NAME¶

File::ChangeNotify::Event - Class for file change events

VERSION¶

version 0.24

SYNOPSIS¶

    my $watcher = File::ChangeNotify->instantiate_watcher(
        directories => [ '/my/path', '/my/other' ],
        filter      => qr/\.(?:pm|conf|yml)$/,
        exclude => [ 't', 'root', qr(/(?!\.)[^/]+$) ],
    );
    for my $event ( $watcher->new_events() ) {
        print $event->path(), ' - ', $event->type(), "\n";
    }

DESCRIPTION¶

This class provides information about a change to a specific file or directory.

METHODS¶

File::ChangeNotify::Event->new(...)¶

This method creates a new event. It accepts the following arguments:

•

path => $path

The full path to the file or directory that changed.

•

type => $type

The type of event. This must be one of "create", "modify", "delete", or "unknown".

$event->path()¶

Returns the path of the changed file or directory.

$event->type()¶

Returns the type of event.

AUTHOR¶

Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶

This software is Copyright (c) 2013 by Dave Rolsky. This is free software, licensed under:

  The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)