class mrpt::system::CFileSystemWatcher

Overview

This class subscribes to notifications of file system changes, thus it can be used to efficiently stay informed about changes in a directory tree.

Windows: Requires Windows 2000 or newer.
Linux: Requires kernel 2.6.13 or newer. Using this class in an old Linux or other unsoported system (Unix,etc…) has no effect, i.e. no notification will be ever received.

See also:

CDirectoryExplorer

#include <mrpt/system/CFileSystemWatcher.h>

class CFileSystemWatcher
{
public:
    // typedefs

    typedef std::deque<TFileSystemChange> TFileSystemChangeList;

    // structs

    struct TFileSystemChange;

    // construction

    CFileSystemWatcher(const std::string& path);

    // methods

    void getChanges(TFileSystemChangeList& out_list);
};

Construction

CFileSystemWatcher(const std::string& path)

Creates the subscription to a specified path.

Parameters:

path	The file or directory to watch.

Methods

void getChanges(TFileSystemChangeList& out_list)

Call this method sometimes to get the list of changes in the watched directory.