Crate inotify_sys

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§inotify bindings for the Rust programming language

Please note that these are direct, low-level bindings to C functions that form the inotify C API. Unless you have a specific reason to use this crate, inotify-rs, which is an idiomatic wrapper, is a much better choice.

§Usage

In general, inotify usage follows the following pattern:

  1. Create an inotify instance using inotify_init or inotify_init1.
  2. Manage watches with inotify_add_watch and inotify_rm_watch.
  3. Read event using read.
  4. Close the inotify instance using close, once you’re done.

Please refer to the inotify man page and the rest of this documentation for full details.

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  • Event: File was accessed
  • Event: Any event occured
  • Event: Metadata was changed
  • Set the FD_CLOEXEC flag for an inotify instance
  • Event: File was closed
  • Event: Non-writable file or directory was closed
  • Event: Writable file was closed
  • Event: File or directory was created in watched directory
  • Event: File or directory in watched directory was deleted
  • Event: Watched file or directory was deleted
  • Don’t dereference path, if it is a symbolic link
  • Ignore events for children, that have been unlinked from watched directory
  • Indicates that a file system watch was removed
  • Indicates that the subject of an event is a directory
  • Update existing watch mask, instead of replacing it
  • Event: File was modified
  • Event: File or directory within watched directory was moved
  • Event: File or directory was moved out of watched directory
  • Event: File or directory was moved into watched directory
  • Event: Watched file or directory was moved
  • Set an inotify instance to non-blocking mode
  • Remove watch after one event
  • Only watch path, if it is a directory
  • Event: File or directory was opened
  • Indicates that the event queue has overflowed
  • Indicates that file system containing a watched object has been unmounted

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