Added application settings and basic filewatcher.

electron/file-watcher/file-watcher-ipc.js

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+const { ipcMain } = require("electron");
+const { StartWatcher, StopWatcher } = require("./file-watcher");
+const ipcTypes = require("../../src/ipc.types").default;
+
+ipcMain.on(ipcTypes.filewatcher.start, async (event, arg) => {
+  console.log(ipcTypes.filewatcher.start);
+  const filePaths = StartWatcher();
+  event.sender.send(ipcTypes.filewatcher.startSuccess, filePaths);
+});
+
+ipcMain.on(ipcTypes.filewatcher.stop, async (event, arg) => {
+  console.log(ipcTypes.filewatcher.start);
+  StopWatcher();
+  event.sender.send(ipcTypes.filewatcher.start, { success: true });
+});

electron/file-watcher/file-watcher.js

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+const chokidar = require("chokidar");
+const { file } = require("electron-settings");
+const settings = require("electron-settings");
+
+var watcher;
+
+function StartWatcher() {
+  const filePaths = settings.getSync("filePaths") || [];
+  console.log("StartWatcher -> filePaths", filePaths);
+  watcher = chokidar.watch(filePaths, {
+    ignored: /[\/\\]\./,
+    persistent: true,
+    ignoreInitial: true,
+    awaitWriteFinish: {
+      pollInterval: 100,
+      stabilityThreshold: 2000,
+    },
+  });
+  watcher
+    .on("add", function (path) {
+      console.log("File", path, "has been added");
+    })
+    .on("addDir", function (path) {
+      console.log("Directory", path, "has been added");
+    })
+    .on("change", function (path) {
+      console.log("File", path, "has been changed");
+    })
+    .on("unlink", function (path) {
+      console.log("File", path, "has been removed");
+    })
+    .on("unlinkDir", function (path) {
+      console.log("Directory", path, "has been removed");
+    })
+    .on("error", function (error) {
+      console.log("Error happened", error);
+    })
+    .on("ready", onWatcherReady)
+    .on("raw", function (event, path, details) {
+      // This event should be triggered everytime something happens.
+      console.log("Raw event info:", event, path, details);
+    });
+  return filePaths;
+}
+
+function onWatcherReady() {
+  console.info(
+    "From here can you check for real changes, the initial scan has been completed."
+  );
+}
+
+async function StopWatcher() {
+  await watcher.close();
+  console.log("closed", watcher);
+}
+
+exports.StartWatcher = StartWatcher;
+exports.StopWatcher = StopWatcher;
+exports.watcher = watcher;