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Tweak to Watch Node info to close #236

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</script> </script>
<script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="watch"> <script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="watch">
<p>Watches a file or directory for any changes.</p> <p>Watches a directory or file for any changes.</p>
<p>You can enter a list of comma separated files, or directories if you like. You will need to put " around any that have spaces in.</p> <p>You can enter a list of comma separated directories or files if you like. You will need to put " around any that have spaces in.</p>
<p>On Windows you must use double slashes \\ in any directory names.</p> <p>On Windows you must use double slashes \\ in any directory names.</p>
<p>The full filename of the file that actually changed is put into <b>msg.payload</b>, while a stringified version of the watched criteria is returned in <b>msg.topic</b>.</p> <p>The full filename of the file that actually changed is put into <b>msg.payload</b>, while a stringified version of the watched criteria is returned in <b>msg.topic</b>.</p>
<p>msg.file contains just the short filename of the file that changed.</p> <p>msg.file contains just the short filename of the file that changed.</p>
<p>Of course in Linux, <i>everything</i> could be a file and thus watched...</p> <p>Of course in Linux, <i>everything</i> could be a file and thus watched...</p>
<p><b>Note: </b>The directory or file must exist in order to be watched. If the file or directory get deleted it will no longer be monitored even if it gets re-created.</p>
</script> </script>
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