Watch-Win
Native directory tree watcher for Node.js on Windows
Installation
$ npm install watch-win
Usage
var Watcher = require('watch-win');
var watcher = new Watcher({
path: __dirname
});
console.log('id: ' + watcher.id()); // native Id
watcher.on('raw', function(data){ // raw event
console.log(data);
});
watcher.on('changed', function(path){
console.log('changed: ' + path);
});
watcher.on('renamed', function(path, oldPath){
console.log('renamed: ' + oldPath + ' -> ' + path);
});
console.log(watcher.running()); // is running
watcher.close(); // destroy watcher
Events
- raw - RAW event emmited by native watcher. Takes
info
argument like this object:
{
type: 'renamed',
path: '<path to dir>/test.js',
name: 'test.js',
oldPath: '<path to dir>/old/test.js',
name: 'test.js'
}
- changed - The change of a file or folder. The types of changes include: changes to size, attributes, security settings, last write, and last access time. Takes
path
argument. - created - The creation of a file or folder. Takes
path
argument. - deleted - The deletion of a file or folder. Takes
path
argument. - renamed - The renaming of a file or folder. Takes
path
,oldPath
arguments. - error - Native worker emits error. Takes
error
argument
License
The MIT License
Copyright (c) 2016 Artur Kraev
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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