Description

A class for monitoring directories on MS Windows.

Installation

gem install win32-dirmonitor

Synopsis

require 'win32/dirmonitor'
include Win32

# Wait for a change in your home directory and report any changes.

monitor = Win32::DirMonitor.new(ENV['HOME'])

# Wait up to 5 minutes for a change.
monitor.wait(300){ |struct|
  puts 'Something changed'
  puts 'File: ' + struct.file
  puts 'Action: ' + struct.action
  struct.changes.each do |change|
    puts "Change: " + change[0].to_s
    puts "Old: " + change[1].to_s
    puts "New: " + change[2].to_s
  end
}

Notes

This replaces the win32-changejournal library and supplants the
win32-changenotify library since it gives details about the changes
that occur.

Future Plans

Allow files in subdirectories to be monitored as well.

Known Bugs 

None that I know of. Please log any bug reports on the RubyForge
project page at https://github.com/djberg96/win32-dirmonitor.

License

Artistic 2.0

(C) 2014 Daniel J. Berger, All Rights Reserved

Warranty

This library is provided "as is" and without any express or
implied warranties, including, without limitation, the implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

Authors

* Daniel J. Berger
* Park Heesob