From: Brian Adkins <lojicdotcom@...>
Date: 2009-03-28T22:25:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Monitoring folder for changes

Felipe Coury <felipe.coury@gmail.com> writes:

> Ara Howard wrote:
>> sudo gem install directory_watcher
>> a @ http://codeforpeople.com/
>
> Now that was fast! Thanks Ara!

If speed is more important than portability, you may want to consider utilizing operating specific features. I believe Linux, OSX & Windows all provide notifications of changes to the file system so you wouldn't have to periodically poll.

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Brian Adkins
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