package main import ( "fmt" "log" "os" "github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify" ) func main() { watcher, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer watcher.Close() done := make(chan bool) go func() { for { select { case event, ok := <-watcher.Events: if !ok { return } log.Println("event:", event) if event.Op&fsnotify.Write == fsnotify.Write { log.Println("modified file:", event.Name) } case err, ok := <-watcher.Errors: if !ok { return } log.Println("error:", err) } } }() // will need to recursively watch for myself, including adding watchers for new directories D: // check out filepath.Walk for _, path := range os.Args[1:] { err = watcher.Add(path) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } } <-done fmt.Println("hmm") }