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+/* inotify_monitor.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Simone Piccardi
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ */
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * File inotufy_monitor.c:
+ *
+ * An example for shared memory use: monitor a directory status,
+ * saving data in a shared memory segment
+ *
+ * Author: S. Piccardi Jul. 2007
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/inotify.h>
+#include <stdlib.h> /* C standard library */
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h> /* error definitions and routines */
+#include <stdio.h> /* standard I/O library */
+#include <string.h> /* string functions */
+
+
+#include "macros.h"
+
+/* Help printing routine */
+void usage(void);
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ int i;
+ int fd;
+ unsigned int mask=0;
+ /*
+ * Input section: decode command line parameters
+ * Use getopt function
+ */
+ opterr = 0; /* don't want writing to stderr */
+ while ( (i = getopt(argc, argv, "hrwcda")) != -1) {
+ switch (i) {
+ /*
+ * Handling options
+ */
+ case 'h': /* help option */
+ printf("Wrong -h option use\n");
+ usage();
+ return -1;
+ break;
+ case 'r': /* read access */
+ mask |= IN_ACCESS;
+ break;
+ case 'w': /* write access */
+ mask |= IN_MODIFY;
+ break;
+ case 'c': /* creation */
+ mask |= IN_CREATE;
+ break;
+ case 'd': /* deletion */
+ mask |= IN_DELETE;
+ break;
+ case 'a': /* all events */
+ mask |= IN_ALL_EVENTS;
+ break;
+ case '?': /* unrecognized options */
+ printf("Unrecognized options -%c\n",optopt);
+ usage();
+ default: /* should not reached */
+ usage();
+ }
+ }
+ /* ***********************************************************
+ *
+ * Options processing completed
+ *
+ * Main code beginning
+ *
+ * ***********************************************************/
+ if ((argc - optind) != 1) { /* There must be remaing parameters */
+ printf("Wrong number of arguments %d\n", argc - optind);
+ usage();
+ }
+ /* initalialize */
+ fd = inotify_init ();
+ if (fd < 0)
+ perror("Failing on inotify_init");
+
+ /* add watch */
+ if (inotify_add_watch(fd, argv[1], mask) != 0) {
+ printf("Failing to add watched file %s; %s\n",
+ argv[1], strerror(errno));
+ exit(-1);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+
+}
+/*
+ * routine to print usage info and exit
+ */
+void usage(void) {
+ printf("Program inotify_monitor: monitor file changes \n");
+ printf("Usage:\n");
+ printf(" inotify_monitor [-h] -rwcd dirname/filename \n");
+ printf(" -h print this help\n");
+ printf(" -w watch write\n");
+ printf(" -r watch read\n");
+ printf(" -c watch create\n");
+ printf(" -d watch delete\n");
+ printf(" -a watch all\n");
+ exit(1);
+}