use v6.d; unit module ScanDir; class End {}; sub scan-dir(*@paths --> Supply) is export { my $s = supply { my %watched-dirs; CATCH { when X::IO { }; default { warn $_ } } sub start-watching(IO::Path $dir) { return unless $dir ~~ :e; return if %watched-dirs{$dir.Str}; %watched-dirs{$dir.Str} = True; whenever $dir.watch { my $path-io = .path.IO; emit $path-io; when $path-io ~~ :e & :d { add-dir($path-io) unless %watched-dirs{$path-io.Str}; } when $path-io ~~ :!e { %watched-dirs{$path-io.Str}:delete } } } sub add-dir(*@todo) { while @todo { my $next = @todo.shift; next unless $next ~~ :e & :r & :d; start-watching($next); for $next.dir { emit $_; when .e && .d { @todo.push($_); start-watching($_); } } } } add-dir(@paths».IO); emit End; }; # let's not return multiple events for the same path too quickly, # otherwise the consumer will get overwhelmed when (for example) a # large file is being written return $s.unique( with => sub { $^a !~~ End && $^b !~~ End && $^a eq $^b }, expires => 0.1, ); }