Another possibility...

#! /usr/local/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use File::Find ();
use List::Compare;
use Tie::Persistent;

my $root = shift or die "USAGE: $0 <directory>";
die "$root: not a directory" unless(-d $root);

# Get historic and current states
tie my @dirs, 'Tie::Persistent', './dirs.pd', 'rw';
my @newdirs = get_dirs($root);

# Check for changes
my $lc = List::Compare->new(\@dirs, \@newdirs);
print "Removed directories:\n\t" . join("\n\t", $lc->get_unique()) . "
+\n";
print "New directories:\n\t" . join("\n\t", $lc->get_complement()) . "
+\n";


# Update the persistent record
@dirs = @newdirs;

exit(0);




print "@dirs\n";

{
    my @dirs;

    sub wanted {
        my ($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid);

        (($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid) = lstat($_)) && -d _
        && push(@dirs, $File::Find::name);
    }

    sub get_dirs {
        my $root = shift;
        # Traverse desired filesystems
        File::Find::find({wanted => \&wanted}, $root);
        return(@dirs);
    }

}

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In reply to Re: monitoring directory for new subdirectories by ig
in thread monitoring directory for new subdirectories by incognito129

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