Revision history for Linux::Inotify2

TODO: document move/renaming issues for fullname TODO: find_watchers($path), or maybe just ->watchers

1.22 Tue Jun 14 08:34:38 CEST 2011

• use a more useful definition of IN_xxx methods - any bits, not a match. (pointed out by Anatoliy Grishayev).
• slightly reworked the documentation.

1.21 Mon Sep 21 10:07:07 CEST 2009

• fix a couple of typoes, as pointed out by Grant McLean.
• rely on common::sense for stricter namespace checking.

1.2 Tue Oct 7 19:23:57 CEST 2008

• include IN_DELETE_SELF in events that cancel watchers, as the kernel seems to handle it this way only.
• require sys/inotify.h to be installed, remove the local copy (patch by Adrian Bunk).
• update examples.

1.1 Fri Sep 29 16:40:14 CEST 2006

• fixed formatting.
• add IN_MASK_ADD, IN_DONT_FOLLOW, IN_ONLYDIR.
• updated inotify.h from inotify-utils for wider architecture support.
• no internal changes.

1.01 Tue Dec 20 12:31:16 CET 2005

• more fixes by Andrejs Dubovskis:
• removed debugging code accidentally left in.
• streaming API didn't always return properly blessed objects.

1.0 Mon Dec 19 17:48:01 CET 2005

• incorporated a major patch by Andrejs Dubovskis:
• added a non-callback interface to read events
• better error handling in non-blocking case.
• added test case.
• fix reading events leaking memory.

0.8 Sun Nov 27 13:43:14 CET 2005

• improved documentation.
• added IN_MOVE_SELF.
• cancel events when receiving an IN_ONESHOT event.
• clarify documentation for ->cookie.

0.2 Tue Aug 23 04:27:31 CEST 2005

• poll now really returns the #events.
• handle multiple cancel's gracefully.
• auto-cancel watchers on IN_IGNORED and IN_UNMOUNT. situation with IN_ONESHOT is unclear (does have no effect on 2.6.13-rc6-git13).
• avoid race between canceled and newly-created watches.
• improved documentation.

0.1 Mon Aug 22 12:05:15 CEST 2005

• original version, a Linux::AIO clone.