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Hey all,

I'm trying to create a directory monitor that will watch a certain directory and print changes made to that directory. I was wondering if there were any C/C++ libraries that provide an abstract class to access the file system on any OS. I would like the program to be multi-platform and fast so C/C++ seems like the right language.

Any suggestions??

Thanks

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There are plenty of classes around that abstract out file systems and directories. They take care of things like path separators, os directory calls, etc. If I remember all the following have something: Boost, ACE POCO, QT.

On Linux you probably want to take a look at "inotify", which gives you an OS hook. Linux will notify you of any file events on a directory or file that you register for I don't do enough Windows stuff to know if there is an analog but I seem to remember something very similar to inotify in the .Net api so it must hook into the Windows OS somehow.

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