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# Watching Directory Trees
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Monitor an entire directory hierarchy for filesystem events.
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## Overview
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The Linux inotify API watches individual directories — it does not descend into subdirectories automatically. The ``Inotify/Inotify`` actor offers two convenience methods that handle the recursion for you.
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### Recursive Watch
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Call ``Inotify/Inotify/addRecursiveWatch(forDirectory:mask:)`` to walk the directory tree once and install a watch on every subdirectory that exists at the time of the call:
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```swift
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let inotify = try Inotify()
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let descriptors = try await inotify.addRecursiveWatch(
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forDirectory: "/home/user/project",
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mask: [.create, .modify, .delete]
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)
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```
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The returned array contains one watch descriptor per directory. Subdirectories created **after** this call are not covered.
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### Automatic Subtree Watching
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When you also want future subdirectories to be picked up, use ``Inotify/Inotify/addWatchWithAutomaticSubtreeWatching(forDirectory:mask:)`` instead:
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```swift
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let descriptors = try await inotify.addWatchWithAutomaticSubtreeWatching(
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forDirectory: "/home/user/project",
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mask: [.create, .modify, .delete]
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)
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```
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Internally this listens for `CREATE` events carrying the ``InotifyEventMask/isDir`` flag and installs a new watch with the same mask whenever a subdirectory appears.
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### Choosing the Right Method
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| Method | Covers existing subdirectories | Covers new subdirectories |
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|--------|:----:|:----:|
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| ``Inotify/Inotify/addWatch(path:mask:)`` | No | No |
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| ``Inotify/Inotify/addRecursiveWatch(forDirectory:mask:)`` | Yes | No |
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| ``Inotify/Inotify/addWatchWithAutomaticSubtreeWatching(forDirectory:mask:)`` | Yes | Yes |
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