$Id: README,v 1.2 2002/07/05 00:47:53 eric Exp $
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Abstract
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POE::Component::DirWatch watches a directory for files. It creates
a separate session which posts events to a specified session and
state when it find files in the directory.
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Requirements
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This module requires POE.
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Basic Installation
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POE::Component::DirWatch may be installed through the CPAN shell in the
usual manner:
# perl -MCPAN -e 'install POE::Component::DirWatch'
You can also read this README from the CPAN shell:
# perl -MCPAN -e shell
cpan> readme POE::Component::DirWatch
And you can install the component from the CPAN prompt as well:
cpan> install POE::Component::DirWatch
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Manual Installation
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POE::Component::DirWatch can also be installed manually. The latest CPAN
version can be found at
or in a
similarly named directory at your favorite CPAN mirror.
Downloading and unpacking the distribution are left as exercises for
the reader. To build and test it:
perl Makefile.PL
make test
When you're ready to install the component:
make install
It should now be ready to use.
On Win32 systems, replace "make" in the above commands with "nmake".
The nmake utility can be downloaded from
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