"ENOSYS" is the system's polite way of telling you that your system does not provide the requirements for this feature. In this case, you need inotify.
http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_caveats On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 21:11, ttback <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not sure if I am using the fs.watch api incorrectly, because it works > on Windows XP, MacOS X, but not on CentOS 5.5 > > Errors: > > fs.js:663 > throw errnoException(errno, 'watch'); > ^ > Error: watch ENOSYS > at errnoException (fs.js:636:11) > at FSWatcher.start (fs.js:663:11) > at Object.watch (fs.js:691:11) > at SocketNamespace. (/home/server.js:27:6) > at SocketNamespace.$emit (events.js:67:17) > at connect (/home/node_modules/socket.io/lib/namespace.js:292:10) > at /home/node_modules/socket.io/lib/namespace.js:308:13 > at SocketNamespace.authorize > (/home/node_modules/socket.io/lib/namespace.js:252:5) > at SocketNamespace.handlePacket > (/home/node_modules/socket.io/lib/namespace.js:302:14) > at Manager.handleClient (/home/node_modules/socket.io/lib/manager.js:654:30) > > > Code: > > fs.watch( 'example.xml', function ( curr, prev ) { > // on file change we can read the new xml > fs.readFile( 'example.xml', function ( err, data ) { > if ( err ) throw err; > //do something with data > }); > }); > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
