These function monitor changes in directories and files. More...
Data Structures | |
| struct | _Eio_Monitor_Error |
| struct | _Eio_Monitor_Event |
Typedefs | |
| typedef struct _Eio_Monitor | Eio_Monitor |
| typedef struct _Eio_Monitor_Error | Eio_Monitor_Error |
| typedef struct _Eio_Monitor_Event | Eio_Monitor_Event |
Functions | |
| EAPI Eio_Monitor * | eio_monitor_add (const char *path) |
| Adds a file/directory to monitor (inotify mechanism) | |
| EAPI Eio_Monitor * | eio_monitor_stringshared_add (const char *path) |
| Adds a file/directory to monitor. | |
| EAPI void | eio_monitor_del (Eio_Monitor *monitor) |
| Deletes a path from the “watched” list. | |
| EAPI const char * | eio_monitor_path_get (Eio_Monitor *monitor) |
| returns the path being watched by the given Eio_Monitor. | |
Variables | |
| EAPI int | EIO_MONITOR_FILE_CREATED |
| EAPI int | EIO_MONITOR_FILE_DELETED |
| EAPI int | EIO_MONITOR_FILE_MODIFIED |
| EAPI int | EIO_MONITOR_FILE_CLOSED |
| EAPI int | EIO_MONITOR_DIRECTORY_CREATED |
| EAPI int | EIO_MONITOR_DIRECTORY_DELETED |
| EAPI int | EIO_MONITOR_DIRECTORY_MODIFIED |
| EAPI int | EIO_MONITOR_DIRECTORY_CLOSED |
| EAPI int | EIO_MONITOR_SELF_RENAME |
| EAPI int | EIO_MONITOR_SELF_DELETED |
| EAPI int | EIO_MONITOR_ERROR |
Detailed Description
These function monitor changes in directories and files.
These functions use the best available method to monitor changes on a specified directory or file. They send ecore events when changes occur, and they maintain internal refcounts to reduce resource consumption on duplicate monitor targets.
Function Documentation
| EAPI Eio_Monitor* eio_monitor_add | ( | const char * | path | ) |
Adds a file/directory to monitor (inotify mechanism)
- Parameters
-
path file/directory to monitor
- Returns
- NULL in case of a failure or a pointer to the monitor in case of success.
This function will add the given path to its internal list of files to monitor. It utilizes the inotify mechanism introduced in kernel 2.6.13 for passive monitoring.
| EAPI Eio_Monitor* eio_monitor_stringshared_add | ( | const char * | path | ) |
Adds a file/directory to monitor.
- Parameters
-
path file/directory to monitor
- Returns
- NULL in case of a failure or a pointer to the monitor in case of success.
- Warning
- Do NOT pass non-stringshared strings to this function! If you don't know what this means, use eio_monitor_add().
This fuction is just like eio_monitor_add(), however the string passed by argument must be created using eina_stringshare_add().
| EAPI void eio_monitor_del | ( | Eio_Monitor * | monitor | ) |
Deletes a path from the “watched” list.
- Parameters
-
monitor The Eio_Monitor you want to stop watching. It can only be an Eio_Monitor returned to you from calling eio_monitor_add() or eio_monitor_stringshared_add()
| EAPI const char* eio_monitor_path_get | ( | Eio_Monitor * | monitor | ) |
returns the path being watched by the given Eio_Monitor.
- Parameters
-
monitor Eio_Monitor to return the path of
- Returns
- The stringshared path belonging to
monitor
Variable Documentation
| EAPI int EIO_MONITOR_FILE_CREATED |
A new file was created in a watched directory
| EAPI int EIO_MONITOR_FILE_DELETED |
A watched file was deleted, or a file in a watched directory was deleted
| EAPI int EIO_MONITOR_FILE_MODIFIED |
A file was modified in a watched directory
| EAPI int EIO_MONITOR_FILE_CLOSED |
A file was closed in a watched directory. This event is never sent on Windows
| EAPI int EIO_MONITOR_DIRECTORY_CREATED |
A new directory was created in a watched directory
| EAPI int EIO_MONITOR_DIRECTORY_DELETED |
A directory has been deleted: this can be either a watched directory or one of its subdirectories
| EAPI int EIO_MONITOR_DIRECTORY_MODIFIED |
A directory has been modified in a watched directory
| EAPI int EIO_MONITOR_DIRECTORY_CLOSED |
A directory has been closed in a watched directory. This event is never sent on Windows
| EAPI int EIO_MONITOR_SELF_RENAME |
The monitored path has been renamed, an error could happen just after if the renamed path doesn't exist
| EAPI int EIO_MONITOR_SELF_DELETED |
The monitored path has been removed
| EAPI int EIO_MONITOR_ERROR |
During operation the monitor failed and will no longer work. eio_monitor_del must be called on it.
