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File::ChangeNotify(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation File::ChangeNotify(3)

File::ChangeNotify - Watch for changes to files, cross-platform style

version 0.31

    use File::ChangeNotify;

    my $watcher =
        File::ChangeNotify->instantiate_watcher
            ( directories => [ '/my/path', '/my/other' ],
              filter      => qr/\.(?:pm|conf|yml)$/,
            );

    if ( my @events = $watcher->new_events ) { ... }

    # blocking
    while ( my @events = $watcher->wait_for_events ) { ... }

This module provides an API for creating a File::ChangeNotify::Watcher subclass that will work on your platform.

Most of the documentation for this distro is in File::ChangeNotify::Watcher.

This class provides the following methods:

This method looks at each available subclass of File::ChangeNotify::Watcher and instantiates the first one it can load, using the arguments you provided.

It always tries to use the File::ChangeNotify::Watcher::Default class last, on the assumption that any other class that is available is a better option.

Returns a list of all the loadable File::ChangeNotify::Watcher subclasses except for File::ChangeNotify::Watcher::Default, which is always usable.

Bugs may be submitted at <http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=File-ChangeNotify> or via email to bug-file-changenotify@rt.cpan.org <mailto:bug-file-changenotify@rt.cpan.org>.

I am also usually active on IRC as 'autarch' on "irc://irc.perl.org".

The source code repository for File-ChangeNotify can be found at <https://github.com/houseabsolute/File-ChangeNotify>.

If you'd like to thank me for the work I've done on this module, please consider making a "donation" to me via PayPal. I spend a lot of free time creating free software, and would appreciate any support you'd care to offer.

Please note that I am not suggesting that you must do this in order for me to continue working on this particular software. I will continue to do so, inasmuch as I have in the past, for as long as it interests me.

Similarly, a donation made in this way will probably not make me work on this software much more, unless I get so many donations that I can consider working on free software full time (let's all have a chuckle at that together).

To donate, log into PayPal and send money to autarch@urth.org, or use the button at <http://www.urth.org/~autarch/fs-donation.html>.

Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>

  • Aaron Crane <arc@cpan.org>
  • H. Merijn Branch <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl>
  • Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org>

This software is Copyright (c) 2009 - 2019 by Dave Rolsky.

This is free software, licensed under:

  The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this distribution.

2019-01-09 perl v5.32.1

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