CLI options to watch a directory

[ysimonson]

Hello, I've been trying to figure out what the proper command line arguments are to watch a directory. I tried several combos - all of which seem to do keep the CLI running, but not doing anything (files don't compile, nothing in stdout/stderr.)

Based off #700 , I tried this: node-sass -w -r --output static/stylesheets static/sass

Based off #1075, I tried this: node-sass -w web/static/sass -o web/static/stylesheets

[xzyfer]

Are you watching .sass or .scss files?

There is a known issue with the watcher and .sass files currently.

[xzyfer]

Possibly related #1179

[ysimonson]

It's .scss files

[xzyfer]

node-sass [options] <input> [output]

So the answer to your questions is

node-sass -w -r web/static/sass web/static/stylesheets

If this doesn't work please create a small, fully working, github repo that shows your problem.

[ysimonson]

@xzyfer that gives me the error: An output directory must be specified when compiling a directory (it actually prints it out twice), even though web/static/stylesheets exists.

[xzyfer]

This should be fixed by #1322.

[xzyfer]

This is fixed on master and will be in the next release.