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  54. <summary><a class="reference reference-toplevel" href="#7" id="57">Types</a></summary>
  55. <ul class="simple simple-toc-section">
  56. <li><a class="reference" href="#InotifyEvent" title="InotifyEvent {.pure, final, importc: &quot;struct inotify_event&quot;,
  57. header: &quot;&lt;sys/inotify.h&gt;&quot;, completeStruct.} = object
  58. wd* {.importc: &quot;wd&quot;.}: FileHandle ## Watch descriptor.
  59. mask* {.importc: &quot;mask&quot;.}: uint32 ## Watch mask.
  60. cookie* {.importc: &quot;cookie&quot;.}: uint32 ## Cookie to synchronize two events.
  61. len* {.importc: &quot;len&quot;.}: uint32 ## Length (including NULs) of name.
  62. name* {.importc: &quot;name&quot;.}: UncheckedArray[char] ## Name.">InotifyEvent</a></li>
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  68. <summary><a class="reference reference-toplevel" href="#10" id="60">Consts</a></summary>
  69. <ul class="simple simple-toc-section">
  70. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_ACCESS" title="IN_ACCESS = 0x00000001">IN_ACCESS</a></li>
  71. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_ALL_EVENTS" title="IN_ALL_EVENTS = 4095">IN_ALL_EVENTS</a></li>
  72. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_ATTRIB" title="IN_ATTRIB = 0x00000004">IN_ATTRIB</a></li>
  73. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_CLOSE" title="IN_CLOSE = 24">IN_CLOSE</a></li>
  74. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE" title="IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE = 0x00000010">IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE</a></li>
  75. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_CLOSE_WRITE" title="IN_CLOSE_WRITE = 0x00000008">IN_CLOSE_WRITE</a></li>
  76. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_CREATE" title="IN_CREATE = 0x00000100">IN_CREATE</a></li>
  77. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_DELETE" title="IN_DELETE = 0x00000200">IN_DELETE</a></li>
  78. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_DELETE_SELF" title="IN_DELETE_SELF = 0x00000400">IN_DELETE_SELF</a></li>
  79. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_DONT_FOLLOW" title="IN_DONT_FOLLOW = 0x02000000">IN_DONT_FOLLOW</a></li>
  80. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_EXCL_UNLINK" title="IN_EXCL_UNLINK = 0x04000000">IN_EXCL_UNLINK</a></li>
  81. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_IGNORED" title="IN_IGNORED = 0x00008000">IN_IGNORED</a></li>
  82. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_ISDIR" title="IN_ISDIR = 0x40000000">IN_ISDIR</a></li>
  83. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_MASK_ADD" title="IN_MASK_ADD = 0x20000000">IN_MASK_ADD</a></li>
  84. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_MODIFY" title="IN_MODIFY = 0x00000002">IN_MODIFY</a></li>
  85. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_MOVE" title="IN_MOVE = 192">IN_MOVE</a></li>
  86. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_MOVE_SELF" title="IN_MOVE_SELF = 0x00000800">IN_MOVE_SELF</a></li>
  87. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_MOVED_FROM" title="IN_MOVED_FROM = 0x00000040">IN_MOVED_FROM</a></li>
  88. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_MOVED_TO" title="IN_MOVED_TO = 0x00000080">IN_MOVED_TO</a></li>
  89. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_ONESHOT" title="IN_ONESHOT = 0x0000000080000000'i64">IN_ONESHOT</a></li>
  90. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_ONLYDIR" title="IN_ONLYDIR = 0x01000000">IN_ONLYDIR</a></li>
  91. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_OPEN" title="IN_OPEN = 0x00000020">IN_OPEN</a></li>
  92. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_Q_OVERFLOW" title="IN_Q_OVERFLOW = 0x00004000">IN_Q_OVERFLOW</a></li>
  93. <li><a class="reference" href="#IN_UNMOUNT" title="IN_UNMOUNT = 0x00002000">IN_UNMOUNT</a></li>
  94. </ul>
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  99. <summary><a class="reference reference-toplevel" href="#12" id="62">Procs</a></summary>
  100. <ul class="simple simple-toc-section">
  101. <ul class="simple nested-toc-section">inotify_add_watch
  102. <li><a class="reference" href="#inotify_add_watch%2Ccint%2Ccstring%2Cuint32" title="inotify_add_watch(fd: cint; name: cstring; mask: uint32): cint">inotify_add_watch(fd: cint; name: cstring; mask: uint32): cint</a></li>
  103. </ul>
  104. <ul class="simple nested-toc-section">inotify_init
  105. <li><a class="reference" href="#inotify_init" title="inotify_init(): FileHandle">inotify_init(): FileHandle</a></li>
  106. </ul>
  107. <ul class="simple nested-toc-section">inotify_init1
  108. <li><a class="reference" href="#inotify_init1%2Ccint" title="inotify_init1(flags: cint): FileHandle">inotify_init1(flags: cint): FileHandle</a></li>
  109. </ul>
  110. <ul class="simple nested-toc-section">inotify_rm_watch
  111. <li><a class="reference" href="#inotify_rm_watch%2Ccint%2Ccint" title="inotify_rm_watch(fd: cint; wd: cint): cint">inotify_rm_watch(fd: cint; wd: cint): cint</a></li>
  112. </ul>
  113. </ul>
  114. </details>
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  117. <details open>
  118. <summary><a class="reference reference-toplevel" href="#15" id="65">Iterators</a></summary>
  119. <ul class="simple simple-toc-section">
  120. <ul class="simple nested-toc-section">inotify_events
  121. <li><a class="reference" href="#inotify_events.i%2Cpointer%2Cint" title="inotify_events(evs: pointer; n: int): ptr InotifyEvent">inotify_events(evs: pointer; n: int): ptr InotifyEvent</a></li>
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  129. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L1" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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  132. <p class="module-desc">
  133. <p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
  134. <pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">import</span> <span class="Identifier">std</span><span class="Operator">/</span><span class="Identifier">inotify</span>
  135. <span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Identifier">defined</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">linux</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
  136. <span class="Keyword">let</span> <span class="Identifier">inotifyFd</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">inotify_init</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Comment"># create and get new inotify FileHandle</span>
  137. <span class="Identifier">doAssert</span> <span class="Identifier">inotifyFd</span> <span class="Operator">&gt;=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0</span> <span class="Comment"># check for errors</span>
  138. <span class="Keyword">let</span> <span class="Identifier">wd</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">inotifyFd</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">inotify_add_watch</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/tmp&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">IN_CREATE</span> <span class="Keyword">or</span> <span class="Identifier">IN_DELETE</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Comment"># Add new watch</span>
  139. <span class="Identifier">doAssert</span> <span class="Identifier">wd</span> <span class="Operator">&gt;=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0</span> <span class="Comment"># check for errors</span>
  140. <span class="Keyword">discard</span> <span class="Identifier">inotifyFd</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">inotify_rm_watch</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">wd</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Comment"># remove watch</span></pre></p>
  141. <div class="section" id="6">
  142. <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#6">Imports</a></h1>
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  144. <a class="reference external" href="syncio.html">syncio</a>
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  147. <div class="section" id="7">
  148. <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#7">Types</a></h1>
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  150. <div id="InotifyEvent">
  151. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#InotifyEvent"><span class="Identifier">InotifyEvent</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">pure</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">final</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">importc</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;struct inotify_event&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span>
  152. <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;sys/inotify.h&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">completeStruct</span>.} <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Keyword">object</span>
  153. <span class="Identifier">wd</span><span class="Operator">*</span> {.<span class="Identifier">importc</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;wd&quot;</span>.}<span class="Other">:</span> <a href="syncio.html#FileHandle"><span class="Identifier">FileHandle</span></a> <span class="Comment">## Watch descriptor.</span>
  154. <span class="Identifier">mask</span><span class="Operator">*</span> {.<span class="Identifier">importc</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;mask&quot;</span>.}<span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#uint32"><span class="Identifier">uint32</span></a> <span class="Comment">## Watch mask.</span>
  155. <span class="Identifier">cookie</span><span class="Operator">*</span> {.<span class="Identifier">importc</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;cookie&quot;</span>.}<span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#uint32"><span class="Identifier">uint32</span></a> <span class="Comment">## Cookie to synchronize two events.</span>
  156. <span class="Identifier">len</span><span class="Operator">*</span> {.<span class="Identifier">importc</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;len&quot;</span>.}<span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#uint32"><span class="Identifier">uint32</span></a> <span class="Comment">## Length (including NULs) of name.</span>
  157. <span class="Identifier">name</span><span class="Operator">*</span> {.<span class="Identifier">importc</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;name&quot;</span>.}<span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#UncheckedArray"><span class="Identifier">UncheckedArray</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><a href="system.html#char"><span class="Identifier">char</span></a><span class="Other">]</span> <span class="Comment">## Name.</span></pre></dt>
  158. <dd>
  159. An Inotify event.
  160. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L18" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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  162. </dd>
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  166. <div class="section" id="10">
  167. <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#10">Consts</a></h1>
  168. <dl class="item">
  169. <div id="IN_ACCESS">
  170. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_ACCESS"><span class="Identifier">IN_ACCESS</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x00000001</span></pre></dt>
  171. <dd>
  172. File was accessed.
  173. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L27" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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  175. </dd>
  176. </div>
  177. <div id="IN_ALL_EVENTS">
  178. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_ALL_EVENTS"><span class="Identifier">IN_ALL_EVENTS</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">4095</span></pre></dt>
  179. <dd>
  180. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L59" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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  182. </dd>
  183. </div>
  184. <div id="IN_ATTRIB">
  185. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_ATTRIB"><span class="Identifier">IN_ATTRIB</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x00000004</span></pre></dt>
  186. <dd>
  187. Metadata changed.
  188. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L29" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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  190. </dd>
  191. </div>
  192. <div id="IN_CLOSE">
  193. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_CLOSE"><span class="Identifier">IN_CLOSE</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">24</span></pre></dt>
  194. <dd>
  195. Close.
  196. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L32" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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  198. </dd>
  199. </div>
  200. <div id="IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE">
  201. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE"><span class="Identifier">IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x00000010</span></pre></dt>
  202. <dd>
  203. Unwrittable file closed.
  204. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L31" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  205. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L31" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  206. </dd>
  207. </div>
  208. <div id="IN_CLOSE_WRITE">
  209. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_CLOSE_WRITE"><span class="Identifier">IN_CLOSE_WRITE</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x00000008</span></pre></dt>
  210. <dd>
  211. Writtable file was closed.
  212. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L30" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  213. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L30" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  214. </dd>
  215. </div>
  216. <div id="IN_CREATE">
  217. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_CREATE"><span class="Identifier">IN_CREATE</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x00000100</span></pre></dt>
  218. <dd>
  219. Subfile was created.
  220. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L37" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  221. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L37" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  222. </dd>
  223. </div>
  224. <div id="IN_DELETE">
  225. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_DELETE"><span class="Identifier">IN_DELETE</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x00000200</span></pre></dt>
  226. <dd>
  227. Subfile was deleted.
  228. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L38" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  229. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L38" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  230. </dd>
  231. </div>
  232. <div id="IN_DELETE_SELF">
  233. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_DELETE_SELF"><span class="Identifier">IN_DELETE_SELF</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x00000400</span></pre></dt>
  234. <dd>
  235. Self was deleted.
  236. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L39" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  237. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L39" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  238. </dd>
  239. </div>
  240. <div id="IN_DONT_FOLLOW">
  241. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_DONT_FOLLOW"><span class="Identifier">IN_DONT_FOLLOW</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x02000000</span></pre></dt>
  242. <dd>
  243. Do not follow a sym link.
  244. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L51" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  245. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L51" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  246. </dd>
  247. </div>
  248. <div id="IN_EXCL_UNLINK">
  249. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_EXCL_UNLINK"><span class="Identifier">IN_EXCL_UNLINK</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x04000000</span></pre></dt>
  250. <dd>
  251. Exclude events on unlinked objects.
  252. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L52" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  253. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L52" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  254. </dd>
  255. </div>
  256. <div id="IN_IGNORED">
  257. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_IGNORED"><span class="Identifier">IN_IGNORED</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x00008000</span></pre></dt>
  258. <dd>
  259. File was ignored.
  260. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L46" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  261. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L46" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  262. </dd>
  263. </div>
  264. <div id="IN_ISDIR">
  265. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_ISDIR"><span class="Identifier">IN_ISDIR</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x40000000</span></pre></dt>
  266. <dd>
  267. Event occurred against dir.
  268. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L54" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  269. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L54" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  270. </dd>
  271. </div>
  272. <div id="IN_MASK_ADD">
  273. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_MASK_ADD"><span class="Identifier">IN_MASK_ADD</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x20000000</span></pre></dt>
  274. <dd>
  275. Add to the mask of an already existing watch.
  276. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L53" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  277. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L53" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  278. </dd>
  279. </div>
  280. <div id="IN_MODIFY">
  281. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_MODIFY"><span class="Identifier">IN_MODIFY</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x00000002</span></pre></dt>
  282. <dd>
  283. File was modified.
  284. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L28" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  285. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L28" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  286. </dd>
  287. </div>
  288. <div id="IN_MOVE">
  289. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_MOVE"><span class="Identifier">IN_MOVE</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">192</span></pre></dt>
  290. <dd>
  291. Moves.
  292. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L36" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  293. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L36" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  294. </dd>
  295. </div>
  296. <div id="IN_MOVE_SELF">
  297. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_MOVE_SELF"><span class="Identifier">IN_MOVE_SELF</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x00000800</span></pre></dt>
  298. <dd>
  299. Self was moved.
  300. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L40" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  301. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L40" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  302. </dd>
  303. </div>
  304. <div id="IN_MOVED_FROM">
  305. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_MOVED_FROM"><span class="Identifier">IN_MOVED_FROM</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x00000040</span></pre></dt>
  306. <dd>
  307. File was moved from X.
  308. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L34" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  309. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L34" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  310. </dd>
  311. </div>
  312. <div id="IN_MOVED_TO">
  313. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_MOVED_TO"><span class="Identifier">IN_MOVED_TO</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x00000080</span></pre></dt>
  314. <dd>
  315. File was moved to Y.
  316. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L35" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  317. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L35" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  318. </dd>
  319. </div>
  320. <div id="IN_ONESHOT">
  321. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_ONESHOT"><span class="Identifier">IN_ONESHOT</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x0000000080000000'i64</span></pre></dt>
  322. <dd>
  323. Only send event once.
  324. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L55" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  325. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L55" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  326. </dd>
  327. </div>
  328. <div id="IN_ONLYDIR">
  329. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_ONLYDIR"><span class="Identifier">IN_ONLYDIR</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x01000000</span></pre></dt>
  330. <dd>
  331. Only watch the path if it is a directory.
  332. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L50" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  333. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L50" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  334. </dd>
  335. </div>
  336. <div id="IN_OPEN">
  337. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_OPEN"><span class="Identifier">IN_OPEN</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x00000020</span></pre></dt>
  338. <dd>
  339. File was opened.
  340. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L33" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  341. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L33" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  342. </dd>
  343. </div>
  344. <div id="IN_Q_OVERFLOW">
  345. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_Q_OVERFLOW"><span class="Identifier">IN_Q_OVERFLOW</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x00004000</span></pre></dt>
  346. <dd>
  347. Event queued overflowed.
  348. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L45" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  349. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L45" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  350. </dd>
  351. </div>
  352. <div id="IN_UNMOUNT">
  353. <dt><pre><a href="inotify.html#IN_UNMOUNT"><span class="Identifier">IN_UNMOUNT</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0x00002000</span></pre></dt>
  354. <dd>
  355. Backing fs was unmounted.
  356. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L44" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  357. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L44" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  358. </dd>
  359. </div>
  360. </dl>
  361. </div>
  362. <div class="section" id="12">
  363. <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#12">Procs</a></h1>
  364. <dl class="item">
  365. <div id="inotify_add_watch-procs-all">
  366. <div id="inotify_add_watch,cint,cstring,uint32">
  367. <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#inotify_add_watch%2Ccint%2Ccstring%2Cuint32"><span class="Identifier">inotify_add_watch</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">fd</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="ctypes.html#cint"><span class="Identifier">cint</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">name</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#cstring"><span class="Identifier">cstring</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">mask</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#uint32"><span class="Identifier">uint32</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="ctypes.html#cint"><span class="Identifier">cint</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">cdecl</span><span class="Other">,</span>
  368. <span class="Identifier">importc</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;inotify_add_watch&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;sys/inotify.h&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
  369. <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
  370. <dd>
  371. Add watch of object NAME to inotify instance FD. Notify about events specified by MASK.
  372. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L73" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  373. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L73" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  374. </dd>
  375. </div>
  376. </div>
  377. <div id="inotify_init-procs-all">
  378. <div id="inotify_init">
  379. <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#inotify_init"><span class="Identifier">inotify_init</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="syncio.html#FileHandle"><span class="Identifier">FileHandle</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">cdecl</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">importc</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;inotify_init&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span>
  380. <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;sys/inotify.h&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
  381. <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
  382. <dd>
  383. Create and initialize inotify instance.
  384. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L64" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  385. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L64" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  386. </dd>
  387. </div>
  388. </div>
  389. <div id="inotify_init1-procs-all">
  390. <div id="inotify_init1,cint">
  391. <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#inotify_init1%2Ccint"><span class="Identifier">inotify_init1</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">flags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="ctypes.html#cint"><span class="Identifier">cint</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="syncio.html#FileHandle"><span class="Identifier">FileHandle</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">cdecl</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">importc</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;inotify_init1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span>
  392. <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;sys/inotify.h&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
  393. <dd>
  394. Like <a class="reference external" href="#inotify_init">inotify_init</a> , but has a flags argument that provides access to some extra functionality.
  395. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L68" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  396. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L68" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  397. </dd>
  398. </div>
  399. </div>
  400. <div id="inotify_rm_watch-procs-all">
  401. <div id="inotify_rm_watch,cint,cint">
  402. <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#inotify_rm_watch%2Ccint%2Ccint"><span class="Identifier">inotify_rm_watch</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">fd</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="ctypes.html#cint"><span class="Identifier">cint</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">wd</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="ctypes.html#cint"><span class="Identifier">cint</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="ctypes.html#cint"><span class="Identifier">cint</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">cdecl</span><span class="Other">,</span>
  403. <span class="Identifier">importc</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;inotify_rm_watch&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;sys/inotify.h&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
  404. <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
  405. <dd>
  406. Remove the watch specified by WD from the inotify instance FD.
  407. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L77" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  408. <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/edit/devel/lib/posix/inotify.nim#L77" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank" >Edit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  409. </dd>
  410. </div>
  411. </div>
  412. </dl>
  413. </div>
  414. <div class="section" id="15">
  415. <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#15">Iterators</a></h1>
  416. <dl class="item">
  417. <div id="inotify_events-iterators-all">
  418. <div id="inotify_events.i,pointer,int">
  419. <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">iterator</span> <a href="#inotify_events.i%2Cpointer%2Cint"><span class="Identifier">inotify_events</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">evs</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#pointer"><span class="Identifier">pointer</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">n</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">ptr</span> <a href="inotify.html#InotifyEvent"><span class="Identifier">InotifyEvent</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
  420. <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
  421. <dd>
  422. Abstract the packed buffer interface to yield event object pointers.
  423. <p><strong class="examples_text">Example: cmd: -r:off</strong></p>
  424. <pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Identifier">defined</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">linux</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
  425. <span class="Keyword">import</span> <span class="Identifier">std</span><span class="Operator">/</span><span class="Identifier">posix</span> <span class="Comment"># needed for FileHandle read procedure</span>
  426. <span class="Keyword">const</span> <span class="Identifier">MaxWatches</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">8192</span>
  427. <span class="Keyword">let</span> <span class="Identifier">inotifyFd</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">inotify_init</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Comment"># create new inotify instance and get it's FileHandle</span>
  428. <span class="Keyword">let</span> <span class="Identifier">wd</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">inotifyFd</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">inotify_add_watch</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/tmp&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">IN_CREATE</span> <span class="Keyword">or</span> <span class="Identifier">IN_DELETE</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Comment"># Add new watch</span>
  429. <span class="Keyword">var</span> <span class="Identifier">events</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span> <span class="Identifier">array</span><span class="Punctuation">[</span><span class="Identifier">MaxWatches</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">byte</span><span class="Punctuation">]</span> <span class="Comment"># event buffer</span>
  430. <span class="Keyword">while</span> <span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Keyword">let</span> <span class="Identifier">n</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">read</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">inotifyFd</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Keyword">addr</span> <span class="Identifier">events</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">MaxWatches</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">;</span> <span class="Identifier">n</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">&gt;</span> <span class="DecNumber">0</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span> <span class="Comment"># blocks until any events have been read</span>
  431. <span class="Keyword">for</span> <span class="Identifier">e</span> <span class="Keyword">in</span> <span class="Identifier">inotify_events</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Keyword">addr</span> <span class="Identifier">events</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">n</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
  432. <span class="Identifier">echo</span> <span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">e</span><span class="Punctuation">[</span><span class="Punctuation">]</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">wd</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">e</span><span class="Punctuation">[</span><span class="Punctuation">]</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">mask</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Keyword">cast</span><span class="Punctuation">[</span><span class="Identifier">cstring</span><span class="Punctuation">]</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Keyword">addr</span> <span class="Identifier">e</span><span class="Punctuation">[</span><span class="Punctuation">]</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">name</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Comment"># echo watch id, mask, and name value of each event</span></pre>
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