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Component: FSEvents
File System Monitoring
Watch changes on folder or volume and get script triggered for changes.
See DirectoryWatcher functions for Windows.
| Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| 5.4 / 13.0 | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ 83%, on macOS | ❌ No |
| Item | Details | Server |
|---|---|---|
| FSEvents.Create Creates a new FSEvents monitor. | Mac only 5.4 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.CreateRelativeToDevice Creates a new FSEvents monitor relative to a device. | Mac only 6.0 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.CurrentEventId Queries current event ID for system. | Mac only 5.4 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.Description Queries description event for this FSEvents object. | Mac only 5.4 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.DeviceBeingWatched Queries device ID of device watched. | Mac only 6.0 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.DeviceID Queries the DeviceID for a disk. | Mac only 6.0 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.EventCount Queries number of events in queue. | Mac only 5.4 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.FlushASync Flushes events asynchronously. | Mac only 5.4 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.FlushSync Flushes events synchronously. | Mac only 5.4 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.GetEvaluate Queries string to evaluate. | Mac only 6.2 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.GetExclusionPaths Queries list of exclusion paths. | Mac only 6.0 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.GetFileName Returns the file name for the scheduled script start. | Mac only 5.4 |
❌ Server |
| FSEvents.GetScriptName Returns the script name for the scheduled script start. | Mac only 5.4 |
❌ Server |
| FSEvents.HasNextEvent Checks if there is a pending event in the queue. | Mac only 5.4 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.LastEventIdForDeviceBeforeTime Queries event ID for a given time on a device. | Mac only 6.0 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.LatestEventId Queries latest Event ID for this stream. | Mac only 5.4 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.List Lists all IDs of file system event objects. | Mac only 13.0 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.NextEvent Queries next event in queue. | Mac only 5.4 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.PathsBeingWatched Queries the paths being watched. | Mac only 5.4 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.Release Releases the FSEvents object. | Mac only 5.4 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.ReleaseAll Frees all FSEvents objects. | Mac only 10.5 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.SetEvaluate Sets the expression for evaluate when database changes. | Mac only 6.2 |
❌ Server |
| FSEvents.SetExclusionPaths Sets directories to be filtered from the EventStream. | Mac only 6.0 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.SetFileName Sets the file name for scheduled script start. | Mac only 5.4 |
❌ Server |
| FSEvents.SetScriptName Sets the script name for scheduled script start. | Mac only 5.4 |
❌ Server |
| FSEvents.Show Shows details for this FSEvents object on console. | Mac only 5.4 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.Start Starts FSEvents monitor. | Mac only 5.4 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.Started Queries if FSEvents monitor is started. | Mac only 5.4 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.Stop Stops FSEvent monitor. | Mac only 5.4 |
✅ Server |
| FSEvents.UUIDForDevice Gets the UUID associated with a device. | Mac only 6.0 |
✅ Server |
30 functions shown.
These functions require a license (60%).
Release notes
- Version 13.0
- Added FSEvents.List function.
- Version 10.5
- Added CFunction.ReleaseAll, CGImageSource.ReleaseAll, CLibrary.ReleaseAll, DynaPDF.ReleaseAll, ECKey.ReleaseAll, FSEvents.ReleaseAll, MarkDown.ReleaseAll, MenuItem.ReleaseAll, SendMail.ReleaseAll, Shell.ReleaseAll, SmartCard.ReleaseAll, TouchBar.ReleaseAll, UserNotification.ReleaseAll, WMFP.ReleaseAll, WMIQuery.ReleaseAll and WindowsUserNotification.ReleaseAll.
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