WatcherRestart

Restarts a registered watcher by performing {@code stop()} then {@code start()}.

This is useful when refreshing watcher state after path changes or listener updates.

Method Signature

WatcherRestart(name=[string])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
name	string	true	The unique watcher name to restart.

Examples

Restart a file watcher

watcherNew( "restartWatcher", getTempDirectory() );
watcherRestart( "restartWatcher" );
writeOutput( "restarted" );

Result: restarted

Related

• WatcherExists
• WatcherGet
• WatcherGetAll
• WatcherList
• WatcherNew
• WatcherShutdown
• WatcherShutdownAll
• WatcherStart
• WatcherStop
• WatcherStopAll