# NAME File::ChangeNotify - Watch for changes to files, cross-platform style # VERSION version 0.27 # 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](https://metacpan.org/pod/File::ChangeNotify::Watcher) subclass that will work on your platform. Most of the documentation for this distro is in [File::ChangeNotify::Watcher](https://metacpan.org/pod/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](https://metacpan.org/pod/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](https://metacpan.org/pod/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](https://metacpan.org/pod/File::ChangeNotify::Watcher) subclasses except for [File::ChangeNotify::Watcher::Default](https://metacpan.org/pod/File::ChangeNotify::Watcher::Default), which is always usable. # SUPPORT Bugs may be submitted at [http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=File-ChangeNotify](http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=File-ChangeNotify) or via email to [bug-file-changenotify@rt.cpan.org](mailto:bug-file-changenotify@rt.cpan.org). I am also usually active on IRC as 'autarch' on `irc://irc.perl.org`. # SOURCE The source code repository for File-ChangeNotify can be found at [https://github.com/houseabsolute/File-ChangeNotify](https://github.com/houseabsolute/File-ChangeNotify). # 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 (let's all have a chuckle at that together). To donate, log into PayPal and send money to autarch@urth.org, or use the button at [http://www.urth.org/~autarch/fs-donation.html](http://www.urth.org/~autarch/fs-donation.html). # AUTHOR Dave Rolsky # CONTRIBUTORS - H. Merijn Branch - Karen Etheridge # COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is Copyright (c) 2009 - 2017 by Dave Rolsky. This is free software, licensed under: The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible) The full text of the license can be found in the `LICENSE` file included with this distribution.