// Copyright (c) 2013 ActiveState Software Inc. All rights reserved. package watch import ( "fmt" "os" "path/filepath" "github.com/hpcloud/tail/util" "gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1" "gopkg.in/tomb.v1" ) // InotifyFileWatcher uses inotify to monitor file changes. type InotifyFileWatcher struct { Filename string Size int64 } func NewInotifyFileWatcher(filename string) *InotifyFileWatcher { fw := &InotifyFileWatcher{filepath.Clean(filename), 0} return fw } func (fw *InotifyFileWatcher) BlockUntilExists(t *tomb.Tomb) error { err := WatchCreate(fw.Filename) if err != nil { return err } defer RemoveWatchCreate(fw.Filename) // Do a real check now as the file might have been created before // calling `WatchFlags` above. if _, err = os.Stat(fw.Filename); !os.IsNotExist(err) { // file exists, or stat returned an error. return err } events := Events(fw.Filename) for { select { case evt, ok := <-events: if !ok { return fmt.Errorf("inotify watcher has been closed") } evtName, err := filepath.Abs(evt.Name) if err != nil { return err } fwFilename, err := filepath.Abs(fw.Filename) if err != nil { return err } if evtName == fwFilename { return nil } case <-t.Dying(): return tomb.ErrDying } } panic("unreachable") } func (fw *InotifyFileWatcher) ChangeEvents(t *tomb.Tomb, pos int64) (*FileChanges, error) { err := Watch(fw.Filename) if err != nil { return nil, err } changes := NewFileChanges() fw.Size = pos go func() { defer RemoveWatch(fw.Filename) events := Events(fw.Filename) for { prevSize := fw.Size var evt fsnotify.Event var ok bool select { case evt, ok = <-events: if !ok { return } case <-t.Dying(): return } switch { case evt.Op&fsnotify.Remove == fsnotify.Remove: fallthrough case evt.Op&fsnotify.Rename == fsnotify.Rename: changes.NotifyDeleted() return case evt.Op&fsnotify.Write == fsnotify.Write: fi, err := os.Stat(fw.Filename) if err != nil { if os.IsNotExist(err) { changes.NotifyDeleted() return } // XXX: report this error back to the user util.Fatal("Failed to stat file %v: %v", fw.Filename, err) } fw.Size = fi.Size() if prevSize > 0 && prevSize > fw.Size { changes.NotifyTruncated() } else { changes.NotifyModified() } prevSize = fw.Size } } }() return changes, nil }