NAME
File::ChangeNotify - Watch for changes to files, cross-platform style
VERSION
version 0.31
SYNOPSIS
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 ) { ... }DESCRIPTION
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.
METHODS
This class provides the following methods:
File::ChangeNotify->instantiate_watcher(...)
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.
File::ChangeNotify->usable_classes
Returns a list of all the loadable File::ChangeNotify::Watcher subclasses except for File::ChangeNotify::Watcher::Default, which is always usable.
SUPPORT
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.
I am also usually active on IRC as 'autarch' on irc://irc.perl.org.
SOURCE
The source code repository for File-ChangeNotify can be found at https://github.com/houseabsolute/File-ChangeNotify.
DONATIONS
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.
AUTHOR
Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
CONTRIBUTORS
Aaron Crane <arc@cpan.org>
H. Merijn Branch <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl>
Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
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.