filewatch/add
core-api
cfunction
src/core/filewatch.c on line 599, column 1
(filewatch/add watcher path &opt flags)
Add a path to the watcher. Available flags depend on the current
OS, and are as follows:
Windows/MINGW (flags correspond to `FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_*` flags in
win32 documentation):
`:all` trigger an event for all of the below triggers.
`:attributes` `FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ATTRIBUTES`
`:creation` `FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_CREATION`
`:dir-name` `FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_DIR_NAME`
`:last-access` `FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_ACCESS`
`:last-write` `FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_WRITE`
`:security` `FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SECURITY`
`:size` `FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SIZE`
`:recursive` watch subdirectories recursively
Linux (flags correspond to `IN_*` flags from <sys/inotify.h>):
`:access` `IN_ACCESS`
`:all` `IN_ALL_EVENTS`
`:attrib` `IN_ATTRIB`
`:close-nowrite` `IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE`
`:close-write` `IN_CLOSE_WRITE`
`:create` `IN_CREATE`
`:delete` `IN_DELETE`
`:delete-self` `IN_DELETE_SELF`
`:ignored` `IN_IGNORED`
`:modify` `IN_MODIFY`
`:move-self` `IN_MOVE_SELF`
`:moved-from` `IN_MOVED_FROM`
`:moved-to` `IN_MOVED_TO`
`:open` `IN_OPEN`
`:q-overflow` `IN_Q_OVERFLOW`
`:unmount` `IN_UNMOUNT`
On Windows, events will have the following possible types:
`:unknown`
`:added`
`:removed`
`:modified`
`:renamed-old`
`:renamed-new`
On Linux, events will a `:type` corresponding to the possible
flags, excluding `:all`.