ClipboardManager/public/node_modules/clipboard-event/index.js

const { chmodSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, copyFileSync } = require('fs')
const { EventEmitter } = require('events');
const path = require('path');
const { execFile } = require('child_process');
const homeDir = require('os').homedir();

class ClipboardEventListener extends EventEmitter {
  constructor() {
    super();
    this.child = null;
    this.listening = false;
  }
  startListening() {
    const { platform } = process;
    if (platform === 'win32') {
      this.child = execFile(path.join(__dirname, 'platform/clipboard-event-handler-win32.exe'));
    }
    else if (platform === 'linux') {
      // linux: cant execFile without chmod, and cant chmod in app.asar
      // so we need to copy the file to /usr/bin
      const targetPath = path.resolve(homeDir, '.local', 'bin')
      const target = path.resolve(targetPath, 'clipboard-event-handler-linux')
      const p = path.join(__dirname, 'platform/clipboard-event-handler-linux')
      if(!existsSync(target)) {
        try {
          mkdirSync(targetPath)
          copyFileSync(p, target)
          chmodSync(target, 0o755)
        } catch (error) {
          this.emit('error', error)
        }
      }
      this.child = execFile(target);
    }
    else if (platform === 'darwin') {
      this.child = execFile(path.join(__dirname, 'platform/clipboard-event-handler-mac'));
    }
    else {
      throw 'Not yet supported';
    }
    this.child.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
      if (data.trim() === 'CLIPBOARD_CHANGE') {
        this.emit('change');
      }
    });
    this.child.stdout.on('close', () => {
      this.emit('close');
      this.listening = false;
    });
    this.child.stdout.on('exit', () => {
      this.emit('exit');
      this.listening = false;
    });
    this.listening = true;
  }
  stopListening() {
    const res = this.child.kill();
    this.listening = false;
    return res;
  }
}

module.exports = new ClipboardEventListener();