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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions .gitignore
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node_modules/
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions examples/log-test-file.txt
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test data
15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions examples/log.js
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var FileChangeEmitter = require('../index').FileChangeEmitter,
fs = require('fs');

// This is run by nodeunit
var fw = new FileChangeEmitter(['./log-test-file.txt']);

fw.on('change',function(file){
console.log(' \033[36mchanged\033[0m \033[90m- %s\033[0m', file);
fw.close();
});

setTimeout(function(){
fs.writeFile('./log-test-file.txt', "test data");
},500);
17 changes: 8 additions & 9 deletions lib/filechangeemitter.js
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* Module dependencies.
*/

var fs = require('fs'),
var fs = require('fs'),
EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter,
basename = require('path').basename,
extname = require('path').extname;
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*/

var FileChangeEmitter = exports.FileChangeEmitter = function(files, options){

var self = this;
EventEmitter.call(this);

options = options || {};
var interval = options.interval || 100,
extensions = options.extensions || ['.js'],
openStat = 0;

self.files = 0;

if (!files) files = process.execPath;
if (!Array.isArray(files)) files = [files];
//files.forEach(traverse);
traverse( files, watch );

// traverse file if it is a directory
// otherwise setup the watcher
function traverse( files, fileCallback, level ) {
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self.files++;
fs.watchFile( file, { interval:interval }, function( curr, prev ){
if (curr.mtime > prev.mtime) {
console.log(' \033[36mchanged\033[0m \033[90m- %s\033[0m', file);
self.emit('change',file);
}
});
}

// remove listeners
function unwatch(file) {
self.files--;
fs.unwatchFile( file );
}

self.close = function(){
traverse( files, unwatch );
};
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