Inotify Class Reference

#include <mt_inotify.h>

Inheritance diagram for Inotify:


Public Member Functions
	Inotify ()
virtual	~Inotify ()
int	addWatch (zmm::String path, int events)
	Puts a file or directory on the inotify watch list.
void	removeWatch (int wd)
	Removes a previously added file or directory from the watch list.
inotify_event *	nextEvent ()
	Returns the next inotify event.
void	stop ()
	Unblock the next_event function.
void	retain ()
void	release ()
int	getRefCount ()
Static Public Member Functions
static void *	operator new (size_t size)
static void	operator delete (void *ptr)
Protected Attributes
mt_atomic_t	_ref_count
pthread_mutex_t	mutex
Private Attributes
int	inotify_fd
int	stop_fds_pipe [2]
int	stop_fd_read
int	stop_fd_write

Detailed Description

Inotify interface.

Definition at line 44 of file mt_inotify.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Inotify::Inotify ( )

virtual Inotify::~Inotify ( ) [virtual]

Member Function Documentation

int Inotify::addWatch	(	zmm::String	path,
		int	events
	)

Puts a file or directory on the inotify watch list.

Parameters:

	path	file or directory to monitor.
	events	inotify event mask

Returns:: watch descriptor or a negative value on error

void Inotify::removeWatch ( int wd )

Removes a previously added file or directory from the watch list.

Parameters:

watch descriptor that was returned by the add_watch function

struct inotify_event* Inotify::nextEvent ( ) [read]

Returns the next inotify event.

This function will return the next inotify event that occurs, in case that there are no events the function will block indefinetely. It can be unblocked by the stop function.

void Inotify::stop ( )

Unblock the next_event function.

void Object::retain ( ) [inherited]

Definition at line 58 of file object.cc.

References zmm::Object::_ref_count, atomic_inc(), and zmm::Object::mutex.

Referenced by zmm::ArrayBase::append(), zmm::ObjectQueue< AutoscanDirectory >::enqueue(), zmm::ArrayBase::insert(), zmm::String::operator=(), zmm::ObjectStack< Singleton< zmm::Object > >::push(), DSOHash< VT >::put(), DSBHash< VT >::put(), zmm::ArrayBase::set(), and zmm::String::String().