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Win32::ChangeNotify - Monitor events related to files and directories
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Win32::ChangeNotify - Monitor events related to files and directories
require Win32::ChangeNotify;
$notify = Win32::ChangeNotify->new($Path,$WatchSubTree,$Events);
$notify->wait or warn "Something failed: $!\n";
# There has been a change.
This module allows the user to use a Win32 change notification event
object from Perl. This allows the Perl program to monitor events
relating to files and directory trees.
The wait method and wait_all & wait_any functions are
inherited from the Win32::IPC module.
- $notify = Win32::ChangeNotify->new($path, $subtree, $filter)
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Constructor for a new ChangeNotification object.
$path is the
directory to monitor. If $subtree is true, then all directories
under $path will be monitored. $filter indicates what events
should trigger a notification. It should be a string containing any
of the following flags (separated by whitespace and/or |).
ATTRIBUTES Any attribute change
DIR_NAME Any directory name change
FILE_NAME Any file name change (creating/deleting/renaming)
LAST_WRITE Any change to a file's last write time
SECURITY Any security descriptor change
SIZE Any change in a file's size
($filter can also be an integer composed from the
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_* constants.)
- $notify->close
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Shut down monitoring. You could just
undef $notify instead (but
close works even if there are other copies of the object). This
happens automatically when your program exits.
- $notify->reset
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Resets the ChangeNotification object after a change has been detected.
The object will become signalled again after the next change. (It is
OK to call this immediately after
new, but it is not required.)
- $notify->wait
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See Win32::IPC. Remember to call
reset afterwards if you want
to continue monitoring.
Win32::ChangeNotify still supports the ActiveWare syntax, but its
use is deprecated.
FindFirst($Obj,$PathName,$WatchSubTree,$Filter)
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Use
$Obj = Win32::ChangeNotify->new($PathName,$WatchSubTree,$Filter)
instead.
- $obj->
FindNext()
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Use
$obj->reset instead.
- $obj->
Close()
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Use
$obj->close instead.
Christopher J. Madsen <chris_madsen@geocities.com>
Loosely based on the original module by ActiveWare Internet Corp.,
http://www.ActiveWare.com
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