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Push changes of a directory to webclients (For learning Node.js)

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About
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Synchronizes content of a directory with webclients using socket.io.

How it works
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1) Clients connects to server, which sends current filelist.
2) Server watches a directory for changes.
3) On changes (file is added or removed), send notification to clients.

Flaws/Todo
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Initial plan was to use inotify for watching directory, but turned out
to be a hassle to learn; so did a polling fs.readdir(). This should be
switched back to the inital plan.