watcher-package: watcher: Watch the File System for Changes

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watcher: Watch the File System for Changes

Description

R binding for 'libfswatch', a file system monitoring library. Watch files, or directories recursively, for changes in the background. Log activity, or call an R function, upon every change event.

Author(s)

Maintainer: Charlie Gao [e-mail] (ORCID)

Authors:

• Charlie Gao [e-mail] (ORCID)

Other contributors:

• Posit Software, PBC (ROR) [copyright holder, funder]

• Enrico M. Crisostomo (libfswatch library) [copyright holder]

• Alan Dipert (libfswatch library) [copyright holder]

See Also

Useful links:

• https://watcher.r-lib.org

• https://github.com/r-lib/watcher

• Report bugs at https://github.com/r-lib/watcher/issues

watcher documentation built on May 9, 2026, 9:07 a.m.