原文链接:http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/04/inotify-c-program-example/
我在上面稍微做了点修改,使得可以监听多个目录,而且可以循环监听,不会监听到一个事件就停止了
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <linux/inotify.h>
#define EVENT_SIZE ( sizeof (struct inotify_event) )
#define EVENT_BUF_LEN ( 1024 * ( EVENT_SIZE + 16 ) )
int main( )
{
int length, i = 0;
int fd;
int wd;
char buffer[EVENT_BUF_LEN];
/*creating the INOTIFY instance*/
fd = inotify_init();
/*checking for error*/
if (fd < 0) {
perror("inotify_init");
}
/*adding the “/tmp” directory into watch list. Here, the suggestion is to validate the existence of the directory before adding into monitoring list.*/
wd = inotify_add_watch(fd, "/tmp", IN_CREATE | IN_DELETE);
inotify_add_watch(fd, "/tmp/dir1", IN_CREATE | IN_DELETE); //添加了一个子目录进行监听,默认是不会监听子目录的
/*read to determine the event change happens on “/tmp” directory. Actually this read blocks until the change event occurs*/
for ( ; ;) // 在外面加了一个循环,防止监听完一个事件后就退出了
{
i = 0;
length = read(fd, buffer, EVENT_BUF_LEN);
/*checking for error*/
if (length < 0) {
perror("read");
}
/*actually read return the list of change events happens. Here, read the change event one by one and process it accordingly.*/
while (i < length) {
struct inotify_event *event = (struct inotify_event *) &buffer[i];
if (event->len) {
if (event->mask & IN_CREATE) {
if (event->mask & IN_ISDIR) {
printf("New directory %s created.\n", event->name);
} else {
printf("New file %s created.\n", event->name);
}
} else if (event->mask & IN_DELETE) {
if (event->mask & IN_ISDIR) {
printf("Directory %s deleted.\n", event->name);
} else {
printf("File %s deleted.\n", event->name);
}
}
}
i += EVENT_SIZE + event->len;
}
}
/*removing the “/tmp” directory from the watch list.*/
inotify_rm_watch(fd, wd);
/*closing the INOTIFY instance*/
close(fd);
return 0;
}