Description

A class for monitoring events related to files and directories.

Prerequisites

win32-event 0.5.0 or later.
The Win32::ChangeNotify class is a subclass of Win32::Ipc.

Synopsis

   
   require 'win32/changenotify'
   include Win32

   # Indefinitely wait for a change in 'C:\some\path' and any of its
   # subdirectories. Print the file and action affected.

   filter = ChangeNotify::FILE_NAME | ChangeNotify::DIR_NAME
   ChangeNotify.new('C:\some\path\', true, filter) do |cn|
      cn.wait{ |events|
         events.each{ |event|
            p event.file_name
            p event.action
         }
      }
   end
   

Class Methods

ChangeNotify.new(path, recursive, filter, event=nil)

Returns a new ChangeNotify object and places a monitor on +path+. The +path+ argument may be a file or a directory. If +recursive+ is true and +path+ is a directory, then the monitor applies to all subdirectories of +path+.

The +filter+ tells the monitor what type of events to watch for. See the 'constants' section for a list of valid filters.

The optional +event+ can be a custom Win32::Event.

Instance Methods

ChangeNotify#filter

Returns the numeric values of the filter passed to the constructor. These indicate the sorts of changes to watch for.

ChangeNotify#path

Returns the path name that was passed to the constructor. This is the path/file being watched.

ChangeNotify#recursive?

Returns true or false, depending on the value passed to the constructor. This indicates whether if subdirectories are also being monitored.

ChangeNotify#wait(num_seconds=INFINITE){ |s| … }

Waits up to 'num_seconds' for a notification to occur, or infinitely if no value is specified.

If a block is provided, yields an Array of ChangeNotifyStruct's that contain two members - file_name and action. An Array is yielded because more than one event can occur per notification.

Constants

Miscellaneous Constants

VERSION

Returns the current version number of this package as a String.

Filters

ATTRIBUTES

Any attribute change

DIR_NAME

Any directory name change

FILE_NAME

Any file name change (creating/deleting/renaming)

LAST_WRITE

Any change to a file's last write time

SECURITY

Any security descriptor change

SIZE

Any change in a file's size

Other Docs

See the README for more information.