MacOSX bug demo.

gistfile1.go

package main
import (
  "log"
  "os"
  "github.com/howeyc/fsnotify"
)

func main() {
  c := make(chan int)

  if len(os.Args) < 2 {
    log.Fatal("no arguments")
  }

  n, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher()
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
  }

  go func() {
    for {
      select {
      case ev := <-n.Event:
        log.Println("event:", ev)
        if ev.IsCreate() {
          log.Println("removing", ev.Name)
          err = os.Remove(ev.Name)
          if err != nil {
            log.Println("remove failed:", err)
          }
        }
      case err := <-n.Error:
        log.Println("error:", err)
      }
    }
  }()

  for _, s := range os.Args[1:] {
    err = n.WatchFlags(s, fsnotify.FSN_CREATE)
    if err != nil {
      log.Fatal(err)
    }
  }

  <-c // wait forever
}