inotify

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Index

• type EventType
• type InotifyEvent
• type Watcher
  • func New(path string) (*Watcher, error)
  • func (w *Watcher) Close() error
  • func (w *Watcher) Watch() error

Types

type EventType

type EventType uint8

Event types

const (
	FolderCreate EventType = iota
	FileCreate
	Delete
	Modified
	MovedFrom
	MovedTo
	WatchStop
)

type InotifyEvent

type InotifyEvent struct {
	Path  string
	Event EventType
}

InotifyEvent represents a file system event

type Watcher

type Watcher struct {
	Events chan InotifyEvent
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Watcher handles inotify watching for a directory

func New

func New(path string) (*Watcher, error)

New creates a new inotify watcher for the specified path

func (*Watcher) Close

func (w *Watcher) Close() error

Close stops the watcher

func (*Watcher) Watch

func (w *Watcher) Watch() error

Watch starts watching for file system events