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+/*
+ * 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 {
+        __s32           wd;             /* watch descriptor */
+        __u32           mask;           /* watch mask */
+        __u32           cookie;         /* cookie to synchronize two events */
+        __u32           len;            /* length (including nulls) of name */
+        char            name[0];        /* stub for possible name */
+};
+
+/* the following are legal, implemented events that user-space can watch for */
+#define IN_ACCESS               0x00000001      /* File was accessed */
+#define IN_MODIFY               0x00000002      /* File was modified */
+#define IN_ATTRIB               0x00000004      /* Metadata changed */
+#define IN_CLOSE_WRITE          0x00000008      /* Writtable file was closed */
+#define IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE        0x00000010      /* Unwrittable file closed */
+#define IN_OPEN                 0x00000020      /* File was opened */
+#define IN_MOVED_FROM           0x00000040      /* File was moved from X */
+#define IN_MOVED_TO             0x00000080      /* File was moved to Y */
+#define IN_CREATE               0x00000100      /* Subfile was created */
+#define IN_DELETE               0x00000200      /* Subfile was deleted */
+#define IN_DELETE_SELF          0x00000400      /* Self was deleted */
+#define IN_MOVE_SELF            0x00000800      /* Self was moved */
+
+/* the following are legal events.  they are sent as needed to any watch */
+#define IN_UNMOUNT              0x00002000      /* Backing fs was unmounted */
+#define IN_Q_OVERFLOW           0x00004000      /* Event queued overflowed */
+#define IN_IGNORED              0x00008000      /* File was ignored */
+
+/* helper events */
+#define IN_CLOSE                (IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE) /* close */
+#define IN_MOVE                 (IN_MOVED_FROM | IN_MOVED_TO) /* moves */
+
+/* special flags */
+#define IN_ONLYDIR              0x01000000      /* only watch the path if it is a directory */
+#define IN_DONT_FOLLOW          0x02000000      /* don't follow a sym link */
+#define IN_EXCL_UNLINK          0x04000000      /* exclude events on unlinked objects */
+#define IN_MASK_ADD             0x20000000      /* add to the mask of an already existing watch */
+#define IN_ISDIR                0x40000000      /* event occurred against dir */
+#define IN_ONESHOT              0x80000000      /* only send event once */
+
+/*
+ * 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   (IN_ACCESS | IN_MODIFY | IN_ATTRIB | IN_CLOSE_WRITE | \
+                         IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE | IN_OPEN | IN_MOVED_FROM | \
+                         IN_MOVED_TO | IN_DELETE | IN_CREATE | IN_DELETE_SELF | \
+                         IN_MOVE_SELF)
+
+/* Flags for sys_inotify_init1.  */
+#define IN_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC
+#define IN_NONBLOCK O_NONBLOCK
+
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_INOTIFY_H */