JNotify for JRuby Build Status

jruby-notify is a thin wrapper around the JNotify library, a java library that allow java application to listen to file system events, such as:

  • File created
  • File modified
  • File renamed
  • File deleted

Supported platforms

The gem is written for JRuby and uses the JNotify library that supports the following platforms:

  • Windows (2000 or newer)
  • Linux with INofity support (2.6.14 or newer)
  • Mac OS X (10.5 or newer)

Please have a look at the platform specific notes on the JNotify page.

Installation

gem install jruby-notify

Example

require 'jruby-notify'

notify = JRubyNotify::Notify.new
notify.watch Dir.pwd do |path, file|
  puts "Detected change in: #{ File.join(path, file) }"
end

notify.run

Other solutions

There are other gems that provides almost the same functionality for MRI:

Author

Developed by Michael Kessler, mksoft.ch.

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Development

Pull requests are very welcome! Please try to follow these simple rules if applicable:

  • Please create a topic branch for every separate change you make.
  • Make sure your patches are well tested. All specs must pass.
  • Update the Yard documentation.
  • Update the README.
  • Update the CHANGELOG for noteworthy changes.
  • Please do not change the version number.

Contributors

See the CHANGELOG and the GitHub list of contributors.

Acknowledgement

Omry Yadan for writting the JNotify library and Matthew Donoughe for providing the Mac OS X support.

License

This Ruby gem is released under the MIT license. The JNotify library is released under the LPGL license.