Re: The "readdir()" fails to detect files created after the call to "opendir()"

If you're on a Linux box, I'd suggest looking at Linux::Inotify2 to detect changes in a directory.

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

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Re^2: The "readdir()" fails to detect files created after the call to "opendir()" by SimonPratt (Friar) on Jan 20, 2015 at 12:50 UTC
I'm not a Linux person, but was just thinking that even Windows has events to notify listeners about file system changes - Glad to see that Linux also does this	[reply]
Re^3: The "readdir()" fails to detect files created after the call to "opendir()" by roboticus (Chancellor) on Jan 20, 2015 at 21:28 UTC
SimonPratt: Yeah, I figured people may not be aware that Linux and MacOSX also have filesystem events available. I try to use filesystem events when I can, to avoid repeated directory scanning. Especially when many directories would need scanning. ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply]