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Marco Costa wrote: |
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> Hi. |
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> I am trying to use inotify but something is not correct. |
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> I am using gentoo 2006.0. |
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> kernel: 2.6.17-gentoo-r4 |
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> inotify is compiled in. |
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> glibc 2.3.6-r4 |
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> What happens: |
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> I initialize inotify, it returns the file descriptor (fd). OK |
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> I add a directory to watch with all flags. It returns the watch |
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> descriptor (wd). OK |
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> I read (blocking) the fd. It blocks. OK |
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> -> I touch a file inside the directory I am watching |
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> the read unblocks, but it really returns 0 bytes read and do not block |
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> anymore. |
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Problem solved. |
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One must read all the available data at once. Reading just chunks will not work. |
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The use of the ioctl FIONREAD is recommended. |
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Regards, |
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Marco Costa |
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