Lwt and directory changes

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Hi all,

I have a directory and need to get a notification when a new file appears in it.
Any suggestions on how to do it with Lwt?

Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

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I have used this library: lwt-inotify for similar purposes before. I don’t think that inotify has an event specifically for “only when a new file appears in a directory”, but maybe the dune code-base has some example code that does this (with async though).

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Thanks! It’s exactly what I was looking for.

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Note that inotify is Linux only; if you need something more portable (but also more complex), then Irmin has a irmin-watcher library that supports inotify (Linux), fsevents (macOS) and a polling mode (Windows/other).

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Thanks.

I don’t need portability right now but it definitely worth a careful look.