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+#include <sys/inotify.h> /* Linux inotify interface */
+...
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ int i, narg, nread;
+ int fd, wd;
+ char buffer[512 * (sizeof(struct inotify_event) + 16)];
+ unsigned int mask=0;
+ struct inotify_event * event;
+ ...
+ narg = argc - optind;
+ if (narg < 1) { /* There must be at least one argument */
+ printf("Wrong number of arguments %d\n", argc - optind);
+ usage();
+ }
+ fd = inotify_init(); /* initialize inotify */
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ perror("Failing on inotify_init");
+ exit(-1);
+ }
+ i = 0;
+ while (i < narg) {
+ wd = inotify_add_watch(fd, argv[optind+i], mask); /* add watch */
+ if (wd <= 0) {
+ printf("Failing to add watched file %s, mask %i; %s\n",
+ argv[optind+i], mask, strerror(errno));
+ exit(-1);
+ }
+ i++;
+ }
+ /* Main Loop: read events and print them */
+ while (1) {
+ nread = read(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+ if (nread < 0) {
+ if (errno == EINTR) {
+ continue;
+ } else {
+ perror("error reading inotify data");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ } else {
+ i = 0;
+ while (i < nread) {
+ event = (struct inotify_event *) buffer + i;
+ printf("Watch descriptor %i\n", event->wd);
+ printf("Observed event on %s\n", argv[optind-1+event->wd]);
+ if (event->len) {
+ printf("On file %s\n", event->name);
+ }
+ printevent(event->mask);
+ i += sizeof(struct inotify_event) + event->len;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return 0;
+}