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/ ReadDirectoryChangesW_craziness.cpp
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Example of how to poll ReadDirectoryChangesW on Windows
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| int main() { | |
| char *path = "/path/to/my/directory"; | |
| print("watching %s for changes...\n", path); | |
| HANDLE file = CreateFile(path, | |
| FILE_LIST_DIRECTORY, | |
| FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE, | |
| NULL, | |
| OPEN_EXISTING, | |
| FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS | FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, |