class

Inotify::Watcher

Constructors

new(recursive : Bool = false)

Creates a new inotify instance and starts reading from the event queue. Optional: Set recursive to true to automatically watch all new subdirectories.

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Instance methods

clear_event_handlers

Removes all event handlers added with #on_event.

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Closes file descriptor referring to the inotify instance.

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finalize

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on_event

Attach a &block to the instance, this will receive all events.

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unwatch(path : String)

Removes an item from an inotify watch list based on its path. Returns true on success. NOTE: path is case sensitive and has to be an exact match, to what was passed into #watch.

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unwatch(wd : LibC::Int)

Removes an item from an inotify watch list based on its watch descriptor wd. Returns true on success, otherwise raises.

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watch(path : String, mask = DEFAULT_WATCH_FLAG)

Adds a new watch, or modifies an existing watch, for the path specified. Optional: The events to be monitored can be specified in the mask bit-mask argument.

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watching

Returns all paths that are currently being watched.

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