inotify.h 3.2 KB

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  1. /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
  2. /*
  3. * Inode based directory notification for Linux
  4. *
  5. * Copyright (C) 2005 John McCutchan
  6. */
  7. #ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_INOTIFY_H
  8. #define _UAPI_LINUX_INOTIFY_H
  9. /* For O_CLOEXEC and O_NONBLOCK */
  10. #include <linux/fcntl.h>
  11. #include <linux/types.h>
  12. /*
  13. * struct inotify_event - structure read from the inotify device for each event
  14. *
  15. * When you are watching a directory, you will receive the filename for events
  16. * such as IN_CREATE, IN_DELETE, IN_OPEN, IN_CLOSE, ..., relative to the wd.
  17. */
  18. struct inotify_event {
  19. __s32 wd; /* watch descriptor */
  20. __u32 mask; /* watch mask */
  21. __u32 cookie; /* cookie to synchronize two events */
  22. __u32 len; /* length (including nulls) of name */
  23. char name[0]; /* stub for possible name */
  24. };
  25. /* the following are legal, implemented events that user-space can watch for */
  26. #define IN_ACCESS 0x00000001 /* File was accessed */
  27. #define IN_MODIFY 0x00000002 /* File was modified */
  28. #define IN_ATTRIB 0x00000004 /* Metadata changed */
  29. #define IN_CLOSE_WRITE 0x00000008 /* Writtable file was closed */
  30. #define IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE 0x00000010 /* Unwrittable file closed */
  31. #define IN_OPEN 0x00000020 /* File was opened */
  32. #define IN_MOVED_FROM 0x00000040 /* File was moved from X */
  33. #define IN_MOVED_TO 0x00000080 /* File was moved to Y */
  34. #define IN_CREATE 0x00000100 /* Subfile was created */
  35. #define IN_DELETE 0x00000200 /* Subfile was deleted */
  36. #define IN_DELETE_SELF 0x00000400 /* Self was deleted */
  37. #define IN_MOVE_SELF 0x00000800 /* Self was moved */
  38. /* the following are legal events. they are sent as needed to any watch */
  39. #define IN_UNMOUNT 0x00002000 /* Backing fs was unmounted */
  40. #define IN_Q_OVERFLOW 0x00004000 /* Event queued overflowed */
  41. #define IN_IGNORED 0x00008000 /* File was ignored */
  42. /* helper events */
  43. #define IN_CLOSE (IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE) /* close */
  44. #define IN_MOVE (IN_MOVED_FROM | IN_MOVED_TO) /* moves */
  45. /* special flags */
  46. #define IN_ONLYDIR 0x01000000 /* only watch the path if it is a directory */
  47. #define IN_DONT_FOLLOW 0x02000000 /* don't follow a sym link */
  48. #define IN_EXCL_UNLINK 0x04000000 /* exclude events on unlinked objects */
  49. #define IN_MASK_CREATE 0x10000000 /* only create watches */
  50. #define IN_MASK_ADD 0x20000000 /* add to the mask of an already existing watch */
  51. #define IN_ISDIR 0x40000000 /* event occurred against dir */
  52. #define IN_ONESHOT 0x80000000 /* only send event once */
  53. /*
  54. * All of the events - we build the list by hand so that we can add flags in
  55. * the future and not break backward compatibility. Apps will get only the
  56. * events that they originally wanted. Be sure to add new events here!
  57. */
  58. #define IN_ALL_EVENTS (IN_ACCESS | IN_MODIFY | IN_ATTRIB | IN_CLOSE_WRITE | \
  59. IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE | IN_OPEN | IN_MOVED_FROM | \
  60. IN_MOVED_TO | IN_DELETE | IN_CREATE | IN_DELETE_SELF | \
  61. IN_MOVE_SELF)
  62. /* Flags for sys_inotify_init1. */
  63. #define IN_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC
  64. #define IN_NONBLOCK O_NONBLOCK
  65. /*
  66. * ioctl numbers: inotify uses 'I' prefix for all ioctls,
  67. * except historical FIONREAD, which is based on 'T'.
  68. *
  69. * INOTIFY_IOC_SETNEXTWD: set desired number of next created
  70. * watch descriptor.
  71. */
  72. #define INOTIFY_IOC_SETNEXTWD _IOW('I', 0, __s32)
  73. #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_INOTIFY_H */