// Copyright (c) 2013 ActiveState Software Inc. All rights reserved. package watch import ( "github.com/ActiveState/tail/util" "github.com/howeyc/fsnotify" "launchpad.net/tomb" "os" "path/filepath" ) // InotifyFileWatcher uses inotify to monitor file changes. type InotifyFileWatcher struct { Filename string Size int64 } func NewInotifyFileWatcher(filename string) *InotifyFileWatcher { fw := &InotifyFileWatcher{filename, 0} return fw } func (fw *InotifyFileWatcher) BlockUntilExists(t *tomb.Tomb) error { w, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher() if err != nil { return err } defer w.Close() dirname := filepath.Dir(fw.Filename) // Watch for new files to be created in the parent directory. err = w.WatchFlags(dirname, fsnotify.FSN_CREATE) if err != nil { return err } defer w.RemoveWatch(filepath.Dir(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 } for { select { case evt := <-w.Event: if evt.Name == fw.Filename { return nil } case <-t.Dying(): return tomb.ErrDying } } panic("unreachable") } func (fw *InotifyFileWatcher) ChangeEvents(t *tomb.Tomb, fi os.FileInfo) *FileChanges { changes := NewFileChanges() w, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher() if err != nil { util.Fatal("Error creating fsnotify watcher: %v", err) } err = w.Watch(fw.Filename) if err != nil { util.Fatal("Error watching %v: %v", fw.Filename, err) } fw.Size = fi.Size() go func() { defer w.Close() defer w.RemoveWatch(fw.Filename) defer changes.Close() for { prevSize := fw.Size var evt *fsnotify.FileEvent select { case evt = <-w.Event: case <-t.Dying(): return } switch { case evt.IsDelete(): fallthrough case evt.IsRename(): changes.NotifyDeleted() return case evt.IsModify(): 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 }