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iv_inotify(3) ivykis programmer's manual iv_inotify(3)

NAME

IV_INOTIFY_INIT, iv_inotify_register, iv_inotify_unregister, IV_INOTIFY_WATCH_INIT, iv_inotify_watch_register, iv_inotify_watch_unregister - ivykis inotify(7) wrapper

SYNOPSIS

#include <iv_inotify.h>
struct iv_inotify { };
void IV_INOTIFY_INIT(struct iv_inotify *inotify);
 
int iv_inotify_register(struct iv_inotify *inotify);
 
void iv_inotify_unregister(struct iv_inotify *inotify);
 
struct iv_inotify_watch { struct iv_inotify *inotify; const char *pathname; uint32_t mask; void *cookie; void (*handler)(void *, struct inotify_event *); };
void IV_INOTIFY_WATCH_INIT(struct iv_inotify_watch *watch);
 
int iv_inotify_watch_register(struct iv_inotify_watch *watch);
 
int iv_inotify_watch_unregister(struct iv_inotify_watch *watch);
 

DESCRIPTION

The iv_inotify_register function registers an iv_inotify instance with the iv_inotify(3) module. The inotify parameter is a pointer to the iv_inotify structure to be registered.
The iv_inotify_unregister function unregisters an iv_inotify instance from the iv_inotify(3) module. The inotify parameter is a pointer to the iv_inotify structure to be unregistered.
The iv_inotify_watch_register function adds a watch to the registered iv_inotify instance specified by the ->inotify member.
The iv_inotify_watch_unregister function removes a watch from the iv_inotify instance specified by the ->inotify member.
In the iv_inotify_watch structure used in these functions, the ->pathname and ->mask members correspond to the members of struct inotify_watch as described in inotify(7). ->handler is the event handler called when this watch triggers. The arguments to this handler function are the pointer stored in the ->cookie member of the iv_inotify_watch structure and a pointer to an inotify_event structure as described in inotify(7).

RETURN VALUE

iv_inotify_register and iv_inotify_watch_register return zero on success. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

iv_inotify will return errors returned by inotify_init(3) and inotify_add_watch(3).

SEE ALSO

ivykis(3), inotify(7), inotify_init(3), inotify_add_watch(3), inotify_rm_watch(3)
2009-02-07 ivykis