linux/include/uapi/linux/inotify.h

/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
/*
 * Inode based directory notification for Linux
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2005 John McCutchan
 */

#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_INOTIFY_H
#define _UAPI_LINUX_INOTIFY_H

/* For O_CLOEXEC and O_NONBLOCK */
#include <linux/fcntl.h>
#include <linux/types.h>

/*
 * struct inotify_event - structure read from the inotify device for each event
 *
 * When you are watching a directory, you will receive the filename for events
 * such as IN_CREATE, IN_DELETE, IN_OPEN, IN_CLOSE, ..., relative to the wd.
 */
struct inotify_event {};

/* the following are legal, implemented events that user-space can watch for */
#define IN_ACCESS
#define IN_MODIFY
#define IN_ATTRIB
#define IN_CLOSE_WRITE
#define IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE
#define IN_OPEN
#define IN_MOVED_FROM
#define IN_MOVED_TO
#define IN_CREATE
#define IN_DELETE
#define IN_DELETE_SELF
#define IN_MOVE_SELF

/* the following are legal events.  they are sent as needed to any watch */
#define IN_UNMOUNT
#define IN_Q_OVERFLOW
#define IN_IGNORED

/* helper events */
#define IN_CLOSE
#define IN_MOVE

/* special flags */
#define IN_ONLYDIR
#define IN_DONT_FOLLOW
#define IN_EXCL_UNLINK
#define IN_MASK_CREATE
#define IN_MASK_ADD
#define IN_ISDIR
#define IN_ONESHOT

/*
 * All of the events - we build the list by hand so that we can add flags in
 * the future and not break backward compatibility.  Apps will get only the
 * events that they originally wanted.  Be sure to add new events here!
 */
#define IN_ALL_EVENTS

/* Flags for sys_inotify_init1.  */
#define IN_CLOEXEC
#define IN_NONBLOCK

/*
 * ioctl numbers: inotify uses 'I' prefix for all ioctls,
 * except historical FIONREAD, which is based on 'T'.
 *
 * INOTIFY_IOC_SETNEXTWD: set desired number of next created
 * watch descriptor.
 */
#define INOTIFY_IOC_SETNEXTWD

#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_INOTIFY_H */