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The comment on the

unless $notify->wait( 10_000 );
line is misleading. The script doesn't check for changes every ten seconds. It waits for a change for 10 seconds, prints the "Nothing changed" message and goes back waiting. Any changes in the directories are noted immediately.

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Re: Re: Re: how to permanently monitor a directory
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 14, 2003 at 15:03 UTC

    Good point. That was badly worded.


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