NAME File::ChangeNotify - Watch for changes to files, cross-platform style SYNOPSIS use File::ChangeNotify; my $watcher = File::ChangeNotify->instantiate_watcher ( directories => [ '/my/path', '/my/other' ], regex => qr/\.(?:pm|conf|yml)$/, ); if ( my @events = $watcher->new_events() ) { ... } $watcher->watch($handler); DESCRIPTION This module provides an API for creating a File::ChangeNotify::Watcher subclass that will work on your platform. Most of the documentation for this distro is in 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 and instantiates the first one it can load, using the arguments you provided. It always tries to use the 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 subclasses. AUTHOR Dave Rolsky, >autarch@urth.org< BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to `bug-file-changenotify@rt.cpan.org', or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. COPYRIGHT & LICENSE Copyright 2009 Dave Rolsky, All Rights Reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.