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The name 'event' for the argument of the listener in
fs.watch was confusing considering FSWatcher also had
events. This changes the name of the argument to
eventType.

Fixes: #7504
PR-URL: #7506
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claudiorodriguez committed Jul 2, 2016
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21 changes: 15 additions & 6 deletions doc/api/fs.md
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Expand Up @@ -109,14 +109,19 @@ non-UTF-8 encoded Buffers to `fs` functions will not work as expected.
added: v0.5.8
-->

Objects returned from `fs.watch()` are of this type.
Objects returned from [`fs.watch()`][] are of this type.

The `listener` callback provided to `fs.watch()` receives the returned FSWatcher's
`change` events.

The object itself emits these events:

### Event: 'change'
<!-- YAML
added: v0.5.8
-->

* `event` {String} The type of fs change
* `eventType` {String} The type of fs change
* `filename` {String | Buffer} The filename that changed (if relevant/available)

Emitted when something changes in a watched directory or file.
Expand All @@ -128,7 +133,8 @@ support. If `filename` is provided, it will be provided as a `Buffer` if
`filename` will be a string.

```js
fs.watch('./tmp', {encoding: 'buffer'}, (event, filename) => {
// Example when handled through fs.watch listener
fs.watch('./tmp', {encoding: 'buffer'}, (eventType, filename) => {
if (filename)
console.log(filename);
// Prints: <Buffer ...>
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The second argument is optional. If `options` is provided as a string, it
specifies the `encoding`. Otherwise `options` should be passed as an object.

The listener callback gets two arguments `(event, filename)`. `event` is either
The listener callback gets two arguments `(eventType, filename)`. `eventType` is either
`'rename'` or `'change'`, and `filename` is the name of the file which triggered
the event.

Please note the listener callback is attached to the `'change'` event
fired by [`fs.FSWatcher`][], but they are not the same thing.

### Caveats

<!--type=misc-->
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1499,8 +1508,8 @@ be provided. Therefore, don't assume that `filename` argument is always
provided in the callback, and have some fallback logic if it is null.

```js
fs.watch('somedir', (event, filename) => {
console.log(`event is: ${event}`);
fs.watch('somedir', (eventType, filename) => {
console.log(`event type is: ${eventType}`);
if (filename) {
console.log(`filename provided: ${filename}`);
} else {
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions lib/fs.js
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Expand Up @@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ function FSWatcher() {
this._handle = new FSEvent();
this._handle.owner = this;

this._handle.onchange = function(status, event, filename) {
this._handle.onchange = function(status, eventType, filename) {
if (status < 0) {
self._handle.close();
const error = !filename ?
Expand All @@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ function FSWatcher() {
error.filename = filename;
self.emit('error', error);
} else {
self.emit('change', event, filename);
self.emit('change', eventType, filename);
}
};
}
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