watch always fires rename event

Version: v6.5.0
Platform: 64-bit Windows 10
Subsystem: fs

Running the below code, the eventType will always be rename whether I delete, add file...:

fs.watch(watchDir, (eventType, fileName) => {
    console.log(eventType);
});

'rename' is emitted whenever a filename appears or disappears. Maybe the docs could be a bit clearer about this.

fs.watch , In different operating system this functionality is know by different names . This is not 100 percent consistent in Windows 10 os , thats why the event type is always renamed .
I have read this information from this link https://nodejs.org/api/all.html#fs_fs_watch_filename_options_listener .

@sonalbhadani496

@sonalbhadani496 that isn't quite true, the docs do state:

The fs.watch API is not 100% consistent across platforms, and is unavailable in some situations.

The eventType I see has this:

eventType is either 'rename' or 'change', and filename is the name of the file which triggered the event.

Which I agree could probably do with @seishun explanation along with it.

doc: clarify eventType in fs.watch

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seishun commented on Oct 13, 2016

sonalbhadani496 commented on Oct 16, 2016

no1melman commented on Oct 19, 2016

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