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npm package: @meteorjs/pathwatcher
Description: Watch files and directories for changes
Latest version: 8.0.2

# Path Watcher Node module
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## Installing

```bash
npm install pathwatcher
```

## Building

  * Clone the repository
  * Run `npm install` to install the dependencies
  * Run `npm test` to run the specs

## Using

```coffeescript
PathWatcher = require 'pathwatcher'
```

### PathWatcher.watch(filename, [listener])

Watch for changes on `filename`, where `filename` is either a file or a
directory. The returned object is a `PathWatcher`.

The listener callback gets two arguments `(event, path)`. `event` can be `rename`,
`delete` or `change`, and `path` is the path of the file which triggered the
event.

For directories, the `change` event is emitted when a file or directory under
the watched directory got created or deleted. And the `PathWatcher.watch` is
not recursive, so changes of subdirectories under the watched directory would
not be detected.

### PathWatcher.close()

Stop watching for changes on the given `PathWatcher`.