@amory/watch

Monitor file system changes with node and chokidar using a child process.

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import amoryWatch from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/@amory/watch';
</script>

README

  • 🛠 @amory/watch :properties: :header-args: :cache yes :comments org :padline yes :results silent :header-args:mjs: :noweb tangle :shebang "#!/usr/bin/env node" :end:

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Monitor file system changes with node and chokidar using a child process.

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** Quick Start

+begin_example sh :tangle no

yarn add @amory/watch

cp node_modules/@amory/watch/agent.mjs . cp node_modules/@amory/watch/watch.mjs .

+end_example

** License

+begin_quote :noweb-ref license.mit.txt

Copyright (c) 2018 [[https://github.com/ptb][Peter T Bosse II]]

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.

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** Example

+begin_example js

import watch, { pubSub } from "./watch.mjs"

const directory = process.argv[2] || process.cwd ()

const thread = watch (directory)

// Unicast option for listening for events: thread.on ("message", (msg) => console.log (msg))

// Multicast option for listening for events: pubSub.sub ((msg) => console.log (msg))

+end_example