events watcher updated

testable · Jun 22, 2021 · d1b3412 · d1b3412
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diff --git a/lib/events-watcher.js b/lib/events-watcher.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ function watchForEvents(fileName, events, log) {
 	  	log.error('Error tailing live event', data);
 	});
 	tail.watch();
+  events.finish = () => { tail.unwatch(); }
 	return tail;
 }
 
-module.exports = watchForEvents;
+module.exports = watchForEvents;
diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ const registerCommands = typeof browser !== 'undefined' && _.isUndefined(browser
 
 const events = new EventEmitter();
 if (process.env.TESTABLE_EVENTS_FILE) {
+  events.once('newListener', () => { // i.e. run this init code one time upon a new listener being registered
     eventsWatcher(process.env.TESTABLE_EVENTS_FILE, events, log);
+  })
 }
 
 if (registerCommands) {