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Watch (gb.inotify)

This class is creatable.

Constants

All	Watch all events.
Close	Watch for the Close event.
Create	Watch for the Create event.
Delete	Watch for the Delete event.
Move	Watch for the Move event.
MoveFrom	Watch for the MoveFrom event.
MoveTo	Watch for the MoveTo event.
Open	Watch for the Open event.
Read	Watch for the Read event.
Stat	Watch for the Stat event.
Write	Watch for the Write event.

Static properties

Cookie	A cookie used to associate events. This is currently only used to connect MoveFrom and MoveTo events of the same file.
IsDir	Return whether the event subject is/was a directory.
Name	The name of the file or directory which is subject to the event, relative to the Watch object which triggered the event. If Null, the directory itself is subject.
Unmount	Return whether the filesystem on which the watched path resided, was unmounted. In this case, the Watch object is invalidated just after the event.

Properties

Events	Return a virtual class to specify the event monitoring bitmask.
IsPaused	Returns if the watch is paused.
Path	Return the watched path.
Tag	This Variant is free for use by the Gambas programmer.

Methods

Pause	Pauses the watch, i.e. disables event generation.
Resume	Resumes the watch if it was paused.

Events

Close	This event is raised when the watched file or a file in the watched directory is closed.
Create	This event is raised when a file or directory was created in the watched directory.
Delete	This event is raised when an entry was deleted from the watched directory or the path itself was deleted.
Move	This event is raised when the watched file or directory was moved.
MoveFrom	This event is raised for the source directory when a file is being moved.
MoveTo	This event is raised for the destination directory when a file is being moved.
Open	This event is raised when the watched file or an entry in the watched directory was opened.
Read	This event is raised when the watched file or entry in the watched directory was accessed, i.e. read, executed, ....
Stat	This event is raised when file attributes/meta data changes. From `$ man 7 inotify`:
Write	This event is raised when the watched file or entry in the watched directory was modified, i.e. written to, truncated, ....