inotify_read
(PECL inotify >= 0.1.2)
inotify_read — Read events from an inotify instance
Description
inotify_read(resource $inotify_instance): array
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() - Initialize an inotify instance
- stream_select() - Runs the equivalent of the select() system call on the given
arrays of streams with a timeout specified by seconds and microseconds
- stream_set_blocking() - Set blocking/non-blocking mode on a stream
- inotify_queue_len() - Return a number upper than zero if there are pending events