[Interest] Watching files two ways

[alexander golks]

Am Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:47:36 +0100
schrieb Sensei <senseiwa at gmail.com>:

> Right now I can detect if a file changes, and it's ok. However, can I 
> track if a file *comes back*?
> 
> For instance, if I rename a watched file "a.txt" and rename it to 
> "b.txt", I get the slot running. Can I detect if the "b.txt" gets 
> renamed back to "a.txt"?

i haven't tried, but perhaps watching the parent directory itself will help.

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