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+#we need Event.pm
+use Event;
+use IO::File;
+package Event::File;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Event::File is a wrapper module to write perl modules that deal with Files thru Event.
+It tries to mimics Event.pm model.
+
+=cut
+
+use strict;
+use vars qw($VERSION);
+$VERSION = '0.1.1';
+
+#we clone this from Event
+sub _load_watcher {
+  my $sub = shift;
+  eval { require "Event/File/$sub.pm" };
+  die if $@;
+
+  croak ("Event/File/$sub.pm did not define Event::File::$sub::new")  
+    unless defined &$sub;
+  1;
+}
+
+#we clone AUTOLOAD style from Event.pm
+sub AUTOLOAD {
+  my $sub = ($Event::File::AUTOLOAD =~ /(\w+)$/)[0];    
+  _load_watcher($sub) or croak $@ . ', Undefined subroutine &' . $sub;
+  
+  goto &$sub;
+}
+
+
+#The register routine
+#this will turn Event::File::foo into  Event::File->foo() == Event::File::foo->new();
+sub register {
+  no strict 'refs';
+  my $package = caller;
+  
+  my $name = $package;
+  $name =~ s/Event::File:://;
+
+  my $sub = \&{"$package\::new"};
+
+  die "can't find $package\::new"
+    if !$sub;
+  *{"Event::File::".$name} = sub {
+    shift;
+    $sub->("Event::File::".$name, @_);
+  };
+
+  #no hooks
+  #&Event::add_hooks if @_;
+}
+
+
+1;
+__END__
+
+=head1 Supported Events
+
+Right now only Event::File->tail is supported.
+For more information on it please refere to the Event::File::tail man page.
+
+=head1 External Modules
+
+This module makes use of 
+
+=over
+
+=item *
+
+Event >= 0.80
+
+=item *
+
+IO::File
+
+=back
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+Event(3), File::File::tail(3), cmc
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Raul Dias, <raul@dias.com.br>
+
+=cut