tNow recreate the file watch when getting IN_IGNORED event - wendy - watch files/directories and run commands on any event
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DIR commit e5ce4d46a667ade7fc70dbf71579f7c4029943c7
DIR parent 6a8cc070dbd404d740009f71bec92c8c3593cf2b
HTML Author: z3bra <willy@mailoo.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 18:17:49 +0100
Now recreate the file watch when getting IN_IGNORED event
Diffstat:
M wendy.c | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
---
DIR diff --git a/wendy.c b/wendy.c
t@@ -128,11 +128,14 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
if (fd < 0)
perror("inotify_init");
+add_watch:
/* add a watcher on the file */
wd = inotify_add_watch(fd, file, mask);
- if (wd < 0)
+ if (wd < 0) {
perror("inotify_add_watch");
+ exit(1);
+ }
if (!quiet) {
printf( "watching file %s with event mask %u\n", file, mask);
t@@ -140,6 +143,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
/* start looping */
for (;;) {
+
/* get every event raised, and queue them */
len = read(fd, buf, BUF_LEN);
t@@ -149,15 +153,20 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
i = 0;
-
/* treat all events queued */
while (i < len) {
/* get events one by one */
- ev = (struct inotify_event *) &buf[i];
+ ev = (struct inotify_event *) &buf[i];
+
+ if (ev->mask & IN_IGNORED) {
+ printf("File watch removed. Recreating inotify watch\n");
+ goto add_watch;
+ }
- if (!quiet && ev->len > 0) {
- printf("event on file %s: %u\n", ev->name, ev->mask);
+ if (!quiet) {
+ printf("event on file %s: %u\n",
+ ev->len ? ev->name : file, ev->mask);
}
/*