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-rw-r--r--miscutils/inotifyd.c21
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/miscutils/inotifyd.c b/miscutils/inotifyd.c
index b64e0abb9..7a1a6a2e5 100644
--- a/miscutils/inotifyd.c
+++ b/miscutils/inotifyd.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
//usage: "Run PROG on filesystem changes."
//usage: "\nWhen a filesystem event matching MASK occurs on FILEn,"
//usage: "\nPROG ACTUAL_EVENTS FILEn [SUBFILE] is run."
+//usage: "\nIf PROG is -, events are sent to stdout."
//usage: "\nEvents:"
//usage: "\n a File is accessed"
//usage: "\n c File is modified"
@@ -177,12 +178,20 @@ int inotifyd_main(int argc, char **argv)
*s++ = mask_names[i];
}
*s = '\0';
-// bb_error_msg("exec %s %08X\t%s\t%s\t%s", args[0],
-// ie->mask, events, watches[ie->wd], ie->len ? ie->name : "");
- args[1] = events;
- args[2] = watches[ie->wd];
- args[3] = ie->len ? ie->name : NULL;
- spawn_and_wait((char **)args);
+ if (LONE_CHAR(args[0], '-')) {
+ /* "inotifyd - FILE": built-in echo */
+ printf(ie->len ? "%s\t%s\t%s\n" : "%s\t%s\n", events,
+ watches[ie->wd],
+ ie->name);
+ fflush(stdout);
+ } else {
+// bb_error_msg("exec %s %08X\t%s\t%s\t%s", args[0],
+// ie->mask, events, watches[ie->wd], ie->len ? ie->name : "");
+ args[1] = events;
+ args[2] = watches[ie->wd];
+ args[3] = ie->len ? ie->name : NULL;
+ spawn_and_wait((char **)args);
+ }
// we are done if all files got final x event
if (ie->mask & 0x8000) {
if (--argc <= 0)