inotify_read
Read events from an inotify instance
Description
array inotify_read(resource $inotify_instance)
Parameters
-
inotify_instance
-
Resource returned by
inotify_init
Return Values
An array of inotify events or false if no events was pending and
inotify_instance is non-blocking. Each event is an array with the following keys:
- wd is a watch descriptor returned by
inotify_add_watch
- mask is a bit mask of events
- cookie is a unique id to connect related events (e.g.
IN_MOVE_FROM
and IN_MOVE_TO)
- name is the name of a file (e.g. if a file was modified in a
watched directory)
See Also
- inotify_init
- stream_select
- stream_set_blocking
- inotify_queue_len