[Israel.pm] How to detect a new file in a directory without busy wait ?

[Yossi Itzkovich]

Tal,
I work on Solaris. Isn't there a portable module around ?

Yossi 

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Subject: Re: [Israel.pm] How to detect a new file in a directory without
busy wait ?

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:50:35 +0200
Yossi Itzkovich <Yossi.Itzkovich at ecitele.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a script that should wait for a new file to be created, and
> then start processing it. I don't know the filename, just the pattern
> (known prefix).  I can do it  like this
> 
> While (1)
> {
> 	get directory content
> 	check each file for filename pattern. If found - last.
> 	sleep for few 100ms
> }
> 
> But I guess there is a more elegant way.  Is there ?
> 

You should look at Win32::ChangeNotify and Linux::Inotify2, depending
on your platform.

Cheers,
	Tal
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