Read a file and re-read it when it changes
npm install read-file-live
Useful if you are writing command line tools that monitor configuration files.
var readFile = require('read-file-live')
readFile('somefile.txt', function (buf) {
// is the file had been deleted buf === null
console.log('somefile.txt updated. content ->', buf)
})Read a file and re-read it when it changes. onread will be called with a buffer of the file content when the file changes or is being read the first time. If the file has been deleted the content buffer will be null.
Call stop to stop reading.
MIT