Program to re-run, eg, `make` when files are modified?
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Solution
For simple things, rerun could be a good fit: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/rerun
"Command-line executable Python script to re-run the given command every time files are modified in the current directory or its subdirectories."
It requires a Python interpreter, but does not care if your command or files are written in Python.
Usage
rerun [--help|-h] [--verbose|-v] [--ignore|-i=<file>] [--version] <command>
Where:
<command> Command to execute
--help|-h Show this help message and exit.
--ignore|-i=<file> File or directory to ignore. Any directories of the
given name (and their subdirs) are excluded from the
search for changed files. Any modification to files of
the given name are ignored. The given value is
compared to basenames, so for example, "--ignore=def"
will skip the contents of directory "./abc/def/" and
will ignore file "./ghi/def". Can be specified multiple
times.
--verbose|-v Display the names of changed files before the command
output.
--version Show version number and exit.
Problem
Is there a program that will automatically re-run, eg, `make`, when files are modified? For example, when I'm writing `sphinx` documentation, it would be nice if `make html` was run automatically each time I edit any relevant files.