Introduction

Explains how applications can detect changes in the file system.

Organization of This Document

This document is organized into the following chapters:

Technology Overview —describes the file system events API and explains how it works at a high level.

Using the File System Events API —explains how to use the file system events API, from creating an event stream to writing a handler, including code examples to help you quickly get started.

File System Event Security —describes the security features of the file system events API.

Kernel Queues: An Alternative to File System Events —explains the kernel queues mechanism, describes when it may be appropriate to use the kernel queues API in lieu of the file system events API, and includes a brief code example to show you how to use it.