Class: INotify::Event

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/rb-inotify/event.rb

Overview

An event caused by a change on the filesystem. Each Watcher can fire many events, which are passed to that watcher’s callback.

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Attribute Details

#name ⇒ String (readonly)

The name of the file that the event occurred on. This is only set for events that occur on files in directories; otherwise, it’s "". Similarly, if the event is being fired for the directory itself the name will be ""

This pathname is relative to the enclosing directory. For the absolute pathname, use #absolute_name. Note that when the :recursive flag is passed to Notifier#watch, events in nested subdirectories will still have a #name field relative to their immediately enclosing directory. For example, an event on the file "foo/bar/baz" will have name "baz".

Returns:

  • (String) 


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# File 'lib/rb-inotify/event.rb', line 28

def name
  @name
end

#notifier ⇒ Notifier (readonly)

The Notifier that fired this event.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/rb-inotify/event.rb', line 33

def notifier
  @notifier
end

#related ⇒ Array<Event> (readonly)

A list of other events that are related to this one. Currently, this is only used for files that are moved within the same directory: the :moved_from and the :moved_to events will be related.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/rb-inotify/event.rb', line 11

def related
  @related
end

Instance Method Details

#absolute_name ⇒ String

The absolute path of the file that the event occurred on.

This is actually only as absolute as the path passed to the Watcher that created this event. However, it is relative to the working directory, assuming that hasn’t changed since the watcher started.

Returns:

  • (String) 


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# File 'lib/rb-inotify/event.rb', line 66

def absolute_name
  return watcher.path if name.empty?
  return File.join(watcher.path, name)
end

#flags ⇒ Array<Symbol>

Returns the flags that describe this event. This is generally similar to the input to Notifier#watch, except that it won’t contain options flags nor :all_events, and it may contain one or more of the following flags:

:unmount
The filesystem containing the watched file or directory was unmounted.
:ignored
The watcher was closed, or the watched file or directory was deleted.
:isdir
The subject of this event is a directory.

Returns:

  • (Array<Symbol>) 


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# File 'lib/rb-inotify/event.rb', line 86

def flags
  @flags ||= Native::Flags.from_mask(@native[:mask])
end

#size ⇒ Fixnum

Returns the size of this event object in bytes, including the #name string.

Returns:

  • (Fixnum) 


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# File 'lib/rb-inotify/event.rb', line 135

def size
  @native.size + @native[:len]
end

#watcher ⇒ Watcher

Returns the Watcher that fired this event.

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# File 'lib/rb-inotify/event.rb', line 54

def watcher
  @watcher ||= @notifier.watchers[@watcher_id]
end