'use strict'; const common = require('../common'); const fs = require('fs'); const path = require('path'); const assert = require('assert'); // Basic usage tests. assert.throws(function() { fs.watchFile('./some-file'); }, /"watchFile\(\)" requires a listener function/); assert.throws(function() { fs.watchFile('./another-file', {}, 'bad listener'); }, /"watchFile\(\)" requires a listener function/); assert.throws(function() { fs.watchFile(new Object(), common.noop); }, /Path must be a string/); const enoentFile = path.join(common.tmpDir, 'non-existent-file'); const expectedStatObject = new fs.Stats( 0, // dev 0, // mode 0, // nlink 0, // uid 0, // gid 0, // rdev common.isWindows ? undefined : 0, // blksize 0, // ino 0, // size common.isWindows ? undefined : 0, // blocks Date.UTC(1970, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0), // atime Date.UTC(1970, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0), // mtime Date.UTC(1970, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0), // ctime Date.UTC(1970, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0) // birthtime ); common.refreshTmpDir(); // If the file initially didn't exist, and gets created at a later point of // time, the callback should be invoked again with proper values in stat object let fileExists = false; fs.watchFile(enoentFile, {interval: 0}, common.mustCall(function(curr, prev) { if (!fileExists) { // If the file does not exist, all the fields should be zero and the date // fields should be UNIX EPOCH time assert.deepStrictEqual(curr, expectedStatObject); assert.deepStrictEqual(prev, expectedStatObject); // Create the file now, so that the callback will be called back once the // event loop notices it. fs.closeSync(fs.openSync(enoentFile, 'w')); fileExists = true; } else { // If the ino (inode) value is greater than zero, it means that the file is // present in the filesystem and it has a valid inode number. assert(curr.ino > 0); // As the file just got created, previous ino value should be lesser than // or equal to zero (non-existent file). assert(prev.ino <= 0); // Stop watching the file fs.unwatchFile(enoentFile); } }, 2));