watch-dog

watcher

A simple Node.js watcher.

Install

npm install watcher

Example

    var path = require('path');
    var Watcher = require('watcher');
    var options = {recursive: true, exclude: [/(^|\\|\/)\./, "node_modules","obj"] };
    var watcher = new Watcher( path.resolve( __dirname ), function (event, name) {
        console.log("event: ", event);
        console.log("name: ", name);
        //now handle change
    }, options);
    
    //to unwatch
    watcher.remove(path.resolve('pathname'))
    
    // or to remove all listeners
    watcher.remove();

Options

recursive

Enable or disable a recursive watch on a directory. If a file path is passed instead of a dir path then this is ignored. Defaults to true.

exclude

Tells the watcher which files or dir names to ignore. Accepts an array of RegExp or string converted to /value/gi. Defaults to empty array.

License

MIT