Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Restarter::Watcher - Watch for changed application files my $watcher = Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Restarter::Watcher->new( directory => '/path/to/MyApp', regex => '\.yml$|\.yaml$|\.pm$', delay => 1, ); while (1) { my @changed_files = $watcher->watch(); } This class monitors a directory of files for changes made to any file matching a regular expression. It correctly handles new files added to the application as well as files that are deleted.

new ( directory => $path [, regex => $regex, delay => $delay ] )
Creates a new Watcher object.

watch
Returns a list of files that have been added, deleted, or changed since the last time watch was called. Catalyst, Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Restarter, File::Modified Sebastian Riedel, <sri@cpan.org> Andy Grundman, <andy@hybridized.org> Many parts are ripped out of "HTTP::Server::Simple" by Jesse Vincent. This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.