Watch Files

Watches a directory or file for changes.

Inputs

This is a trigger node so it has no inputs.

Outputs

The full filename of the file that actually changed is put into msg.payload and msg.filename, while a stringified version of the watch list is returned in msg.topic.

Details

You can enter a list of comma separated directories and/or files. You will need to put quotes "..." around any that have spaces in.

On Windows you must use double back-slashes \\ in any directory names.

The full filename of the file that actually changed is put into msg.payload and msg.filename, while a stringified version of the watch list is returned in msg.topic.

msg.file contains just the short filename of the file that changed. msg.type has the type of thing changed, usually file or directory, while msg.size holds the file size in bytes.

Of course in Linux, everything is a file and thus can be watched...

**Note: **The directory or file must exist in order to be watched. If the file or directory gets deleted it may no longer be monitored even if it gets re-created.