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Author SHA1 Message Date
James M Snell
98037294d2
fs: add fsPromises.watch()
An alternative to `fs.watch()` that returns an `AsyncIterator`

```js
const { watch } = require('fs/promises');

(async () => {

  const ac = new AbortController();
  const { signal } = ac;
  setTimeout(() => ac.abort(), 10000);

  const watcher = watch('file.txt', { signal });

  for await (const { eventType, filename } of watcher) {
    console.log(eventType, filename);
  }

})()
```

Signed-off-by: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37179
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
2021-02-15 07:52:13 -08:00