watcher: Watch the File System for Changes

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.

Version:	0.1.6
Depends:	R (≥ 3.5)
Imports:	later, R6, rlang
Suggests:	testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published:	2026-05-09
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.watcher
Author:	Charlie Gao [aut, cre], Posit Software, PBC [cph, fnd], Enrico M. Crisostomo [cph] (libfswatch library), Alan Dipert [cph] (libfswatch library)
Maintainer:	Charlie Gao <charlie.gao at posit.co>
BugReports:	https://github.com/r-lib/watcher/issues
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
URL:	https://watcher.r-lib.org, https://github.com/r-lib/watcher
NeedsCompilation:	yes
SystemRequirements:	'libfswatch', or 'cmake' to compile from package sources
Materials:	README, NEWS
CRAN checks:	watcher results

Documentation:

Reference manual:

watcher.html , watcher.pdf

Downloads:

Package source:	watcher_0.1.6.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: watcher_0.1.5.zip, r-release: watcher_0.1.5.zip, r-oldrel: watcher_0.1.5.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): watcher_0.1.5.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): watcher_0.1.5.tgz, r-release (x86_64): watcher_0.1.5.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): watcher_0.1.5.tgz
Old sources:	watcher archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse suggests:

shiny

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