package inotify import ( "fmt" "golang.org/x/sys/unix" ) type Inotify struct { fd int watchers map[int]*watcher ping chan struct{} paused bool } func NewInotify(ping chan struct{}) (*Inotify, error) { fd, errno := unix.InotifyInit1(unix.IN_CLOEXEC) if fd == -1 { return nil, fmt.Errorf("Can't init inotify: %d", errno) } i := &Inotify{ fd: fd, watchers: make(map[int]*watcher), ping: ping, paused: false, } go watch(i) return i, nil } func (i *Inotify) Start() { go watch(i) } func (i *Inotify) Watch(dir string) error { w, err := newWatcher(i.fd, dir, i.ping) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("creating watcher: %v", err) } i.watchers[w.wd] = w return nil } func (i *Inotify) Close() error { if err := unix.Close(i.fd); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("closing inotify file descriptor: %v", err) } return nil } func (i *Inotify) Pause() { i.paused = true } func (i *Inotify) UnPause() { i.paused = false } func (i *Inotify) NumWatchers() int { return len(i.watchers) } func (i *Inotify) String() string { if len(i.watchers) < 20 { dirs := make([]string, 0) for _, w := range i.watchers { dirs = append(dirs, w.dir) } return fmt.Sprintf("Watching: %v", dirs) } else { return fmt.Sprintf("Watching %d directories", len(i.watchers)) } } type bufRead struct { n int buf []byte } func watch(i *Inotify) { buf := make([]byte, 5*unix.SizeofInotifyEvent) buffers := make(chan bufRead) go eventLogger(i, buffers) for { n, _ := unix.Read(i.fd, buf) if !i.paused { i.ping <- struct{}{} } buffers <- bufRead{ n: n, buf: buf, } } }