inotify-test.js

inotify-test.js

var Inotify = require('inotify').Inotify;
var inotify = new Inotify(); //persistent by default, new Inotify(false) //no persistent

var data = {}; //used to correlate two events

var callback = function(event) {
    var mask = event.mask;
    var type = mask & Inotify.IN_ISDIR ? 'directory ' : 'file ';
    event.name ? type += ' ' + event.name + ' ': ' ';

    //the porpuse of this hell of 'if'
    //statements is only illustrative.
    console.log(JSON.stringify(event));
    if(mask & Inotify.IN_ACCESS) {
        console.log(type + 'was accessed ');
    } else if(mask & Inotify.IN_MODIFY) {
        console.log(type + 'was modified ');
    } else if(mask & Inotify.IN_OPEN) {
        console.log(type + 'was opened ');
    } else if(mask & Inotify.IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE) {
        console.log(type + ' opened for reading was closed ');
    } else if(mask & Inotify.IN_CLOSE_WRITE) {
        console.log(type + ' opened for writing was closed ');
    } else if(mask & Inotify.IN_ATTRIB) {
        console.log(type + 'metadata changed ');
    } else if(mask & Inotify.IN_CREATE) {
        console.log(type + 'created');
    } else if(mask & Inotify.IN_DELETE) {
        console.log(type + 'deleted');
    } else if(mask & Inotify.IN_DELETE_SELF) {
        console.log(type + 'watched deleted ');
    } else if(mask & Inotify.IN_MOVE_SELF) {
        console.log(type + 'watched moved');
    } else if(mask & Inotify.IN_IGNORED) {
        console.log(type + 'watch was removed');
    } else if(mask & Inotify.IN_MOVED_FROM) {
        console.log(type + 'moved from');
    } else if(mask & Inotify.IN_MOVED_TO) {
        console.log(type + "moved to");
    }
};
var home2_dir = { path:      __dirname + '/incoming', // <--- change this for a valid directory in your machine
                  watch_for: Inotify.IN_ALL_EVENTS,
                  // Inotify.IN_CREATE | Inotify.CLOSE_WRITE
                  callback:  callback
              };

var home2_wd = inotify.addWatch(home2_dir);