Node.js library for the cross-platform files watching. Used by gulp, browser-sync and webpack.
Node.js library for the cross-platform files watching. Used by gulp, browser-sync and webpack.
Questions tagged [chokidar]
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watch files in folder changed using regEx
i want watch, changes in the folders:
test/index.js
te3st/index.js
but not changes in
te2st/index.js not any teNUMBERst/index.js
i using chokidar and got inspiration from here: chokidar
with ignored: ignored:…
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watch folder is added using node
i rewrote a example found here Watch a folder for changes using node.js, and print file paths when they are changed
using chokidar
i want know when a folder is added to my folder (only interested in folders not files).
i rewrote the example to:
var…
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How to copy files and folders using fs-extra in Nuxt
i'm on Nuxtjs 2.15.4 and I'm trying to create multi themes for my app.
The flow is very simple: I have a themes folder with my themes folder within. At nuxt build/dev a module will be called:
const path = require('path')
const chokidar =…
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How to Run chokidar in the background (persistent: true)?
I am writing a node.js program that needs to watch for (add/delete/update) files in a folder. I am using chokidar for watching the files. Here's the code
async function updateIndexFile() {
console.log({ path });
const pathArray = []
//…
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Accessing the event path of any fired event of many event types when watching files in Gulp
With Gulp, you can access the path of a fired event by using the watch().on() method for each event type:
const { watch } = require('gulp');
watch('*.js').on('change', (path, stats) => {
console.log(`File ${path} was…
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Access file after checking if available in folder
So after checking if any .xml files are present with the below code, how do I access the file? I need to access the file to parse the contents and display.
var fileWatcher = require("chokidar");
var watcher = fileWatcher.watch("./*.xml", {
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Run chokidar commands conditionally
This is my first time with chokidar and I would like to know how to run chokidar commands conditionally from the npm scripts. I need to run run two different scripts, one on start and another on change. I have set chokidar-cli as one of my dev…
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High CPU usage while watching a directory for new files
Currently I am using chokidar to watch a directory. The directory has a large amount of files, and it is constantly being written too. I am also using polling because I need to watch folders on a network. I noticed that when I start watching the…
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How to ignore multiple directories and files using electron releoad
I have an Electron project using electron-reload, the file structure is:
./public/templates/ --------- contains some html that should be watched and trigger reload
./public/templates/test/ ---- contains some test/experimental html that should be…
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Collect changes in a file every fixed time in node js
I have an external program that is streaming data to a csv file every now and then (but quit a lot).
I want to collect every 10 seconds all the changed data and do some processing on it.
means I want to process only lines I didn't processed…
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TypeError: watcher.on(...) is not a function
I get this error when running the below code. I am not sure what could be wrong with the code?
TypeError: watcher.on(...) is not a function
'use strict';
const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');
var chokidar =…
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chokidar ignore everything except xml files
When it comes to the Chokidar configuration I want to setup the options. I would like to ignore everything except xml files.
{
"path": "C:/... my path ...",
"options": {
"ignored": "everything except xml files",
"persistent":…
user9945420
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Using chokidar watch file, RegEx for param `ignored` is invalid
I am using chokidar to watch files ending with (.js|.jsx|.scss) as below, but RegEx does not work. if just run /^(?!.*(?:\.jsx?|\.scss)$).*$/, it works fine.
const watcher = chokidar.watch('./app', {
ignored: /^(?!.*(?:\.jsx?|\.scss)$).*$/,
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Should I always replace backslashes with forward slashes in the paths for cross-platform development on Node.js?
Once, my chokidar watcher (wrapped to gulp.watch()) stops working. After experiments and debugging I found out that cause was double backslashes in globs:
gulp.watch([
'C:\\Users\\i\\projects\\test\\1_Source\\0_Development\\1_Markup/**/*.+(pug)',
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How to update chokidar files selection correctly without declaring new variable?
Assume that we created the chokidar instance, but then files selection that should be watched has been changed. If I don't want to create a new variable, is it enough just to assign new chokidar watcher with new files selection to same variable? Of…
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