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Win32-FileSystem-Watcher-0.1.0
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/ Win32::FileSystem::Watcher

NAME

Win32::FileSystem::Watcher - Watch a Win32 file system for changes (asynchronously).

SYNOPSIS

use Win32::FileSystem::Watcher;

my $watcher = Win32::FileSystem::Watcher->new( "c:\\" );

# or

my $watcher = Win32::FileSystem::Watcher->new(
    "c:\\",
    notify_filter  => FILE_NOTIFY_ALL,
    watch_sub_tree => 1,
);

$watcher->start();
print "Monitoring started.";

sleep(5);

# Get a list of changes since start().
my @entries = $watcher->get_results();

# Get a list of changes since the last get_results()
@entries = $watcher->get_results();

# ... repeat as needed ...

$watcher->stop(); # or undef $watcher

foreach my $entry (@entries) {
    print $entry->action_name . " " . $entry->file_name . "\n";
}

# Restart monitoring

# $watcher->start();
# ...
# $watcher->stop();

DESCRIPTION

TODO

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

TODO

DIAGNOSTICS

TODO

DEPENDENCIES

Win32::API Win32::MMF

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

There are no known bugs in this module. Please report problems to Andres N. Kievsky (ank@ank.com.ar) Patches are welcome.

AUTHOR

Andres N. Kievsky (ank@ank.com.ar)

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2008 Andres N. Kievsky (ank@ank.com.ar). All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.