Very low-level ctypes-based interface to Linux inotify(7).
ctypes and a version of libc which supports inotify system calls are required.
| Class | INotifyError | Unify all the possible exceptions that can be raised by the INotify API. |
| Function | init | Create an inotify instance and return the associated file descriptor. |
| Function | add | Add a watch for the given path to the inotify file descriptor, and return the watch descriptor. |
| Function | remove | Remove the given watch descriptor from the inotify file descriptor. |
| Function | initializeModule | Initialize the module, checking if the expected APIs exist and setting the argtypes and restype for inotify_init, inotify_add_watch, and inotify_rm_watch. |
| Variable | name | Undocumented |
| Variable | libc | Undocumented |
Create an inotify instance and return the associated file descriptor.
| Returns | Undocumented (type: int) | |
Add a watch for the given path to the inotify file descriptor, and return the watch descriptor.
| Parameters | fd | The file descriptor returned by libc.inotify_init. (type: int) |
| path | The path to watch via inotify. (type: FilePath) | |
| mask | Bitmask specifying the events that inotify should monitor. (type: int) | |
| Returns | Undocumented (type: int) | |
Initialize the module, checking if the expected APIs exist and setting the argtypes and restype for inotify_init, inotify_add_watch, and inotify_rm_watch.
| Parameters | libc | Undocumented (type: ctypes.CDLL) |