Monitoring Files without Recursively iterating sub-directories

[icyfeverr]

I am using the app File Meta-data, and it is supposed to Monitor Files within a directory and/or sub-directories. The only time I can have it report on individual files, is if I check the option to "Recursively iterate sub-directories". Is there a way to have it monitor individual files within a directory without this option checked? Again, if I check this option, I do get file level details, but for all sub directories, but if it is not checked, I only get meta data on the directory itself with no file level details.

Example without option checked, the only output received is:
time="Thu Aug 31 23:29:00 2017" is_directory=1 file_count=1 directory_count=2 path=G:\Users\tmpuser\documents\test atime="Thu Aug 31 23:11:23 2017" atime_epoch=1504239083.99 ctime="Thu Aug 31 22:45:54 2017" ctime_epoch=1504237554.1 dev=0 gid=0 ino=0 mode=16895 mtime="Thu Aug 31 23:11:23 2017" mtime_epoch=1504239083.99 nlink=0 size=0 uid=0 file_count_recursive=3 directory_count_recursive=4

Example with it checked, but I get all files with in the directory and all sub-directories:
time="Thu Aug 31 23:31:51 2017" is_directory=0 path=G:\Users\tmpuser\documents\test\file.txt atime="Thu Aug 31 23:11:17 2017" atime_epoch=1504239077.35 ctime="Thu Aug 31 23:11:17 2017" ctime_epoch=1504239077.35 dev=0 gid=0 ino=0 mode=33206 mtime="Thu Aug 31 23:11:17 2017" mtime_epoch=1504239077.35 nlink=0 size=0 uid=0

time="Thu Aug 31 23:31:51 2017" is_directory=0 path=G:\Users\tmpuser\documents\test\folder1\folder1.txt atime="Thu Aug 31 23:11:33 2017" atime_epoch=1504239093.87 ctime="Thu Aug 31 23:11:33 2017" ctime_epoch=1504239093.87 dev=0 gid=0 ino=0 mode=33206 mtime="Thu Aug 31 23:11:33 2017" mtime_epoch=1504239093.87 nlink=0 size=0 uid=0

[LukeMurphey · Accepted solution]

That is a fair point. I think I might implement a depth limit. That way, the user can distinguish between monitoring just the directory itself versus the directory and the files.

I'm tracking this in https://lukemurphey.net/issues/2041. This is planned for the next release (1.2).

[icyfeverr]

Thanks for taking my question into consideration, it is much appreciated. Do you know when you expect to have 1.2 released by chance?

[LukeMurphey]

@icyfeverr: I just pushed out version 1.2.

[icyfeverr]

@LukeMurphey Works perfectly. Thank you for getting this deployed, it is much appreciated.