Re: Stdio.File()->notify

Cool! I guess Inotify is a fairly recent addition to Pike so I had to pull
down Pike 8, but I got it working after that.

Thanks a bunch! :)

# Pontus

2014-09-23 11:20 GMT+02:00 Arne Goedeke <[email protected]>:

> The second argument (a callback) is not actually used by the notify()
> code. Instead, you would need  to add a signal handler. I would suggest
> using System.Inotify, it should work as documented and is much more
> flexible.
>
> So, no, you are not doing anything wrong. notify() is not documented
> correctly and should probably be removed completely.
>
> Arne
>
>
> On Tue, 23 Sep 2014, Pontus 獸Vstlund wrote:
>
>  Hello!
>>
>> I have a question about the notify method in Stdio.File which I can't get
>> to work. Maybe I'm using it wrong or maybe it just doesn't work, I don't
>> know.
>>
>> I'd like to listen for changes in a directory:
>>
>> Stdio.File dir = Stdio.File("/my/dir");
>> dir->notify(
>>    Stdio.DN_MULTISHOT |
>>    Stdio.DN_MODIFY |
>>    Stdio.DN_CREATE |
>>    Stdio.DN_DELETE |
>>    Stdio.DN_RENAME,
>>    lambda() {
>>        werror("Hello\n");
>>    }
>> );
>>
>> but nothing seems to happen. Am I doing something wrong?
>>
>> And yes, I'm using Linux.
>>
>> Regards
>> # Pontus
>>
>