Cross-platform Zig module to monitor changes in directories. It utilizes the dmon C99 library.
# ~/<ProjectsPath>/your-awesome-projct
zig fetch --save https://github.com/ttytm/dmon-zig/archive/main.tar.gz// your-awesome-projct/build.zig
const std = @import("std");
pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
// ..
const dmon_dep = b.dependency("dmon", .{});
const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
.name = "your-awesome-projct",
// ..
});
exe.root_module.addImport("dmon", dmon_dep.module("dmon"));
// ...
}const std = @import("std");
const dmon = @import("dmon");
const print = std.debug.print;
const Context = struct {
trigger_count: u32 = 0,
};
pub fn watchCb(
comptime Ctx: type,
_: dmon.WatchId,
action: dmon.Action,
root_dir: [*:0]const u8,
file_path: [*:0]const u8,
old_file_path: ?[*:0]const u8,
context: *Ctx,
) void {
print("Action: {}\n", .{action});
print("Root: {s}\n", .{root_dir});
print("File path: {s}\n", .{file_path});
print("Old file path: {s}\n", .{old_file_path orelse ""});
context.trigger_count += 1;
}
pub fn main() !void {
dmon.init();
defer dmon.deinit();
const watch_path = "/home/user/Documents";
const id = dmon.watch(Context, watch_path, watchCb, .{ .recursive = true }, &ctx);
print("Starting to watch: {s}; Watcher ID: {d}\n", .{ watch_path, id });
while (true) {
if (ctx.trigger_count >= 3) break;
}
}For a simple local example watching the cwd: dmon-zig/examples/src/main.zig
# Perform a lightweight, filtered, yet complete clone
git clone --recursive --shallow-submodules --filter=blob:none \
https://github.com/ttytm/dmon-zig && \
cd dmon-zig/examples# dmon-zig/examples
zig build run