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Linux::Inotify2 - scalable directory/file change notification |
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SYNOPSIS |
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use Linux::Inotify2; |
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DESCRIPTION |
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The Linux::Inotify2 Class |
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This module implements an interface to the linux inotify file/directory |
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change notification sytem. |
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It has a number of advantages over the Linux::Inotfy module: |
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- it is portable (Linux::Inotify only works on x86) |
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- the equivalent of fullname works correctly |
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- it is better documented |
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- it has callback-style interface, which is better suited for |
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my $inotify = new Linux::Inotify2 |
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Create a new notify object and return it. A notify object is kind of |
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a container that stores watches on filesystem names and is |
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responsible for handling event data. |
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On error, "undef" is returned and $! will be set accordingly. The |
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followign errors are documented: |
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ENFILE The system limit on the total number of file descriptors has been reached. |
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EMFILE The user limit on the total number of inotify instances has been reached. |
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ENOMEM Insufficient kernel memory is available. |
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$watch = $inotify2->watch ($name, $mask, $cb) |
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Add a new watcher to the given notifier. The watcher will create |
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events on the pathname $name as given in $mask, which can be any of |
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the following constants (all exported by default) ORed together: |
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IN_ACCESS File was accessed |
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IN_MODIFY File was modified |
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IN_ATTRIB Metadata changed |
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IN_CLOSE_WRITE Writtable file was closed |
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IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE Unwrittable file closed |
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IN_OPEN File was opened |
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IN_MOVED_FROM File was moved from X |
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IN_MOVED_TO File was moved to Y |
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IN_CREATE Subfile was created |
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IN_DELETE Subfile was deleted |
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IN_DELETE_SELF Self was deleted |
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IN_ONESHOT only send event once |
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IN_ALL_EVENTS All of the above events |
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IN_CLOSE Same as IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE |
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IN_MOVE Same as IN_MOVED_FROM | IN_MOVED_TO |
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$cb is a perl code reference that is called for each event. It |
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receives a "Linux::Inotify2::Event" object. |
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The returned $watch object is of class "Linux::Inotify2::Watch". |
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On error, "undef" is returned and $! will be set accordingly. The |
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following errors are documented: |
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EBADF The given file descriptor is not valid. |
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EINVAL The given event mask contains no legal events. |
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ENOMEM Insufficient kernel memory was available. |
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ENOSPC The user limit on the total number of inotify watches was reached or the kernel failed to allocate a needed resource. |
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EACCESS Read access to the given file is not permitted. |
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Example, show when "/etc/passwd" gets accessed and/or modified once: |
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$inotify->watch ("/etc/passwd", IN_ACCESS | IN_MODIFY, sub { |
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my $e = shift; |
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print "$e->{w}{name} was accessed\n" if $e->IN_ACCESS; |
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print "$e->{w}{name} was modified\n" if $e->IN_MODIFY; |
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print "$e->{w}{name} is no longer mounted\n" if $e->IN_UNMOUNT; |
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print "events for $e->{w}{name} have been lost\n" if $e->IN_Q_OVERFLOW; |
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$e->w->cancel; |
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}); |
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$inotify2->fileno |
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Returns the fileno for this notify object. You are responsible for |
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calling the "poll" method when this fileno becomes ready for |
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reading. |
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$count = $inotify2->poll |
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Reads events from the kernel and handles them. If the notify fileno |
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is blocking (the default), then this method waits for at least one |
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event. Otherwise it returns immediately when no pending events could |
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Returns the count of events that have been handled. |
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The Linux::Inotify2::Event Class |
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Objects of this class are handed as first argument to the watch |
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callback. It has the following members and methods: |
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$event->w |
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$event->{w} |
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The watcher object for this event. |
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$event->name |
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$event->{name} |
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The path of the filesystem object, relative to the watch name. |
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$watch->fullname |
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Returns the "full" name of the relevant object, i.e. including the |
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"name" component of the watcher. |
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$event->mask |
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$event->{mask} |
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The received event mask. In addition the the events described for |
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"$inotify-"watch>, the following flags (exported by default) can be |
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IN_ISDIR event occurred against dir |
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IN_UNMOUNT Backing fs was unmounted |
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IN_Q_OVERFLOW Event queued overflowed |
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IN_IGNORED File was ignored (no more events will be delivered) |
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$event->IN_xxx |
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Returns a boolean that returns true if the event mask matches the |
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$event->cookie |
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$event->{cookie} |
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The event cookie, can be used to synchronize two related events. |
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The Linux::Inotify2::Watch Class |
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Watch objects are created by calling the "watch" method of a notifier. |
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It has the following members and methods: |
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$watch->name |
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$watch->{name} |
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The name as specified in the "watch" call. For the object itself, this |
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is the empty string. For directory watches, this is the name of the |
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entry without leading path elements. |
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$watch->mask |
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$watch->{mask} |
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The mask as specified in the "watch" call. |
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$watch->cb ([new callback]) |
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$watch->{cb} |
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The callback as specified in the "watch" call. Can optionally be |
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$watch->cancel |
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Cancels/removes this watch. Future events, even if already queued |
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queued, will not be handled and resources will be freed. |
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SEE ALSO |
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Linux::Inotify. |
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AUTHOR |
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Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> |
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http://home.schmorp.de/ |
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