Linux support?

[schlichtanders]

I getting error trying kubycat on my linux machine

TypeError [ERR_FEATURE_UNAVAILABLE_ON_PLATFORM]: The feature watch recursively is unavailable on the current platform, which is being used to run Node.js
    at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:405:5)
    at Object.watch (node:fs:2416:11)
    at Kubycat.watchFiles (/home/myhome/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/kubycat/dist/cjs/Kubycat.js:56:46)
    at Kubycat.<anonymous> (/home/myhome/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/kubycat/dist/cjs/Kubycat.js:90:18)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /home/myhome/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/kubycat/dist/cjs/Kubycat.js:8:71
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at __awaiter (/home/myhome/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/kubycat/dist/cjs/Kubycat.js:4:12)
    at Kubycat.start (/home/myhome/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/kubycat/dist/cjs/Kubycat.js:89:16)
    at KubycatCli.main (/home/myhome/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/kubycat/dist/cjs/KubycatCli.js:39:17) {
  code: 'ERR_FEATURE_UNAVAILABLE_ON_PLATFORM'
}

Node.js v18.17.1

the error brought me to this stackoverflow which says that the recursive option seems unsupported on linux.

What to do? Is this just not working linux?

[schlichtanders]

Just found that not too much ago, the linux recursive features seems to have been added
nodejs/node#45098

EDIT: Looking at the key commit nodejs/node@17ae2ab it gets apparent that you need a nodejs version >= 20.0.0 for this feature to be there. I will try to get a newer nodejs version

[katjuncker]

Thanks for finding that! I'll add in a note about Node.js version requirements, but I also found that chokidar or node-watch might be alternatives to fs.watch that don't have this limitation on Linux. If chokidar is really as easy to work with as people have said, I can switch to that too.

[schlichtanders]

Indeed it works after updating nodejs to use a 20.x version! 🥳

[schlichtanders]

I see no reason to switch to chokidar - it is not super maintained, better stay with using fs.watch as it works since node 20.x 👍