package inotify import ( "fmt" "golang.org/x/sys/unix" ) type Inotify struct { fd int watchers map[int]*watcher } func NewInotify() (*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), } return i, nil } func (i *Inotify) Watch(dir string) error { w, err := newWatcher(i.fd, dir) 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) 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)) } }