# FAM-Ruby 0.2.0

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fam-ruby-0-2-0/79940>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 20, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fam-ruby-0-2-0/79940 "2006-12-20T18:41:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![dangermoose](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dangermoose](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dangermoose)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fam-ruby-0-2-0/79940/1 "2006-12-20T18:41:59Z")

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Hi everyone. I just released version 0.2.0 of FAM-Ruby, my Ruby  
bindings for FAM ([http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/](http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/)).

FAM (File Alteration Monitor) is a cross-platform API that allows  
applications to monitor specific files and directories for changes in an  
efficient and portable manner.

This release of FAM-Ruby includes updated documentation, several bug  
fixes, and support for Gamin ([http://gnome.org/~veillard/gamin/](http://gnome.org/~veillard/gamin/)), a  
Gnome library that is compatible with a subset of FAM.

# Files

- Project Page: [http://pablotron.org/software/fam-ruby/](http://pablotron.org/software/fam-ruby/)
- Download: [http://pablotron.org/files/fam-ruby-0.2.0.tar.gz](http://pablotron.org/files/fam-ruby-0.2.0.tar.gz)
- Signature: [http://pablotron.org/files/fam-ruby-0.2.0.tar.gz.asc](http://pablotron.org/files/fam-ruby-0.2.0.tar.gz.asc)
- Gem: [http://pablotron.org/files/gems/fam-ruby-0.2.0.gem](http://pablotron.org/files/gems/fam-ruby-0.2.0.gem)
- Gem Signature: [http://pablotron.org/files/gems/fam-ruby-0.2.0.gem.asc](http://pablotron.org/files/gems/fam-ruby-0.2.0.gem.asc)
- API Reference: [http://pablotron.org/software/fam-ruby/doc/](http://pablotron.org/software/fam-ruby/doc/)

Note: The gem will be available in the main RubyForge gem repository  
shortly; if you can’t wait, feel free to grab it directly from the URL  
above. The FAM-Ruby 0.2.0 gem also uses RubyGems’ (relatively) new  
gem signing feature. which I encourage everyone to use.

Special thanks for this release goes to David Lutterkort, who caught a  
subtle memory leak, wrote the initial Gamin support, and tried in vain  
to get me to rename FAM-Ruby to Gamin-Ruby :).

Questions and comments can be directed to the email address below.