File::Monitor::Lite(3)

NAME
File::Monitor::Lite - Perl extension for blah blah blah

SYNOPSIS
  use File::Monitor::Lite;

  my $monitor = File::Monitor::Lite->new (
      in => '.',
      name => '*.html',
  );

  while ($monitor->check() and sleep 1){
      my @deleted_files = $monitor->deleted;
      my @modified_files = $monitor->modified;
      my @created_files = $monitor->created;
      my @observing_files = $monitor->observed;
  }

DESCRIPTION
This is another implementaion of File::Monitor. While File::Monitor cannot detect file creation (unless you declare file name first), I use File::Find::Rule to rescan files every time when $monitor->check() is executed. To use this module, just follow synopsis above.

Currently one cannot change file observing rules. To do so, create another monitor object with new rules.

    $m1=File::Monitor::Lite->new(
        name => '*.html',
        in => '.',
    );
    $m1->check();
    #blah...
    $m2=File::Monitor::Lite->new(
        name => '*.css',
        in => '.',
    );
    $m2->check();
    #blah...

INTERFACE

" new ( args ) "
    Create a new "File::Monitor::Lite" object.

        my $monitor = File::Monitor::Lite->new(
            in => '.',
            name => '*.mp3',
        );

    The syntax is inherited from File::Find::Rule. It will applied on File::Find::Rule as

        File::Find::Rule
            ->file()
            ->name('*.mp3')
            ->in('.');

    As described in File::Find::Rule, name can be globs or regular expressions.

        name => '*.pm',                     # a simple glob
        name => qr/.+\.pm$/,                # regex
        name => ['*.mp3', qr/.+\.ogg$/],    # array of rules
        name => @rules,

" check() "
    Check if any file recognized by File::Find::Rule has changed (created, modified, deleted.) The usage is simple:

        $monitor->check();

" created "
    Returns an array of file names which has been created since last check.

" modified "
    Returns an array of file names which has been modified since last check.

" deleted "
    Returns an array of file names which has been deleted since last check.

" observed "
    Returns an array of file names which monitor is observing at.

SEE ALSO
File::Find::Rule, File::Monitor

AUTHOR
dryman, <idryman@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2011 by dryman

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.10.0 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.