watcher: Watch the File System for Changes
R binding for 'libfswatch', a file system monitoring library. Watch files, or directories recursively, for changes in the background. Log activity, or run an R function every time a change event occurs.
| Version: | 0.1.4 |
| Depends: | R (≥ 3.5) |
| Imports: | later, R6, rlang |
| Suggests: | testthat (≥ 3.0.0) |
| Published: | 2025-07-16 |
| DOI: | 10.32614/CRAN.package.watcher |
| Author: | Charlie Gao  [aut,
cre],
Posit Software, PBC  [cph,
fnd] |
| Maintainer: | Charlie Gao <charlie.gao at posit.co> |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/r-lib/watcher/issues |
| License: | MIT + file LICENSE |
| URL: | https://watcher.r-lib.org, https://github.com/r-lib/watcher |
| NeedsCompilation: | yes |
| SystemRequirements: | 'libfswatch', or 'cmake' to compile from package sources |
| Materials: | README, NEWS |
| CRAN checks: | watcher results |
Documentation:
| Reference manual: | watcher.html , watcher.pdf |
Downloads:
| Package source: | watcher_0.1.4.tar.gz |
| Windows binaries: | r-devel: watcher_0.1.4.zip, r-release: watcher_0.1.4.zip, r-oldrel: watcher_0.1.4.zip |
| macOS binaries: | r-release (arm64): watcher_0.1.4.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): watcher_0.1.4.tgz, r-release (x86_64): watcher_0.1.4.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): watcher_0.1.4.tgz |
| Old sources: | watcher archive |
Reverse dependencies:
| Reverse suggests: | shiny |
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