From: Sean O'Halpin <sean.ohalpin@...>
Date: 2009-03-21T23:30:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Monitoring the directory

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 7:08 AM, Loga Ganesan
<loganathan_gpt@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> Hi
>   Is there any pre-defined module available in ruby to monitor a given
> directory.
>
> monitoring in the sense,
>         * When ever a new file is created or removed inside that
> directory
>         * When ever a new directory is created or removed inside that
> directory
>
> Likewise , is there any standard module available in ruby to monitor a
> file growth

$ sudo gem install directory_watcher file-tail

http://github.com/TwP/directory_watcher/tree/master

http://file-tail.rubyforge.org/

HTH
Sean