.\" This man page is Copyright (C) 2009 Ronald Huizer. .\" Permission is granted to distribute possibly modified copies .\" of this page provided the header is included verbatim, .\" and in case of nontrivial modification author and date .\" of the modification is added to the header. .TH iv_inotify 3 2009-02-07 "ivykis" "ivykis programmer's manual" .SH NAME IV_INOTIFY_INIT, iv_inotify_register, iv_inotify_unregister, IV_INOTIFY_WATCH_INIT, iv_inotify_watch_register, iv_inotify_watch_unregister \- ivykis .BR inotify (7) wrapper .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include .sp .nf struct iv_inotify { }; .fi .sp .BI "void IV_INOTIFY_INIT(struct iv_inotify *" inotify ");" .br .BI "int iv_inotify_register(struct iv_inotify *" inotify "); .br .BI "void iv_inotify_unregister(struct iv_inotify *"inotify "); .br .nf .sp struct iv_inotify_watch { struct iv_inotify *inotify; const char *pathname; uint32_t mask; void *cookie; void (*handler)(void *, struct inotify_event *); }; .fi .sp .BI "void IV_INOTIFY_WATCH_INIT(struct iv_inotify_watch *" watch ");" .br .BI "int iv_inotify_watch_register(struct iv_inotify_watch *" watch ");" .br .BI "int iv_inotify_watch_unregister(struct iv_inotify_watch *" watch ");" .br .SH DESCRIPTION The .B iv_inotify_register function registers an .B iv_inotify instance with the .BR iv_inotify (3) module. The .B inotify parameter is a pointer to the .B iv_inotify structure to be registered. .PP The .B iv_inotify_unregister function unregisters an .B iv_inotify instance from the .BR iv_inotify (3) module. The .B inotify parameter is a pointer to the .B iv_inotify structure to be unregistered. .PP The .B iv_inotify_watch_register function adds a watch to the registered .B iv_inotify instance specified by the .B ->inotify member. .PP The .B iv_inotify_watch_unregister function removes a watch from the .BR iv_inotify instance specified by the .B ->inotify member. .PP In the .B iv_inotify_watch structure used in these functions, the .B ->pathname and .B ->mask members correspond to the members of struct inotify_watch as described in .BR inotify (7). .B ->handler is the event handler called when this watch triggers. The arguments to this handler function are the pointer stored in the .B ->cookie member of the .B iv_inotify_watch structure and a pointer to an inotify_event structure as described in .BR inotify (7). .SH "RETURN VALUE" .B iv_inotify_register and .B iv_inotify_watch_register return zero on success. On error, \-1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately. .SH "ERRORS" iv_inotify will return errors returned by .BR inotify_init (3) and .BR inotify_add_watch (3). .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR ivykis (3), .BR inotify (7), .BR inotify_init (3), .BR inotify_add_watch (3), .BR inotify_rm_watch (3)