commit | effe075d9a3789af4908657b3a8e7a2de3c3b040 | [log] [tgz] |
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author | Chris Howey <howeyc@gmail.com> | Fri Jan 17 07:56:35 2014 -0800 |
committer | Chris Howey <howeyc@gmail.com> | Fri Jan 17 07:56:35 2014 -0800 |
tree | 5627fb2972e16b77e38e1111f62146ca40ff6d06 | |
parent | 5d4501aba97e00c977c12b4d0895da59ce75d176 [diff] | |
parent | f8158887f2f05256b13d45c0137c5c0e0db9cae7 [diff] |
Merge pull request #80 from gophertown/contrib Suggest testing with "Vagrant Gopher"
Cross platform, works on:
Example:
package main import ( "log" "github.com/howeyc/fsnotify" ) func main() { watcher, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } done := make(chan bool) // Process events go func() { for { select { case ev := <-watcher.Event: log.Println("event:", ev) case err := <-watcher.Error: log.Println("error:", err) } } }() err = watcher.Watch("testDir") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } <-done /* ... do stuff ... */ watcher.Close() }
For each event:
When a file is moved to another directory is it still being watched?
No (it shouldn't be, unless you are watching where it was moved to).
When I watch a directory, are all subdirectories watched as well?
No, you must add watches for any directory you want to watch (a recursive watcher is in the works #56).
Do I have to watch the Error and Event channels in a separate goroutine?
As of now, yes. Looking into making this single-thread friendly (see #7)
Why am I receiving multiple events for the same file on OS X?
Spotlight indexing on OS X can result in multiple events (see #62). A temporary workaround is to add your folder(s) to the Spotlight Privacy settings until we have a native FSEvents implementation (see #54).
How many files can be watched at once?
There are OS-specific limits as to how many watches can be created: