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.TH "GUARD" "1" "August 2011" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
\fBguard\fR \- Guard keeps an eye on your file modifications\.
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Guard is a command line tool that easily handle events on files modifications\.
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
guard \fIcommand\fR \fIoptions\fR
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.SH "COMMANDS"
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.SS "start"
Starts Guard\. This is the default command if none is provided\.
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.P
The following options are available:
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.P
\fB\-c\fR/\fB\-\-clear\fR
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

    Clears the Shell after each change\.
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
\fB\-n\fR/\fB\-\-notify\fR \fIflag\fR
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

    Disable notifications (Growl or Libnotify depending on your system)\.
    Note that notifications can also be disabled globally by setting a GUARD_NOTIFY environment variable to false\.
    The <flag> part can be passed to guard using true/false or t/f\.
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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\fB\-d\fR/\fB\-\-debug\fR
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

    Runs Guard in debug mode\.
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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\fB\-g\fR/\fB\-\-group\fR \fIgroup\fR \.\.\.
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

    Runs only the groups specified\.
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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\fB\-w\fR/\fB\-\-watchdir\fR \fIfolder\fR
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

    Specify the directory to watch\.
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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\fB\-G\fR/\fB\-\-guardfile\fR \fIfile\fR
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

    Specify a Guardfile by giving its path\.
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.SS "init [guard]"
Add the requested guard\'s default Guardfile configuration to the current Guardfile\.
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.SS "list"
Lists guards that can be used with the \fBinit\fR command\.
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.SS "\-T/show"
List defined groups and guards for the current Guardfile\.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.TP
\fB\-h\fR
List all of Guard\'s available commands\.
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.SS "start"
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
\fB[bundle exec] guard [start] \-\-watchdir ~/dev \-\-guardfile ~/env/Guardfile \-\-clear \-\-group backend frontend \-\-notify false \-\-debug\fR
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.P
or in a more concise way:
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.P
\fB[bundle exec] guard [start] \-w ~/dev \-G ~/env/Guardfile \-c \-g backend frontend \-n f \-d\fR
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.SH "AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS"
Thibaud Guillaume\-Gentil is the main author\.
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.P
A list of contributors based on all commits can be found here: https://github\.com/guard/guard/contributors
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.P
For an exhaustive list of all the contributors, please see the CHANGELOG: https://github\.com/guard/guard/blob/master/CHANGELOG\.md
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.P
This manual has been written by Remy Coutable\.
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.SH "WWW"
https://github\.com/guard/guard