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# __init__.py - low-level interfaces to the Linux inotify subsystem
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# Copyright 2006 Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>
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# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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# it under the terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public
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# License, incorporated herein by reference.
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'''Low-level interface to the Linux inotify subsystem.
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The inotify subsystem provides an efficient mechanism for file status
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monitoring and change notification.
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This package provides the low-level inotify system call interface and
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associated constants and helper functions.
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For a higher-level interface that remains highly efficient, use the
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inotify.watcher package.'''
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__author__ = "Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>"
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from _inotify import *
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procfs_path = '/proc/sys/fs/inotify'
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def _read_procfs_value(name):
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def read_value():
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try:
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return int(open(procfs_path + '/' + name).read())
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except OSError:
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return None
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read_value.__doc__ = '''Return the value of the %s setting from /proc.
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If inotify is not enabled on this system, return None.''' % name
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return read_value
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max_queued_events = _read_procfs_value('max_queued_events')
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max_user_instances = _read_procfs_value('max_user_instances')
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max_user_watches = _read_procfs_value('max_user_watches')
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