/fsnotify

A file system monitor in Nim

Primary LanguageNimApache License 2.0Apache-2.0

fsnotify

A file system monitor in Nim

Supporting platform

Platform Watching Directory Watching File
Windows ReadDirectoryChangesW polling using os.getLastModificationTime and os.fileExists
Linux inotify polling using inotify and os.fileExists
Macos TODO(fsevents) polling using os.getLastModificationTime and os.fileExists
BSD Not implemented TODO(kqueue)

Hello, world

import std/os
import fsnotify


proc hello(event: seq[PathEvent]) =
  echo "Hello: "
  echo event

var watcher = initWatcher()
register(watcher, "/root/play", hello)

while true:
  sleep(500)
  process(watcher)