Re^2: File::Monitor problem with batch files

[xbmy]

Thank you very much! I have setup the win32::readdirectorychangesw module on my hard drive by copying the pm file to the directory of perl. i tried the following code as you told me:

use strict;
use warnings;
use File::Copy::Recursive qw(fcopy rcopy dircopy fmove rmove dirmove);

use Win32::ReadDirectoryChangesW;

my $path    = 'c:\\PAPER';
my $subtree = 1;
my $filter  = FILE_ACTION_ADDED | FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED;

my $rdc = Win32::ReadDirectoryChangesW->new(path   => $path,
                                            subtree => 1,
                                            filter  => $filter);
  
my @results = $rdc->read_changes;

while (scalar @results) {

   my ($action, $filename) = splice(@results, 0, 2);
 
   if ($action == FILE_ACTION_ADDED || $action == FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED
+) {

      # perform your backup here
      fcopy ("$filename","p:\\phdpaper");

   }

}

But i got a wrong message: Bareword "FILE_ACTION_ADDED" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at C:\PAPER\1.pl line 9. Bareword "FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at C:\PAPER\1.pl line 9. Bareword "FILE_ACTION_ADDED" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at C:\PAPER\1.pl line 21. Bareword "FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at C:\PAPER\1.pl line 21. Execution of C:\PAPER\1.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

Then i delete the "use strict" script, runing...., but still got the following error: Can't locate object method "new" via package "Win32::ReadDirectoryChangesW" (perhaps you forgot to load "Win32::ReadDirectoryChangesW"?) at C:\PAPER\1.pl line 11.

So, can you help me figure out what the problem was? Thanks a lot!

[tokpela]

Actually, I looked at the module and the package name is

package Win32::ReadDirectoryChanges;

The bareword errors were probably because of the incorrect package name. Change the name of the module you copied and pasted to Win32::ReadDirectoryChanges (without the W).

Try to change the code to:

use strict;
use warnings;
use File::Copy::Recursive qw(fcopy rcopy dircopy fmove rmove dirmove);

use Win32::ReadDirectoryChanges;

my $path    = 'c:\\PAPER';
my $subtree = 1;
my $filter  = FILE_ACTION_ADDED | FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED;

my $rdc = Win32::ReadDirectoryChanges->new(path   => $path,
                                           subtree => 1,
                                           filter  => $filter);
  
my @results = $rdc->read_changes;

while (scalar @results) {

   my ($action, $filename) = splice(@results, 0, 2);
 
   if ($action == FILE_ACTION_ADDED || $action == FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED
+) {

      # perform your backup here
      fcopy ("$filename","p:\\phdpaper");

   }

}

[xbmy]

I have tried other filters like:

FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ATTRIBUTES | FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED

But they all work not well, I m trying the other filters.

I also got a wrong message when I ran the code you post to me:

Character in 'C' format wrapped in pack at c:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/ReadDirectoryChanges.pm line 214.

I don't know how to treat it. I really want the code to work, it will be a great help to my paper composition.

Thanks!

[xbmy]

Thanks! But it just work on the tmp file, which was automatically added after i saved a .doc file by microsoft word, but there was no copying action for the original .doc file after i modified it and saved.

Whats wrong? Pleas hint.

[xbmy]

How do you think the problem i asked for you? Actually, i tried the following codes using the file::monitor::delta package, finally, it worked very well!

use File::Monitor;
use File::Copy::Recursive qw(fcopy rcopy dircopy fmove rmove dirmove);

my $monitor = File::Monitor->new();

    # Watch some files
    for my $file (qw( 1.doc 2.xls)) {
        $monitor->watch( $file );
        }

    # First scan just finds out about the monitored files. No changes
    # will be reported.
    #$object->scan;
while (1) {
    $monitor->scan;
       sleep 10;
    # After the first scan we get a list of File::Monitor::Delta objec
+ts
    # that describe any changes
    my @changes = $monitor->scan;
    for my $change (@changes) {
        # Call methods on File::Monitor::Delta to discover what change
+d
        if ($change->is_mtime) {
            my $name     = $change->name;
            my $old_mtime = $change->old_mtime;
            my $new_mtime = $change->new_mtime;
            print "$name changed at $new_mtime\n";
            fcopy ("$name","p:\\phdpaper"); #backup automatically for 
+the file which just has been modified
        }
    }
    
 }

Thank you for your help!