feat: always use polling on IBM i

IBM i does not support fs.watch https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#caveats Therefore we always want to use polling on IBM i systems
remy · Jun 29, 2023 · 3b58104 · 3b58104
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diff --git a/lib/monitor/watch.js b/lib/monitor/watch.js
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ function watch() {
       watchOptions.disableGlobbing = true;
     }
 
+    if (utils.isIBMi) {
+      watchOptions.usePolling = true;
+    }
+
     if (process.env.TEST) {
       watchOptions.useFsEvents = false;
     }

diff --git a/lib/utils/index.js b/lib/utils/index.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ var utils = (module.exports = {
   isWindows: process.platform === 'win32',
   isMac: process.platform === 'darwin',
   isLinux: process.platform === 'linux',
+  isIBMi: require('os').type() === 'OS400',
   isRequired: (function () {
     var p = module.parent;
     while (p) {