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- `dir` - The directory whose contents to watch. It's recommended, though not required, for this to be an absolute path, say one returned by `path.resolve`.
- `filter({ path, stats })` - _(optional)_ A function to decide whether a given file or directory should be watched. It's passed an object containing the file or directory's relative `path` and its `stats`. It should return `true` or `false` (or a `Promise` resolving to one of those). Returning `false` for a directory means that none of its contents will be watched.
- `watch` - _(optional)_ Whether to actually watch the directory for changes. Defaults to `true`. If `false`, you can retrieve all of the files and directories within a given directory along with their `Stats` but changes will not actually be monitored.
- `debounce` - _(optional)_ Length of timeout in milliseconds to use to debounce incoming events from `fs.watch`. Defaults to 10. Multiple events are often emitted for a single change, and events can also be emitted before `fs.stat` reports the changes. Cheap Watch will wait until `debounce` milliseconds have passed since the last `fs.watch` event for a file or directory before reporting it. The default of 10ms Works On My Machine.
- `watch` - _(optional)_ Whether to actually watch the directory for changes. Defaults to `true`. If `false`, you can retrieve all of the files and directories within a given directory along with their initial `Stats` but changes will not be monitored.
- `debounce` - _(optional)_ Length of timeout in milliseconds to use to debounce incoming events from `fs.watch`. Defaults to 10. Multiple events are often emitted for a single change, and events can also be emitted before `fs.stat` reports the changes. So we will wait until `debounce` milliseconds have passed since the last `fs.watch` event for a file or directory before handling it. The default of 10ms Works On My Machine.
## Methods
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### `cheapWatch.files`
A `Map` of the watched files and directories. Each key is a relative path from the `CheapWatch`'s `dir`, and each value is a `Stats` object for the file or directory. This is kept up to date as files are changed on disk.
A `Map` of the watched files and directories. Each key is a relative path from the `CheapWatch`'s `dir`, and each value is a `Stats` object for the file or directory. Paths are always separated by forward slashes, regardless of platform. This `Map` is kept up to date as files are changed on disk.
You can use `stats.isFile()` and `stats.isDirectory()` to determine whether something is a file or a directory.
## Events
`CheapWatch` is a subclass of `EventEmitter`, and emits two events to report a new, updated, or deleted file or directory.
A `CheapWatch` is an `EventEmitter`, and emits two events to report a new, updated, or deleted file or directory.
### `+` `{ path, stats }`
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```javascript
import CheapWatch from 'cheap-watch';
const watch = new CheapWatch({ dir, /* ... */ });
const watcher = new CheapWatch({ dir, /* ... */ });
await watch.init();
await watcher.init();
for (const [path, stats] of watch.files) {
for (const [path, stats] of watcher.files) {
/* ... */
}
watch.on('+', ({ path, stats }) => /* ... */ );
watch.on('-', ({ path, stats }) => /* ... */);
watcher.on('+', ({ path, stats }) => { /* ... */ });
watcher.on('-', ({ path, stats }) => { /* ... */ });
```
## License