fswatch

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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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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