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SDEVENTADDINOTIFY(3) sd_event_add_inotify SDEVENTADDINOTIFY(3)

NAME top

   sd_event_add_inotify, sd_event_add_inotify_fd,
   sd_event_source_get_inotify_mask,
   sd_event_source_get_inotify_path, sd_event_inotify_handler_t - Add
   an "inotify" file system inode event source to an event loop

SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <systemd/sd-event.h>**

   **typedef struct sd_event_source sd_event_source;**

   **typedef int (*sd_event_inotify_handler_t)(sd_event_source ***_s_**,**
                                             **const struct inotify_event ***_event_**,**
                                             **void ***_userdata_**);**

   **int sd_event_add_inotify(sd_event ***_event_**,**
                            **sd_event_source** _source_**,**
                            **const char ***_path_**, uint32_t** _mask_**,**
                            **sd_event_inotify_handler_t** _handler_**,**
                            **void ***_userdata_**);**

   **int sd_event_add_inotify_fd(sd_event ***_event_**,**
                               **sd_event_source** _source_**, int** _fd_**,**
                               **uint32_t** _mask_**,**
                               **sd_event_inotify_handler_t** _handler_**,**
                               **void ***_userdata_**);**

   **int sd_event_source_get_inotify_mask(sd_event_source ***_source_**,**
                                        **uint32_t ***_ret_**);**

   **int sd_event_source_get_inotify_path(sd_event_source ***_source_**,**
                                        **const char** _ret_**);**

DESCRIPTION top

   **sd_event_add_inotify()** adds a new [inotify(7)](../man7/inotify.7.html) file system inode
   event source to an event loop. The event loop object is specified
   in the _event_ parameter, the event source object is returned in the
   _source_ parameter. The _path_ parameter specifies the path of the
   file system inode to watch. The _mask_ parameter specifies which
   types of inode events to watch specifically. It must contain an
   OR-ed combination of **IN_ACCESS**, **IN_ATTRIB**, **IN_CLOSE_WRITE**, ...
   flags. See [inotify(7)](../man7/inotify.7.html) for further information.

   The _handler_ must reference a function to call when the inode
   changes or **NULL**. The handler function will be passed the _userdata_
   pointer, which may be chosen freely by the caller. The handler
   also receives a pointer to a struct inotify_event structure
   containing information about the inode event. The handler may
   return negative to signal an error (see below), other return
   values are ignored. If _handler_ is **NULL**, a default handler that
   calls [sd_event_exit(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fexit.3.html) will be used.

   **sd_event_add_inotify_fd()** is identical to **sd_event_add_inotify()**,
   except that it takes a file descriptor to an inode (possibly an
   **O_PATH** one, but any other will do too) instead of a path in the
   file system.

   If multiple event sources are installed for the same inode the
   backing inotify watch descriptor is automatically shared. The mask
   parameter may contain any flag defined by the inotify API, with
   the exception of **IN_MASK_ADD**.

   The handler is enabled continuously (**SD_EVENT_ON**), but this may be
   changed with [sd_event_source_set_enabled(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fsource%5Fset%5Fenabled.3.html). Alternatively, the
   **IN_ONESHOT** mask flag may be used to request **SD_EVENT_ONESHOT** mode.
   If the handler function returns a negative error code, it will be
   disabled after the invocation, even if the **SD_EVENT_ON** mode was
   requested before.

   As a special limitation the priority of inotify event sources may
   only be altered (see [sd_event_source_set_priority(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fsource%5Fset%5Fpriority.3.html)) in the time
   between creation of the event source object with
   **sd_event_add_inotify()** and the beginning of the next event loop
   iteration. Attempts of changing the priority any later will be
   refused. Consider freeing and allocating a new inotify event
   source to change the priority at that point.

   To destroy an event source object use [sd_event_source_unref(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fsource%5Funref.3.html),
   but note that the event source is only removed from the event loop
   when all references to the event source are dropped. To make sure
   an event source does not fire anymore, even when there's still a
   reference to it kept, consider disabling it with
   [sd_event_source_set_enabled(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fsource%5Fset%5Fenabled.3.html).

   If the second parameter of **sd_event_add_inotify()** is passed as
   **NULL** no reference to the event source object is returned. In this
   case, the event source is considered "floating", and will be
   destroyed implicitly when the event loop itself is destroyed.

   If the _handler_ parameter to **sd_event_add_inotify()** is **NULL**, and
   the event source fires, this will be considered a request to exit
   the event loop. In this case, the _userdata_ parameter, cast to an
   integer, is passed as the exit code parameter to [sd_event_exit(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fexit.3.html).

   **sd_event_source_get_inotify_mask()** retrieves the configured
   inotify watch mask of an event source created previously with
   **sd_event_add_inotify()**. It takes the event source object as the
   _source_ parameter and a pointer to a **uint32_t** variable to return
   the mask in.

   **sd_event_source_get_inotify_path()** retrieves the target path of
   the configured inotify watch of an event source created previously
   with **sd_event_add_inotify()**. It takes the event source object as
   the _source_ parameter and a pointer to a **const char** variable to
   return the path in. The caller must not free the returned path.

RETURN VALUE top

   On success, these functions return 0 or a positive integer. On
   failure, they return a negative errno-style error code.

Errors Returned errors may indicate the following problems:

   **-ENOMEM**
       Not enough memory to allocate an object.

   **-EINVAL**
       An invalid argument has been passed. This includes specifying
       a mask with **IN_MASK_ADD** set.

   **-ESTALE**
       Returned by **sd_event_source_add_inotify()** or
       **sd_event_source_add_inotify_fd()** when the event loop is
       already terminated. Returned by
       **sd_event_source_get_inotify_path()** when no active inode data
       is assigned to the event source, e.g. when the event source is
       disabled.

   **-ECHILD**
       The event loop has been created in a different process,
       library or module instance.

   **-EDOM**
       The passed event source is not an inotify process event
       source.

   **-EBADF**
       The passed file descriptor is not valid.

   **-ENOSYS**
       **sd_event_add_inotify_fd()** or
       **sd_event_source_get_inotify_path()** was called without /proc/
       mounted.

EXAMPLES top

   **Example 1. A simple program that uses inotify to monitor one or**
   **two directories**

       /* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */

       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <string.h>
       #include <sys/inotify.h>

       #include <systemd/sd-event.h>

       #define _cleanup_(f) __attribute__((cleanup(f)))

       static int inotify_handler(sd_event_source *source,
                                  const struct inotify_event *event,
                                  void *userdata) {

         const char *desc = NULL;

         sd_event_source_get_description(source, &desc);

         if (event->mask & IN_Q_OVERFLOW)
           printf("inotify-handler <%s>: overflow\n", desc);
         else if (event->mask & IN_CREATE)
           printf("inotify-handler <%s>: create on %s\n", desc, event->name);
         else if (event->mask & IN_DELETE)
           printf("inotify-handler <%s>: delete on %s\n", desc, event->name);
         else if (event->mask & IN_MOVED_TO)
           printf("inotify-handler <%s>: moved-to on %s\n", desc, event->name);

         /* Terminate the program if an "exit" file appears */
         if ((event->mask & (IN_CREATE|IN_MOVED_TO)) &&
             strcmp(event->name, "exit") == 0)
           sd_event_exit(sd_event_source_get_event(source), 0);

         return 1;
       }

       int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         _cleanup_(sd_event_unrefp) sd_event *event = NULL;
         _cleanup_(sd_event_source_unrefp) sd_event_source *source1 = NULL, *source2 = NULL;

         const char *path1 = argc > 1 ? argv[1] : "/tmp";
         const char *path2 = argc > 2 ? argv[2] : NULL;

         /* Note: failure handling is omitted for brevity */

         sd_event_default(&event);

         sd_event_add_inotify(event, &source1, path1,
                              IN_CREATE | IN_DELETE | IN_MODIFY | IN_MOVED_TO,
                              inotify_handler, NULL);
         if (path2)
           sd_event_add_inotify(event, &source2, path2,
                                IN_CREATE | IN_DELETE | IN_MODIFY | IN_MOVED_TO,
                                inotify_handler, NULL);

         sd_event_loop(event);

         return 0;
       }

NOTES top

   Functions described here are available as a shared library, which
   can be compiled against and linked to with the
   **libsystemd pkg-config**(1) file.

   The code described here uses [getenv(3)](../man3/getenv.3.html), which is declared to be
   not multi-thread-safe. This means that the code calling the
   functions described here must not call [setenv(3)](../man3/setenv.3.html) from a parallel
   thread. It is recommended to only do calls to **setenv()** from an
   early phase of the program when no other threads have been
   started.

HISTORY top

   **sd_event_inotify_handler_t()**, **sd_event_add_inotify()**, and
   **sd_event_source_get_inotify_mask()** were added in version 239.

   **sd_event_add_inotify_fd()** was added in version 250.

   **sd_event_source_get_inotify_path()** was added in version 256.

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