recursive-watch
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Minimal recursive file watcher.
Uses the native recursive fs.watch option on macOS/Windows and basic recursive dir watching on Linux
npm install recursive-watch
var watch = require('recursive-watch')
watch('./a-file-or-directory', function (filename) {
console.log('something changed with', filename)
})
var unwatch = watch(path, onchange)Watch a directory or filename. Calls the onchange function if the path changed in anyway.
Call the unwatch function to stop watching the path.
MIT
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Minimal recursive file watcher
The npm package recursive-watch receives a total of 40,040 weekly downloads. As such, recursive-watch popularity was classified as popular.
We found that recursive-watch demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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