initial work on incron service

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diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/incron/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/incron/default.nix
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+{ stdenv, fetchurl, bash }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "incron-0.5.12";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/ar-/incron/archive/0.5.12.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "14cgsfyl43pd86wy40m1xwr7ww023n2jyks66ngybz5s4gbhps6c";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i "s|PREFIX = /usr/local|PREFIX = $out|g" Makefile
+    sed -i "s|/bin/bash|${bash}/bin/bash|g" usertable.cpp
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+
+    # make install doesn't work because setuid and permissions
+    # just manually install the binaries instead
+    cp incrond incrontab $out/bin/
+
+    # make install-man is fine for documentation
+    make install-man
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "
+      The inotify cron daemon (incrond) is a daemon which monitors filesystem events and executes commands defined in system and user tables. It's use is generally similar to cron.";
+    license = gpl2;
+    homepage = https://github.com/ar-/incron;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}