Watch Directory With Gio

watching_dir.js

const GLib       = imports.gi.GLib
const Gio        = imports.gi.Gio

const loop = new GLib.MainLoop (null, false)

const home = GLib.get_home_dir ()
const file = Gio.File.new_for_path (home + '/a/b')
const monitor = file.monitor (Gio.FileMonitorFlags.WATCH_MOVES, null)

monitor.connect ('changed', (monitor, file, otherFile, eventType) => {
    log (monitor)
    switch (eventType) {
    case Gio.FileMonitorEvent.CREATED:
        console.log (`${file.get_path ()} was created`)
    }
})

loop.run ()