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In Windows I use Win32::ChangeNotify.
http://search.cpan.org/author/GSAR/libwin32-0.191/ChangeNotify/ChangeNotify.pm
http://search.cpan.org/author/GSAR/libwin32-0.191/ChangeNotify/ChangeNotify.pm
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