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.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.