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.

Structs

Constants

  • IN_ACCESS
    Event: File was accessed
  • IN_ALL_EVENTS
    Event: Any event occured
  • IN_ATTRIB
    Event: Metadata was changed
  • IN_CLOEXEC
    Set the FD_CLOEXEC flag for an inotify instance
  • IN_CLOSE
    Event: File was closed
  • IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE
    Event: Non-writable file or directory was closed
  • IN_CLOSE_WRITE
    Event: Writable file was closed
  • IN_CREATE
    Event: File or directory was created in watched directory
  • IN_DELETE
    Event: File or directory in watched directory was deleted
  • IN_DELETE_SELF
    Event: Watched file or directory was deleted
  • IN_DONT_FOLLOW
    Don’t dereference path, if it is a symbolic link
  • IN_EXCL_UNLINK
    Ignore events for children, that have been unlinked from watched directory
  • IN_IGNORED
    Indicates that a file system watch was removed
  • IN_ISDIR
    Indicates that the subject of an event is a directory
  • IN_MASK_ADD
    Update existing watch mask, instead of replacing it
  • IN_MODIFY
    Event: File was modified
  • IN_MOVE
    Event: File or directory within watched directory was moved
  • IN_MOVED_FROM
    Event: File or directory was moved out of watched directory
  • IN_MOVED_TO
    Event: File or directory was moved into watched directory
  • IN_MOVE_SELF
    Event: Watched file or directory was moved
  • IN_NONBLOCK
    Set an inotify instance to non-blocking mode
  • IN_ONESHOT
    Remove watch after one event
  • IN_ONLYDIR
    Only watch path, if it is a directory
  • IN_OPEN
    Event: File or directory was opened
  • IN_Q_OVERFLOW
    Indicates that the event queue has overflowed
  • IN_UNMOUNT
    Indicates that file system containing a watched object has been unmounted

Functions