package gobstore

import (
	"fmt"
	"time"
)

// WatchFlush checks every 5 minutes to save file to disk.
func (j *GobStore[T]) WatchFlush() {
	fmt.Println("Watching to flush " + j.path + "...")
	defer j.Unlock() // try this if it panics...
	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Minute * 5)
	defer ticker.Stop()
	for range ticker.C {
		j.Lock()
		t := timer("flushwatch")
		if j.dirty {
			fmt.Println("dirty, saving: " + j.path)
			j.Hidden_save()
		} else {
			fmt.Println("clean, skipping: " + j.path)
		}
		t()
		j.Unlock() // force unlock in loop
	}
	fmt.Println("finished...")

}