NAME

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

VERSION

version 0.28

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.

SUPPORT

Bugs may be submitted at http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=File-ChangeNotify or via email to 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.

AUTHOR

Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2009 - 2018 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.