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File Watchers

Last modified: 08 October 2024

The page is available when the File Watchers plugin is enabled. For more information about configuring File Watchers, refer to File Watchers.

You can also configure a custom File Watcher to run any other third-party tool.

File watchers track changes into your files and run a configured tool on every change. CLion provides predefined File Watcher templates for a number of popular third-party tools (compilers, compressors, prettifiers, and others). You can also configure a custom File Watcher to run any other third-party tool.