inotify-tools?

neoberg · 10-04-2018, 04:14 PM

Hello,
I want to use inotify-tools (https://github.com/rvoicilas/inotify-tools) for a script I need on my Kobo but couldn't cross compile it (on linux or macos). I'm not a C or CPP developer so my knowledge on build systems for these are quite limited. Can someone help me with this?

jcn363 · 10-05-2018, 04:28 AM

Did you read INSTALL?
Good luck.

NiLuJe · 10-08-2018, 12:09 AM

I ship part of it in my bag o' stuff

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Since it has zero dependencies, if you just need a standalone binary, here's inotifywait.

EDIT: If you need inotifywatch, I probably have that lying around somewhere, too.

neoberg · 10-08-2018, 04:54 AM

thanks @niluje it worked like a charm

And thanks for the package, it's awesome.

beecom · 04-13-2025, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

I ship part of it in my bag o' stuff

.

Since it has zero dependencies, if you just need a standalone binary, here's inotifywait.

EDIT: If you need inotifywatch, I probably have that lying around somewhere, too.

I think the link to the standalone binary of inotifywait is dead. I tried to build it using a Windows PC in vain.
Could you please let me know how to get the inotifywait binary file that can be run in jailbroken Kindle scribe?

pazos · 04-13-2025, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beecom

I think the link to the standalone binary of inotifywait is dead. I tried to build it using a Windows PC in vain.
Could you please let me know how to get the inotifywait binary file that can be run in jailbroken Kindle scribe?

Nah, the link still works. If your browser redirects you to unsecure url (http) make sure you turn that into https and try again.

It returns a 403 on http. It returns the binary on https

beecom · 04-13-2025, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pazos

Nah, the link still works. If your browser redirects you to unsecure url (http) make sure you turn that into https and try again.

It returns a 403 on http. It returns the binary on https

Wow! I didn't know that. Thank you very much, pazos.

When I checked the file(inotifywait) with "file inotifywait", it returns
"inotifywait: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, EABI5 version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3, for GNU/Linux 2.6.33, stripped"
To use inotifywait standalone on Kindle, doesn't it need to be statically built? I tried building it statically multiple times on Windows, but it kept coming out dynamically linked, so I thought I had failed. Given that, is it still okay to use inotifywait like this on the Kindle Scribe?

edit :
I've confirmed that it's working properly. I should have paid attention to what NiLuJe wrote: 'it has zero dependencies.'
Many thanks to both NiLuJe and pazos.

10-04-2018, 04:14 PM	#1
neoberg Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2018 Device: Kobo Clara HD	inotify-tools? Hello, I want to use inotify-tools (https://github.com/rvoicilas/inotify-tools) for a script I need on my Kobo but couldn't cross compile it (on linux or macos). I'm not a C or CPP developer so my knowledge on build systems for these are quite limited. Can someone help me with this?

10-08-2018, 12:09 AM	#3
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	I ship part of it in my bag o' stuff . Since it has zero dependencies, if you just need a standalone binary, here's inotifywait. EDIT: If you need inotifywatch, I probably have that lying around somewhere, too. Last edited by NiLuJe; 10-08-2018 at 12:25 PM.

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jcn363 absolute beginner Posts: 323 Karma: 1750999 Join Date: May 2017 Location: Go with the wind (43°19'17.7"N 2°00'19.4"W) Device: ka1	Did you read INSTALL? Good luck.

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