I would like to track new files in a directory. I used the script given in the documentation: http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_watch_filename_options_listener
var fs = require('fs');
fs.watch('mydir/', function (event, filename) {
console.log('event is: ' + event);
if (filename) {
console.log('filename provided: ' + filename);
} else {
console.log('filename not provided');
}
});
And I added files to mydir/ using touch hello.txt for example.
When running the script, I don't get the new file name, because the emitted event is rename!! Here is the console output.
event is: rename
filename not provided
How can I get the file new name hello.txt?
Thanks.
The same page also describes your issue:
Providing filename argument in the callback is not supported on every platform (currently it's only supported on Linux and Windows). Even on supported platforms filename is not always guaranteed to be provided.
I think your best bet is to switch to another module providing similar functionality, like watch (which I don't have any experience with myself).