Re: [Caml-list] How to monitor a specific file for changes

["Orlin Grigorov" <ogrigorov@gmail.com>]

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Well, I'm developing my application in Linux, but after it's done, it will
be used mostly on Mac OS.  So far, on regular basis, I test everything on my
Mac to make sure it's working.

I guess I'll have to find another way then.   One idea I have is to poll the
size of the file every certain amount of time, and if it's
different---there's my event.   Same applies to "date/time last modified".

Is there something I can use successfully on both Linux and Mac about that?

Just to mention that the file is a text file, and it doesn't change very
often.  I mean, it's not constantly changing, so I'm not concerned with
performance and resource issues.

Oh, here's another idea---every certain amount of time, I just compare my
last saved version of the file to the current one---if different, there's my
event.   What do you think?

O.

On 10/22/07, Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+ocaml@mega-nerd.com> wrote:
>
> Orlin Grigorov wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > This time I've done my research, but still I cannot find a good answer.
> > Basically, I need to make a little ocaml process, which runs in the
> > background and monitors a specific file for changes.   When a change
> occurs,
> > I want it to back-up a copy of the version of the file at that moment.
> > So, what I need is to set some signal or event, which will happen every
> time
> > that file is changed.
>
> If you are on Linux/Unix, have a look at Inotify. The Ocaml bindings are
> here:
>
>     http://tab.snarc.org/projects/ocaml_inotify/
>
> HTH,
> Erik
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