Simple Wrapper around [chokidar](https://www.npmjs.com/package/chokidar) for watching files and folders for changes with an unified logging.
npm install @insulo/watcherSimple Wrapper around chokidar for watching files and folders for changes with an unified logging.
``js
const {FileWatcher} = require('@insulo/watcher');
let watcher = new FileWatcher('name-for-watcher', ['/optional/init/paths']);
// add element to be watched
watcher.add(src);
// remove element from the watched
watcher.remove(src);
// activate default error message logger
watcher.onError();
// activate default ready message logger
watcher.onReady();
// activate debug logger
watcher.debug();
// add change handler
// listens on: add, change, unlink
watcher.onChange((path) => {});
// listens on: add
watcher.onChangeAdd((path) => {});
// listens on: change
watcher.onChangeChange((path) => {});
// listens on: unlink
watcher.onChangeUnlink((path) => {});
// add custom onReady cb
watcher.onReady(()=>{
// get all which are watched
watcher.getWatched();
// end watcher
watcher.stop();
});
// add custom onError cb
watcher.onError((err)=>{
console.error(err);
});
``
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Author: Michael Becker - michael@bemit.codes