short test for background workers in NodeJS

#!/usr/bin/nodejs

 var path = require('path');

 #
 # this is just a short test for worker threads in node.
 #
 # touch update => will trigger update functions
 # touch stop => will stop Programm 
 #

 var timerID;
 function startTask(){
 timerID = setInterval(function () {
 console.log("step...");
 if (path.existsSync("stop")) {
 console.log("stopping");
 clearInterval(timerID);
 }
 if (path.existsSync("update")) {
 console.log("update..."); 
 }
 },5000);
 console.log("starting:");
 }
 startTask();