watch for file changes on remote server

Asked Feb 18 '18 at 20:05

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I want to create a node.JS app to watch changes on a remote server, e.g. //10.9.8.7/files_to_watch/*.

All I need is watch if some new files/folders appear. I have found an npm package named chokidar and I managed to watch local files but I don't know how to watch remote disc (which is protected by password).

How should I do that? Should I first connect to that server (ftp node package) and then run watcher or what? And what is with optimization? What if there will be a lot of files and changes? Is it a good way I'm thinking?

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asked Feb 18 '18 at 20:05

waclab1807

Does this have to be done programmatically or can it be configured outside of the app? – Slava Knyazev Feb 18 '18 at 20:46
programmatically – waclab1807 Feb 18 '18 at 21:05
@SlavaKnyazev How would you do this if it can be configured outside of app? – RyanQuey Mar 23 '18 at 05:39

watch for file changes on remote server

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