Run gulp watch command forever

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gulp.task('css', function () {
    gulp.src('custom_css/sass/style.scss')
        .pipe(sass({
            style: 'compressed'
        }))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('./public/css/'));
});

gulp.task('watch', function() {
  gulp.watch('custom_css/sass/style.scss', ['css']);
});

gulp.task('default', ['css','watch']);

this is my gulp script code. when I run gulp in the terminal it start watching for changes, auto compile sass file, but it stop watching if I closed the terminal window. I have also used gulp & to run it in background but not working so what is the proper way to auto compile it every time when I am make chages in the saas file.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 07 '15 at 07:00

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I have make it run in the background with nohup gulp & and it's working perfectly. Is it right way to do it?

answered Nov 07 '15 at 07:00

HKumar

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 07 '15 at 07:03

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Not not sure why you would want to run gulp forever. It is not meant to be used that way. However, check out forever.js.

answered Nov 07 '15 at 07:03

dman

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I want to run gulp because without it I have to run gulp every time after making changes in my sass file in order to compile it. – HKumar Nov 07 '15 at 07:38

Run gulp watch command forever

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