xref: /third_party/libuv/docs/code/onchange/main.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include <uv.h>

uv_loop_t *loop;
const char *command;

void run_command(uv_fs_event_t *handle, const char *filename, int events, int status) {
    char path[1024];
    size_t size = 1023;
    // Does not handle error if path is longer than 1023.
    uv_fs_event_getpath(handle, path, &size);
    path[size] = '\0';

    fprintf(stderr, "Change detected in %s: ", path);
    if (events & UV_RENAME)
        fprintf(stderr, "renamed");
    if (events & UV_CHANGE)
        fprintf(stderr, "changed");

    fprintf(stderr, " %s\n", filename ? filename : "");
    system(command);
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    if (argc <= 2) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <command> <file1> [file2 ...]\n", argv[0]);
        return 1;
    }

    loop = uv_default_loop();
    command = argv[1];

    while (argc-- > 2) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Adding watch on %s\n", argv[argc]);
        uv_fs_event_t *fs_event_req = malloc(sizeof(uv_fs_event_t));
        uv_fs_event_init(loop, fs_event_req);
        // The recursive flag watches subdirectories too.
        uv_fs_event_start(fs_event_req, run_command, argv[argc], UV_FS_EVENT_RECURSIVE);
    }

    return uv_run(loop, UV_RUN_DEFAULT);
}