diff --git a/src/dir_monitor.rs b/src/dir_monitor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..458ea19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dir_monitor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+use crate::monitored_files::MonitoredFiles;
+
+
+
+/// A directory monitor.
+///
+/// This will setup the monitoring of all the sub directories and files
+/// of the given directory.
+pub struct DirMonitor
+{
+    /// The directory to monitor.
+    dir: std::path::PathBuf,
+
+    monitored_files: MonitoredFiles
+}
+
+
+impl DirMonitor
+{
+    /// Create a new directory monitor for the desired directory.
+    ///
+    /// monitor_path: A string representation of directory to monitor.
+    pub fn new(monitor_path: &str) -> Self
+    {
+        DirMonitor
+        {
+            dir: PathBuf::from(monitor_path),
+            monitored_files: MonitoredFiles::new()
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn monitor(&mut self)
+    {
+        self.build_file_list();
+    }
+
+    fn build_file_list(&mut self)
+    {
+        // Start from the directory and add each file to our list,
+        // then recurse through all sub directories and add them to
+        // the list and repeat.
+        match scan_dir(&mut self.monitored_files, &self.dir)
+        {
+            Ok(_) =>
+            {
+            }
+
+            Err(e) =>
+            {
+                println!("There was an issue during directory scanning.");
+                println!("{}", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+fn scan_dir(monitored_files: &mut MonitoredFiles, dir: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()>
+{
+    let mut dir_list: Vec<PathBuf> = Vec::new();
+
+    for file in std::fs::read_dir(dir)?
+    {
+        let file = file?;
+        if file.file_type()?.is_dir()
+        {
+            dir_list.push(file.path().clone());
+        }
+    }
+
+    for sub_dir in dir_list
+    {
+        scan_dir(monitored_files, &sub_dir)?;
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/event.rs b/src/event.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..340574a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/event.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+enum Event
+{
+    New,
+    Modify,
+    Delete
+}
+
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for Event
+{
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result
+    {
+        match self
+        {
+            Event::New =>
+            {
+                write!(f, "NEW")
+            }
+            Event::Modify =>
+            {
+                write!(f, "MOD")
+            }
+            Event::Delete =>
+            {
+                write!(f, "DEL")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0b10276..97d3380 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -36,4 +36,7 @@ fn main()
     let options: Options = Options::parse();
 
     println!("Inbox:  `{}`", options.inbox_dir);
+
+    let mut directory_monitor: DirMonitor = DirMonitor::new(&options.inbox_dir);
+    directory_monitor.monitor();
 }
diff --git a/src/monitored_files.rs b/src/monitored_files.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07d1cfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/monitored_files.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+///
+pub struct MonitoredFiles
+{
+    ///
+    mod_dates: Vec<Option<std::time::SystemTime>>,
+
+    ///
+    paths: Vec<Option<std::path::PathBuf>>
+}
+
+
+impl MonitoredFiles
+{
+    pub fn new() -> Self
+    {
+        MonitoredFiles
+        {
+            mod_dates: Vec::new(),
+            paths: Vec::new()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for Point
+{
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result
+    {
+        write!(f, "({}, {})", self.x, self.y)
+    }
+}