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AnyEvent-Filesys-Notify-0.24
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NAME

AnyEvent::Filesys::Notify::Event - Object to report changes in the monitored filesystem

VERSION

version 0.24

SYNOPSIS

use AnyEvent::Filesys::Notify;

my $notifier = AnyEvent::Filesys::Notify->new(
    dir      => [ qw( this_dir that_dir ) ],
    interval => 2.0,    # Optional depending on underlying watcher
    cb       => sub {
        my (@events) = @_;

        for my $event (@events){
            process_created_file($event->path)  if $event->is_created;
            process_modified_file($event->path) if $event->is_modified;
            process_deleted_file($event->path)  if $event->is_deleted;
        }
    },
);

DESCRIPTION

Simple object to encapsulate information about the filesystem modifications.

METHODS

path()

my $modified_file = $event->path();

Returns the path to the modified file. This is the path as given by the user, ie not modified by abs_path.

type()

my $modificaiton_type = $event->type();

Returns the type of change made to the file or directory. Will be one of created, modified, or deleted.

is_dir()

my $is_dir  = $event->is_dir();

Returns a true value if the path is a directory.

is_created()

do_something($event) if $event->is_created;

True if $event->type eq 'created'.

is_modified()

do_something($event) if $event->is_modified;

True if $event->type eq 'modified'.

is_deleted()

do_something($event) if $event->is_deleted;

True if $event->type eq 'deleted'.

SEE ALSO

AnyEvent::Filesys::Notify

BUGS

Please report any bugs or suggestions at http://rt.cpan.org/

AUTHOR

Mark Grimes, <mgrimes@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Mark Grimes, <mgrimes@cpan.org>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.