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How to subscribe to file changes?

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#How to subscribe to file changes?

In order to retrieve the notifications about the file changes located in a given directory use a ForFolder method.

IObservableWithTask<FileChangeNotification> ForFolder(string folder);
Parameters
folderstringThe name of a directory for which notifications will be sent.
Return Value
IObservableWithTask<FileChangeNotification>The observable that allows to add subscriptions to received notifications

Example​

IDisposable subscription = store
.Changes()
.ForFolder("/documents/books")
.Subscribe(change =>
{
	switch (change.Action)
	{
		case FileChangeAction.Add:
			// do something
			break;
		case FileChangeAction.Delete:
			// do something
			break;
	}
});

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To get more method overloads, especially the ones supporting delegates, please add Reactive Extensions package to your project.