lnwatch

Small utility for node, to watch symlink changes.

Usage

var lnw = require('../lnwatch.js')

lnw.on('change', function (data) {
	console.log('LINK CHANGED', data);
})

lnw.add([
	'./foo',
	'./qux',  // nonexistent link, ignored
	'./bar'
])

Methods

lnwatch.add(links)

Add links to watch, can be a single link path string, or several in an array. Nonexistent links will be ignored.

lnwatch.remove([links])

Remove watched links, can be a single link path string, or several in an array. Nonexistent links will be ignored.

lnwatch.removeAll()

Remove all watched links.

Events

lnw.on('change', callback)

Fired when one of the watched link changes target. Receives data about what changed:

• which link,
• from what target,
• to which target

Example:

lnw.on('change', function (data) {
	console.log(data);
})

/* 

outputs:

{ 
  link: '/Users/nec/github/lnwatch/tests/bar',
  from: '/Users/nec/github/lnwatch/tests/two',
  to: '/Users/nec/github/lnwatch/tests/three' 
}

*/