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System.KQueue.HighLevel

Description

This module contains higher-level abstraction for monitoring file system changes, built on top of the bindings from System.KQueue.

Synopsis

Documentation

watchFile :: FilePath -> (EventType -> IO ()) -> IO Watcher Source

Watch a file for changes. The file doesn't have to exist, but the directory it is in, does. Returns immediately. You can stop watching by passing the Watcher to stopWatching.

stopWatching :: Watcher -> IO ()Source

Stop a watcher from watching.

data EventType Source

The type of file change that occurred.

Constructors

Changed
Created
Deleted

Instances

Show EventType

data Watcher Source

An identifier for the watcher of a file. Allows you to stop watching it later.