I can't speak for other build systems, but tup [0] provides the option to listen for filechanges via the fuse library. [0] http://gittup.org/tup/make_vs_tup.ht

I can't speak for other build systems, but tup [0] provides the option to listen for filechanges via the fuse library. [0] http://gittup.org/tup/make_vs_tup.html http://gittup.org/tup/make_vs_tup.html <edit substitutes the make comparison link instead of the main page>