It actually was working just as it should work. I called scan twice, so it shut down. I don't think that you need a while loop. For example, you can turn on the monitor, and it will dutifully observe what it's supposed to watch: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use File::Monitor;

my @Files = qw(1.doc 2.doc 3.xls);

my $wFileMonitor = File::Monitor->new();
foreach my $wFile(@Files){
    $wFileMonitor->watch($wFile);
}
$wFileMonitor->scan;

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Now the monitor is on. It will stay on until you call the second scan---then it reports the changes and shuts off.

In reply to Re^3: File::Monitor problem with batch files by Khen1950fx
in thread File::Monitor problem with batch files by xbmy

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