example.js

var http = require('http');
var Inotify = require('./inotify').Inotify;

var inotify = new Inotify(); //persistent by default, new Inotify(false) //no persistent

var data = {}; //used to correlate two events

var callback = function(event) {
    var mask = event.mask;
    var type = mask & Inotify.IN_ISDIR ? 'directory ' : 'file ';
    if (event.name) {
        type += ' ' + event.name + ' ';
    } else {
        type += ' ';
    }

    //the porpuse of this hell of 'if'
    //statements is only illustrative.

    if (mask & Inotify.IN_ACCESS) {
        console.log(type + 'was accessed ');
    } else if (mask & Inotify.IN_MODIFY) {
        console.log(type + 'was modified ');
    } else if (mask & Inotify.IN_OPEN) {
        console.log(type + 'was opened ');
    } else if (mask & Inotify.IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE) {
        console.log(type + ' opened for reading was closed ');
    } else if (mask & Inotify.IN_CLOSE_WRITE) {
        console.log(type + ' opened for writing was closed ');
    } else if (mask & Inotify.IN_ATTRIB) {
        console.log(type + 'metadata changed ');
    } else if (mask & Inotify.IN_CREATE) {
        console.log(type + 'created');
    } else if (mask & Inotify.IN_DELETE) {
        console.log(type + 'deleted');
    } else if (mask & Inotify.IN_DELETE_SELF) {
        console.log(type + 'watched deleted ');
    } else if (mask & Inotify.IN_MOVE_SELF) {
        console.log(type + 'watched moved');
    } else if (mask & Inotify.IN_IGNORED) {
        console.log(type + 'watch was removed');
    } else if (mask & Inotify.IN_MOVED_FROM) {
        data = event;
        data.type = type;
    } else if (mask & Inotify.IN_MOVED_TO) {
        if ( Object.keys(data).length &&
            data.cookie === event.cookie) {
            console.log(data.type + ' moved to ' + type);
            data = {};
        }
    }
};

var dir = {
    path: './',
    watch_for: Inotify.IN_ALL_EVENTS,
    callback: callback
};

var watch = inotify.addWatch(dir);
//inotify.removeWatch(watch);

http.createServer(function (request, response) {
    response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
    response.end('Hello World\n');
}).listen(8124);
console.log('Http server started in 8124');