io_events

Dead simple Garry's Mod module that tracks file changes and fire hooks on the lua side. Works on both Linux and Windows.

Compiling for linux/macosx

1. Get premake add it to your PATH
2. Get garrysmod_common (with git clone https://github.com/danielga/garrysmod_common --recursive --branch=x86-64-support-sourcesdk) and set an env var called GARRYSMOD_COMMON to the path of the local repo
3. Run premake5 gmake --gmcommon=$GARRYSMOD_COMMON in your local copy of this repo
4. Navigate to the makefile directory (cd /projects/linux/gmake or cd /projects/macosx/gmake)
5. Run make config=releasewithsymbols_x86_64

Usage

Get one the pre-compiled binaries or build it yourself, then put the binary under garrysmod/lua/bin.

require('io_events')

hook.Add("FileChanged", "my_hook", function(path, event_type)
  if path:EndsWith(".lua") and event_type == "DELETED" then
    print("A lua file was removed!")
  end
end)

File Change Event Types:

• CREATED the file was just created
• CHANGED the file contents were just modified
• DELETED the file was just deleted
• RENAMED_NEW the file was just renamed, the path is the new path to the file
• RENAMED_OLD the file was just renamed, the path is the old path to the file
• UNKNOWN the file went under some kind of change, but we don't know what it was

Scope:

This module only targets files among your Garry's Mod directory, other files on your system are not part of the scope of this module.