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#--
# Copied from Wee 0.8.0
# (c) 2004 Michael Neumann.
#++

module Kernel

  # Note that this method will load any file that matches the glob and is
  # modified since the method call, regardless whether it's loaded by the
  # current application or not. The glob is expanded only once at the initial
  # method call.
  #
  def autoreload_glob(glob, check_interval=1)
    files = Dir.glob(glob)
    file_mtime = {}
    start_time = Time.now 
    Thread.new {
      loop {
        sleep check_interval 
        files.each { |file|
          if (File.exists?(file) and 
            File.stat(file).mtime > (file_mtime[file] || start_time))
            file_mtime[file] = File.stat(file).mtime
            STDERR.puts "reload #{ file }"
            begin
              load(file)
            rescue Exception => e
              STDERR.puts e.inspect
            end
          end
        }
      }
    }
  end

end

Version data entries

4 entries across 4 versions & 2 rubygems

Version	Path
facets-0.9.0	lib/nano/kernel/autoreload_glob.rb
facets-1.0.0	lib/facet/kernel/autoreload_glob.rb
nano-0.8.1	lib/nano/kernel/autoreload_glob.rb
nano-0.8.2	lib/nano/kernel/autoreload_glob.rb