Determine type of file action

[RichardHooijmaijers]

Thanks for this great package! I have previously used powershell (FileSystemWatcher), however this package works much easier. The powershell solution I used before did however have the option to perform different actions based on the type of change. For instance a different function can be called in case a file is changed, created, deleted or renamed.
I was wondering if something similar could be achieved with this package as well? I can find out what happened manually, based on the name of the file. But would be nice if there is a more elegant solution.

[shikokuchuo]

@RichardHooijmaijers if you're able to describe more your use case / motivation for the above, that would help us in considering this.

As with any type of feature, the more complexity we add, this (i) increases the potential points of failure, and (ii) potentially decreases performance. So the benefits need to clearly outweigh the costs.

[RichardHooijmaijers]

@shikokuchuo I understand your considerations, and maybe my use case is a bit too specific for general purpose.

In my case I maintain a database with files in a certain directory. In case files are deleted, a different action is performed compared to when new files are created or existing files are changed.
I am able to use watcher right now because I can easily check in the callback function if a file exist or not. As it is just a nice-to-have, I am perfectly fine not implementing such a feature