Re: Is there a way to Auto-Watch ?

[Mark D. Baushke]

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Dan White <address@hidden> writes:

> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Mark D. Baushke wrote:
> 
> > Dan White <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> > > On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Mark D. Baushke wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dan White <address@hidden> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > I envisioned a cron script, run from the
> > > > > build manager account that does a mass
> > > > > checkout/watch on/watch add. But that
> > > > > strikes me as criminally kludgy.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a better way to do it ?
> > > >
> > > > You probably only need to add new 'watch'
> > > > statements as new files are added to the
> > > > system. So, something that is wired into the
> > > > 'loginfo' to look for new files and have them
> > > > watched might be the way to go.
> > > >
> > > > I don't understand why a cron script would be
> > > > needed...
> > >
> > > I'll explore that. Cron was considered as a
> > > brute-force approach.
> >
> > Hmmm... the point is that I do not understand what
> > you intended to do with your cron job.
> 
> Something like this:
> 
>   cd scratchdir
> 
>   foreach project-in-the-repository
>     cvs checkout project
>     cvs watch on project
>     cvs watch add project
>   end

Actually, it may be that 'cvs watch on' may
be inherited, but 'cvs watch add' that is not.

In any case, your crontab job might be more
efficient if it does the entire repository
at once...

    rm -fr scratchdir
    mkdir scratchdir
    cd scratchdir
    cvs checkout .
    cvs watch add
    cvs watch on
    yes | cvs release *

Your mileage may vary...

        -- Mark
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