[ANN] directory_watcher (version 1.2.0)

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directory_watcher version 1.2.0
     by Tim Pease
     http://codeforpeople.rubyforge.org/directory_watcher

== DESCRIPTION

The directory watcher operates by scanning a directory at some interval and
generating a list of files based on a user supplied glob pattern. As the file
list changes from one interval to the next, events are generated and
dispatched to registered observers. Four types of events are supported

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== CHANGES

* 2 minor enhancements
   - added an option to persist state to a file [Benjamin Thomas]
   - the option to run the directory watcher scanner manually
     (i.e. one loop at a time)

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12 apr 2009 kl. 19.44 skrev Tim Pease:

The directory watcher operates by scanning a directory at some interval and
generating a list of files based on a user supplied glob pattern.

Hi,

directory_watcher sounds like the ideal candidate to make use of filesystem event notifications such as those provided by inotify or fsevents. Are there any plans for this in a future version of directory_watcher?

Regards,

Denis

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Denis Defreyne
denis.defreyne@stoneship.org

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Note that such a thing would be fairly trivial to add to Rev, as libev
already supports a cross-platform API for directory monitoring which uses
inotify on Linux:

http://rev.rubyforge.org/

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On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Denis Defreyne < denis.defreyne@stoneship.org> wrote:

directory_watcher sounds like the ideal candidate to make use of filesystem
event notifications such as those provided by inotify or fsevents. Are there
any plans for this in a future version of directory_watcher?

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Tony Arcieri
medioh.com