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@@ -2608,8 +2608,9 @@ its completion. This watches a file system path for attribute changes. That is, it calls C<stat> on that path in regular intervals (or when the OS says it changed) -and sees if it changed compared to the last time, invoking the callback if -it did. +and sees if it changed compared to the last time, invoking the callback +if it did. Starting the watcher C<stat>'s the file, so only changes that +happen after the watcher has been started will be reported. The path does not need to exist: changing from "path exists" to "path does not exist" is a status change like any other. The condition "path does not |