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Language	Haskell2010

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

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Instances

Show EventType Source #
Methods showsPrec :: Int -> EventType -> ShowS # show :: EventType -> String # showList :: [EventType] -> ShowS #

data Watcher Source #

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