AwaitScript concept

gistfile1.js

require 'fs';
require 'path';

// Check recursively if any files from this directory have been modified since a certain date
async function isRecentlyModified(dir, since) {
  var files;
  try {
    files = await fs.readdir(dir);
  } catch (ex) {
    console.error("Warning: " + dir + " does not exist")
    return;
  }

  await parallel foreach (var f in files) { // Not quite liking this syntax
    var fullPath = path.join(dir, f);
    var stat = await fs.stat(fullPath);
    if (stat.isDirectory()) {
      if (await isRecentlyModified(fullPath, since)) {
        return true;
      }
    } else if (stat.isFile() && stat.mtime > since) {
      return true;
    }
  }

  return false;
}

var lastCheck = 0;
setInterval(async function() {
  if (await isRecentlyModified('./test', lastCheck)) {
    console.log("Folder has been modified");
  } else {
    console.log("Folder is the same");
  }
  lastCheck = new Date().getTime();
}, 5000);