perl-Linux-Inotify2

Scalable directory/file change notification

This module implements an interface to the Linux 2.6.13 and later Inotify file/directory change notification system. It has a number of advantages over the Linux::Inotify module: - it is portable (Linux::Inotify only works on x86) - the equivalent of fullname works correctly - it is better documented - it has callback-style interface, which is better suited for integration. As for the inotify API itself - it is a very tricky, and somewhat unreliable API. For a good overview of the challenges you might run into, see this LWN article: <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/605128/">https://lwn.net/Articles/605128/</a> .