Re: How to check whether directory tree has changed?
Re: How to check whether directory tree has changed?
- Subject: Re: How to check whether directory tree has changed?
- From: Jim Crate via Cocoa-dev <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 13:32:56 -0500
You want the FSEvents API. I’m pretty sure you can specify the start time for
the events, and subdirectories are included. My app specifically discards
events before I start monitoring.
Jim Crate
> On Dec 21, 2019, at 11:09, Gabriel Zachmann via Cocoa-dev
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Is there a quick and easy way to check whether or not a directory tree has
> changed?
>
> I am only interested in file additions or deletions, somewhere beneath a
> specific root directory,
> e.g., ~/Data/some_directory.
>
> However, I am interested in such changes between different invocations of my
> program.
> So, when the user adds a file somewhere in the directory tree while my
> program is not running, I'd still like to detect that.
>
> Is there a quick and easy way to do this?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance.
> Best regards, Gabriel
>
>
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