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

NAME

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

VERSION

       version 0.22

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.

BUGS

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-file-changenotify@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org>.  I
       will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

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, which seems unlikely at best.

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

AUTHOR

       Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is Copyright (c) 2012 by Dave Rolsky.

       This is free software, licensed under:

	 The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)

perl v5.14.2							    2012-04-14						   File::ChangeNotify(3pm)