// Copyright (c) 2014-2015 The Notify Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. // +build linux package notify_test import ( "log" "golang.org/x/sys/unix" "github.com/rjeczalik/notify" ) // This example shows how to watch changes made on file-system by text editor // when saving a file. Usually, either InCloseWrite or InMovedTo (when swapping // with a temporary file) event is created. func ExampleWatch_linux() { // Make the channel buffered to ensure no event is dropped. Notify will drop // an event if the receiver is not able to keep up the sending pace. c := make(chan notify.EventInfo, 1) // Set up a watchpoint listening for inotify-specific events within a // current working directory. Dispatch each InCloseWrite and InMovedTo // events separately to c. if err := notify.Watch(".", c, notify.InCloseWrite, notify.InMovedTo); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer notify.Stop(c) // Block until an event is received. switch ei := <-c; ei.Event() { case notify.InCloseWrite: log.Println("Editing of", ei.Path(), "file is done.") case notify.InMovedTo: log.Println("File", ei.Path(), "was swapped/moved into the watched directory.") } } // This example shows how to use Sys() method from EventInfo interface to tie // two separate events generated by rename(2) function. func ExampleWatch_linuxMove() { // Make the channel buffered to ensure no event is dropped. Notify will drop // an event if the receiver is not able to keep up the sending pace. c := make(chan notify.EventInfo, 2) // Set up a watchpoint listening for inotify-specific events within a // current working directory. Dispatch each InMovedFrom and InMovedTo // events separately to c. if err := notify.Watch(".", c, notify.InMovedFrom, notify.InMovedTo); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer notify.Stop(c) // Inotify reports move filesystem action by sending two events tied with // unique cookie value (uint32): one of the events is of InMovedFrom type // carrying move source path, while the second one is of InMoveTo type // carrying move destination path. moves := make(map[uint32]struct { From string To string }) // Wait for moves. for ei := range c { cookie := ei.Sys().(*unix.InotifyEvent).Cookie info := moves[cookie] switch ei.Event() { case notify.InMovedFrom: info.From = ei.Path() case notify.InMovedTo: info.To = ei.Path() } moves[cookie] = info if cookie != 0 && info.From != "" && info.To != "" { log.Println("File:", info.From, "was renamed to", info.To) delete(moves, cookie) } } }