditto, case-insensitive Formats: %e : Event name %f : File name %w : Path name %T : Current date and time
When moving files, not all events are reported consistently with the original. See issue #7 for an explanation. Pull requests welcome!