Module nix::sys::inotify [−][src]
Monitoring API for filesystem events.
Inotify is a Linux-only API to monitor filesystems events.
For more documentation, please read inotify(7).
Examples
Monitor all events happening in directory “test”:
// We create a new inotify instance. let instance = Inotify::init(InitFlags::empty()).unwrap(); // We add a new watch on directory "test" for all events. let wd = instance.add_watch("test", AddWatchFlags::IN_ALL_EVENTS).unwrap(); loop { // We read from our inotify instance for events. let events = instance.read_events().unwrap(); println!("Events: {:?}", events); }
Structs
AddWatchFlags | Configuration options for |
InitFlags | Configuration options for |
Inotify | An inotify instance. This is also a file descriptor, you can feed it to other interfaces consuming file descriptors, epoll for example. |
InotifyEvent | A single inotify event. |
WatchDescriptor | This object is returned when you create a new watch on an inotify instance. It is then returned as part of an event once triggered. It allows you to know which watch triggered which event. |