libgamin-dev 0.1.10-4.1 / usr / include / fam.h

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#ifndef __GAMIN_FAM_H__
#define __GAMIN_FAM_H__ 1

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/* For NAME_MAX - maximum # of chars in a filename */
#include <limits.h>

/* PATH_MAX is not defined in limits.h on some platforms */
#ifndef PATH_MAX
#define PATH_MAX 4096
#endif

/**
 * Structure associated to a FAM connection
 */
typedef struct FAMConnection FAMConnection;
typedef FAMConnection *FAMConnectionPtr;

struct FAMConnection {
    int fd;
    void *client;
};

/**
 * FAMCONNECTION_GETFD:
 *
 * The only field available from the connection is the file
 * descriptor and it should be accessed though the macro
 */
#define FAMCONNECTION_GETFD(fc) ((fc)->fd)

/***
 * FAMRequest:
 *
 * Structure associated to a FAM request
 * it should not be public but unfortunately it is included int the
 * FAMEvent structure.
 */
typedef struct FAMRequest FAMRequest;
typedef FAMRequest *FAMRequestPtr;

struct FAMRequest {
    int reqnum;
};

/**
 * FAMREQUEST_GETREQNUM:
 *
 * The only field available from the request is the request
 * number and it should be accessed though the macro
 */
#define FAMREQUEST_GETREQNUM(fr) ((fr)->reqnum)

/**
 * FAMEvent Structure, it is a public structure provided back to the
 * application, this part is part of the API/ABI.
 * The FAMCodes indicates what kind of event happened that raised
 * the callback at the application level.
 */
typedef enum FAMCodes {
    FAMChanged=1,
    FAMDeleted=2,
    FAMStartExecuting=3,
    FAMStopExecuting=4,
    FAMCreated=5,
    FAMMoved=6,
    FAMAcknowledge=7,
    FAMExists=8,
    FAMEndExist=9
} FAMCodes;

typedef struct  FAMEvent {
    FAMConnection* fc;         /* The fam connection that event occurred on */
    FAMRequest fr;             /* Corresponds to the FamRequest from monitor */
    char *hostname;            /* host and filename - pointer to which */
    char filename[PATH_MAX];   /* file changed */
    void *userdata;            /* userdata associated with this monitor req. */
    FAMCodes code;             /* What happened to file - see above */
} FAMEvent;

/**
 * FAMOpen/FAMClose:
 * those are the functions used to connect and disconnect to the FAM service
 */
extern int FAMOpen(FAMConnection* fc);
extern int FAMOpen2(FAMConnection* fc, const char* appName);
extern int FAMClose(FAMConnection* fc);

/**
 * FAMMonitorDirectory/FAMMonitorFile/FAMMonitorCollection:
 * Those functions are used to register monitoring requests for
 * files or directories.
 */

extern int FAMMonitorDirectory	(FAMConnection *fc,
			       	 const char *filename,
			       	 FAMRequest* fr,
			       	 void* userData);
extern int FAMMonitorFile	(FAMConnection *fc,
			  	 const char *filename, 
			  	 FAMRequest* fr,
			  	 void* userData);
extern int FAMMonitorDirectory2(FAMConnection *fc,
				const char *filename,
				FAMRequest* fr);
extern int FAMMonitorFile2	(FAMConnection *fc,
			   	 const char *filename,
			   	 FAMRequest* fr);

/**
 * FAMMonitorCollection:
 *
 * Seems an attempt at changing the scope of the API,
 * not supported, it's not described in the man pages anyway.
 */
extern int FAMMonitorCollection	(FAMConnection *fc,
				 const char *filename, 
				 FAMRequest* fr,
				 void* userData,
				 int depth,
				 const char* mask);

/**
 * FAMSuspendMonitor/FAMResumeMonitor:
 *
 * Those two functions are used to momentarily suspend and later resume
 * a given monitoring request.
 */
extern int FAMSuspendMonitor	(FAMConnection *fc,
				 const FAMRequest *fr);
extern int FAMResumeMonitor	(FAMConnection *fc,
				 const FAMRequest *fr);

/**
 * FAMCancelMonitor:
 *
 * This function is used to permanently stop a monitoring request.
 */
extern int FAMCancelMonitor	(FAMConnection *fc,
				 const FAMRequest *fr);

/**
 * FAMNextEvent/FAMPending:
 *
 *  FAMNextEvent will get the next fam event (file/directory change).  If
 *  there are no fam events waiting, then FAMNextEvent will wait
 *  until a fam event has been received (from fam).
 *
 *  FAMPending will return the number of fam events that are waiting.
 *  This routine always returns immediately to the caller.
 */
extern int FAMNextEvent		(FAMConnection *fc,
				 FAMEvent *fe);
extern int FAMPending		(FAMConnection* fc);

/**
 * FAMErrno:
 *
 * If an error occurs within libgamin FAMErrno should be set to a
 * non-zero value.
 */
extern int FAMErrno;

/**
 * FAMDebugLevel:
 *
 * Currently unimplemented as in the SGI FAM.  Exists only for
 * compatibility.
 */
extern int FAMDebugLevel (FAMConnection *fc,
			  int level);
/**
 * FAM_DEBUG_OFF:
 * Unused macro, compatibility for SGI FAM API.
 */
#define FAM_DEBUG_OFF 0
/**
 * FAM_DEBUG_ON:
 * Unused macro, compatibility for SGI FAM API.
 */
#define FAM_DEBUG_ON  1
/**
 * FAM_DEBUG_VERBOSE:
 * Unused macro, compatibility for SGI FAM API.
 */
#define FAM_DEBUG_VERBOSE 2

/**
 * FamErrList:
 *
 * In case FAMErrno is set, FAMErrlist is a global string array indexed
 * by FAMErrno that describes the last error that happened.
 * NOTE: this is not a good mechanism, it's present here only to provide
 *       API and ABI compatibility with FAM.
 */
extern const char *FamErrlist[];

/**
 * FAMNoExists:
 *
 * Specific extension for the core FAM API where Exists event are not
 * propagated on directory monitory listing startup. This speeds up 
 * watching large directories but can introduce a mismatch between the FAM
 * view of the directory and the program own view.
 *
 * Returns 0 in case of success and -1 in case of error.
 */
extern int FAMNoExists		(FAMConnection *fc);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* __GAMIN_FAM_H__ */