Filesystem watcher using node.js

Question

I want to implement file system watcher using node.js so that it watches a particular directory for any files being added/deleted. Can somebody give an idea how to implement this?

Thanks

Answer 1

check out fs.watchFile(filename, [options], listener) for the inbuilt file system watching

Answer 2

The core node.js watching will trigger a change event on the parent directory when a file is deleted, among other oddities. You can use Watchr to get useful events, and watching directory trees.