Watching Configuration Files
Explore how to implement dynamic configuration watching in Go command-line programs using the Viper library. Understand how to detect and respond to real-time changes in configuration files, and learn to manage multiple configuration files effectively by using multiple Viper instances to enhance your program's flexibility and responsiveness.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
Watching configuration files is a very exciting feature that opens the door for a dynamic configuration where you can control the behavior of your program without re-running it. We will also demonstrate how Viper supports multiple configuration files.
Watching configuration files for changes
So far, we have read the configuration once, but some programs run for a long time and need to respond to changes ...