/*                 This file is part of the Opie Project =. Copyright (C) 2004 Michael 'Mickey' Lauer .=l. Copyright (C) The Opie Team          .>+-= _;:,     .>    :=|. This program is free software; you can .> <`_,   >  .   <= redistribute it and/or modify it under :`=1 )Y*s>-.--   : the terms of the GNU Library General Public .="- .-=="i,     .._ License as published by the Free Software - .   .-<_>     .<> Foundation; either version 2 of the License,    ._= =}       : or (at your option) any later version.   .%`+i>       _;_.   .i_,=:_.      -`: PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU ..}^=.=       =       ; Library General Public License for more ++=   -.     .`     .: details. :     =  ...= . :.=- -.   .:....=;==+<; You should have received a copy of the GNU -_. . .   )=.  = Library General Public License along with   --        :-=` this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ #ifndef OFILENOTIFY_H #define OFILENOTIFY_H #if defined (__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ < 3) #define _GNU_SOURCE #endif /* QT */ #include #include #include /* STD */ #include #include namespace Opie { namespace Core { /*====================================================================================== * OFileNotificationType *======================================================================================*/ /** * @brief An enumerate for the different types of file notifications * * This enumerate provides a means to specify the type of events that you are interest in. * Valid values are: *
    *
  • Access: The file was accessed (read) *
  • Modify The file was modified (write,truncate) *
  • Create = The file was created in the directory *
  • Delete = The file was unlinked from directory *
  • Rename = The file was renamed *
  • Attrib = The file had its attributes changed (chmod,chown,chgrp) *
* **/ enum OFileNotificationType { Single = 0x0000000, Multi = DN_MULTISHOT, Access = DN_ACCESS, Modify = DN_MODIFY, Create = DN_CREATE, Delete = DN_DELETE, Rename = DN_RENAME, Attrib = DN_ATTRIB }; /*====================================================================================== * OFileNotification *======================================================================================*/ /** * @brief Represents a file notification * * This class allows to watch for events happening to files. * It uses the dnotify kernel interface which is a very efficient signalling interface. * * @see * * @author Michael 'Mickey' Lauer * **/ class OFileNotification : public QObject { Q_OBJECT public: OFileNotification( QObject* parent = 0, const char* name = 0 ); ~OFileNotification(); /** * This static function calls a slot when an event with @a type happens to file @a path. * * It is very convenient to use this function because you do not need to * bother with a timerEvent or to create a local QTimer object. * * Example: *
     *
     *     #include 
     *     #include 
     *     using namespace Opie::Core;
     *
     *     int main( int argc, char **argv )
     *     {
     *         OApplication a( argc, argv, "File Notification Example" );
     *         OFileNotification::singleShot( "/tmp/quit", &a, SLOT(quit()), Create );
     *         ... // create and show your widgets
     *         return a.exec();
     *     }
     *  
* * This sample program automatically terminates when the file "/tmp/quite" has been created. * * * The @a receiver is the receiving object and the @a member is the slot. **/ static void singleShot( const QString& path, QObject* receiver, const char* member, OFileNotificationType type = Modify ); /** * Starts to watch for @a type changes to @a path. Set @a sshot to True if you want to be notified only once. * Note that in that case it may be more convenient to use @ref OFileNotification::singleShot() then. **/ int start( const QString& path, bool sshot = false, OFileNotificationType type = Modify ); /** * Stop watching for file events. **/ void stop(); /** * @returns the notification type as set by @ref start(). **/ OFileNotificationType type() const; /** * @returns the path to the file being watched by this instance. **/ QString path() const; /** * @returns the UNIX file descriptor for the file being watched. **/ int fileno() const; /** * @returns if a file is currently being watched. **/ bool isActive() const; signals: /** * This signal is emitted if an event happens of the specified type happens to the file being watched. **/ void triggered(); protected: bool activate(); virtual bool hasChanged(); static bool registerSignalHandler(); static void unregisterSignalHandler(); static void __signalHandler( int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *data ); private: QString _path; OFileNotificationType _type; QSignal _signal; int _fd; bool _active; struct stat _stat; }; #if 0 class ODirectoryNotification : public OFileNotification { public: virtual bool hasChanged() { return true; }; }; #endif } } #endif