Class: Guard::Polling

Inherits:
Listener show all
Defined in:
lib/guard/listeners/polling.rb

Overview

Polling listener that works cross-platform and has no dependencies. This is the listener that uses the most CPU processing power and has higher file IO that the other implementations.

Constant Summary

Constants inherited from Listener

Listener::DEFAULT_IGNORE_PATHS

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from Listener

#changed_files, #directory, #ignore_paths

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Listener

#all_files, #clear_changed_files, #exclude_ignored_paths, #modified_files, #on_change, #pause, #paused?, #relativize_paths, #relativize_paths?, #run, select_and_init, #start_reactor, #timestamp_files, #update_last_event

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ Polling

Initialize the Listener.



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# File 'lib/guard/listeners/polling.rb', line 12

def initialize(*)
  super
  @latency = 1.5
end

Instance Method Details

#start ⇒ Object

Start the listener.



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# File 'lib/guard/listeners/polling.rb', line 19

def start
  @stop = false
  super
  watch_change
end

#stop ⇒ Object

Stop the listener.



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# File 'lib/guard/listeners/polling.rb', line 27

def stop
  super
  @stop = true
end

#watch(directory) ⇒ Object

Watch the given directory for file changes.

Parameters:

  • directory (String) —

    the directory to watch



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# File 'lib/guard/listeners/polling.rb', line 36

def watch(directory)
  @existing = all_files
end