Questions tagged [fsevents]
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FSEvents - find out what was changed in the target directory
I just set up an FSEvent in order to monitor the state of a target folder. It works just fine, because I am notified every time a change takes place and I am also given the path to the subdirectory where the change has taken place.
But what if I…

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FSEventStream: What does the kFSEventStreamCreateFlagIgnoreSelf flag do?
I am monitoring file system changes in a specific directory using the OSX FSEventStream. I was looking at the documentation here and I found an interesting flag described, kFSEventStreamCreateFlagIgnoreSelf.
According to the documentation using…

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Is it possible to get the filename from an FSEvent id?
I've created a simple filesystem watcher in C++ using the mac File System Events API as documented here: apple developer doc. My question is in the title. How do I get the path of the thing that was changed? The eventPaths array only gives me the…

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Why does lsyncd require xnu?
I am working through the steps of compiling lsyncd on Mac OS X (10.7.3 to be exact).
Finally managed to it get it compiled despite a couple minor syntax errors in the lysncd source code; and I understand from Axel Kittenberger (the developer…

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How to determine if a file copy is completed using cocoa
I am developing folder watcher application for MAC in XCode using Foundation framework and FSEvents API. I need to know whether the file has been completely copied to the destination before I open the file for other operation. Is there any way of…

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FSEvents weirdness on OS X Leopard
I want to monitor file-system events for a couple of directories on the mac. The directories I want to monitor might change at runtime, so using FSEvents here's what my app does:
creates a global callback function to handle callbacks
create a new…

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Stream created with FSEventStreamCreate is nil
I want to create a simple event stream in order to listen events when some changes ocurre in a directory. The first step is the creation of the stream, but I receive an error in the creation using FSEventStreamCreate function. Googling this error…

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No loader is configured for ".node" files: node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node in project with Vite
I am making a project with Vite + React and it worked well until the end of last week, but all of a sudden, I got this error:
No loader is configured for ".node" files:
node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node
node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.js:13:23:
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Declaring callback function inside FSEventStreamCreate
There are a couple examples of using an FSEvent to listen for changes in the file system.
How to listen for file system changes MAC - kFSEventStreamCreateFlagWatchRoot
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FSEvents weirdness on OS X Leopard
When creating the event with…

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NuxtJs spontaneously stopped working with fs errors
So here I was working away on my NuxtJS SPA and after a page refresh, I started getting these errors. I have no clue where this comes from I did not change anything that could cause it. I tried everything including npm fixing and reinstalling the…

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Gatsby cloud deploy build error: bindings not accessible from webpack-dev-server:fsevents
I'm working on a Gatsby site. Currently I've got it building just fine locally, but when I try to deploy to Gatsby Cloud, it fails during "install project dependencies", with the Raw Logs showing this:
17:39:24 PM:
Cloning into…

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What is the definition of "since now" for FSEventStreamCreate
This might seem an odd question but I want to be certain I've understood this correctly. In the fsevents manual on FSEventStreamCreate():
Creates a new FS event stream object with the given parameters. In order to start receiving callbacks you…

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npm install error. node js? fsevents? Xcode? Or another problem?
Good afternoon. Friends! Help please. There was an error. I run the npm install command and this problem crashes:
natalakolivosko@192 webpack-static-template % npm install
> fsevents@1.2.13 install…

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dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _FSEventStreamCreate
When trying to run npm start, I'm receiving two errors
dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _FSEventStreamCreate
dyld: Symbol not found: _FSEventStreamCreate
This happens in every local repository on my machine, except one.
What…

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What purpose does nody-gyp rebuild during npm install of fsevents serve?
Well I am currently in the process of streamlining the build system, to make everything work and manage we create a temporary (node12-alpine based) docker that builds a project made with create-react-app.
The docker has as entrypoint: ENTRYPOINT npm…

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