If you are using Linux you can monitor the directory using Linux::Inotify2. For example:
use Linux::Inotify2;

my $target = '/home/tart';
my $in2 = Linux::Inotify2->new();
die "Inotify2: $!" if (! defined $in2 );

$in2->watch ($target, IN_CLOSE_WRITE, \&translate_event) or 
    die "watch: $!";
   
$in2->poll while 1;    # blocking call

# User written callback
sub translate_event
{
   my ($ev) = @_;
   if ($ev->fullname eq 'config.cfg') {
       # File was written to (and closed), so run the script
       system(script.pl);  # or whatever
       if ($?) {
           # Oops, it failed
       }
    }
}

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In reply to Re: Trigger the execution! by cdarke
in thread Trigger the execution! by tart

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