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Waits until a file is changed
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| <# | |
| .SYNOPSIS | |
| Waits until a file changes | |
| .EXAMPLE | |
| .\Wait-FileChangeEvent.ps1 site.scss { taildwindcss site.scss -o output\site.css } | |
| Waits until site.scss changes and runs a script | |
| #> | |
| [CmdletBinding()] | |
| param ( | |
| $Pattern = ".", | |
| $Script = $null | |
| ) | |
| $item = Get-Item $Pattern | |
| if ($item -is [System.IO.DirectoryInfo]) | |
| { | |
| $Directory = $item.FullName | |
| } | |
| else | |
| { | |
| $Directory = $item.Directory.FullName | |
| } | |
| Write-Verbose "Directory $directory" | |
| $item | % { Write-Verbose "item: $_" } | |
| $watcher = new-object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher | |
| $watcher.Path = $Directory | |
| Unregister-Event "FileChanged" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | |
| Register-ObjectEvent $watcher "Changed" -SourceIdentifier "FileChanged" | |
| If ($null -ne $Script) | |
| { | |
| While ($true) | |
| { | |
| $events = Wait-Event "FileChanged" | |
| $events | Where-Object { | |
| Write-Verbose "FullPath $($_.SourceEventArgs.FullPath)" | |
| Write-Verbose "Matched Pattern: $( $item -contains (get-item $_.SourceEventArgs.FullPath ) )" | |
| $item -contains (get-item $_.SourceEventArgs.FullPath ) | |
| } | ForEach-Object { | |
| & $script | |
| } | |
| $events| Remove-Event | |
| } | |
| Unregister-Event "FileChanged" | |
| } |
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