A cross-platform file change monitor with multiple backends: Apple OS X File System Events API, BSD kqueue, Solaris/Illumos File Events Notification, Linux inotify and a stat()-based backend. fswatch is a file change monitor that receives notifications when the contents of the specified files or directories are modified. fswatch implements four kinds of monitors. A monitor based on the File System Events API of Apple OS X. A monitor based on kqueue, an event notification interface introduced in FreeBSD 4.1 and supported on most BSD systems (including OS X). A monitor based on inotify, a Linux kernel subsystem that reports file system changes to applications. A monitor based on File Events Notification, a Solaris/Illumos kernel API that reports file events. A monitor based on ReadDirectoryChangesW, a Microsoft Windows API that reports changes to a directory.

Features

  • fswatch should build and work correctly on any system
  • A monitor which periodically stats the file system
  • Saves file modification times in memory
  • Manually calculates file system changes
  • Can work on any operating system where stat (2) can be used
  • Receives notifications when the contents of the specified files or directories are modified

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License

GNU Free Documentation License

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Operating Systems

Linux, Mac, Windows

Programming Language

C++

Related Categories

C++ Security Software, C++ Frameworks

Registered

2022-04-28
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