Monitoring a directory/ detecting changes

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The Win32 API provides FindFirstChangeNotification / FindNextChangeNotification (see for details in win32.hlp).

A good solution that works both with Win95 and NT can be found at http://www.rtfm.be/fpiette.
There is a freeware component TDirmon (directory monitor), works perfectly and uses these functions.

A sample program that monitors a directory is provided.

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