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1### -*-pyrex-*-
2###
3### Watching files for changes
4###
5### (c) 2007 Straylight/Edgeware
6###
7
8###----- Licensing notice ---------------------------------------------------
9###
10### This file is part of the Python interface to mLib.
11###
12### mLib/Python is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
13### it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
14### the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
15### (at your option) any later version.
16###
17### mLib/Python is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
18### but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
19### MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
20### GNU General Public License for more details.
21###
22### You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
23### along with mLib/Python; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
24### Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
25
26cdef class FWatch:
27 """
28 FWatch(FILE): watch FILE for changes
29
30 FILE may be a string, file descriptor, or an object with a `fileno' method.
31 """
32 cdef fwatch fw
33 cdef public file
34 def __cinit__(me, file):
35 me._init(file)
36 def __init__(me, file):
37 me._init(file)
38 cdef _init(me, file):
39 if isinstance(file, str):
40 fwatch_init(&me.fw, file)
41 else:
42 fwatch_initfd(&me.fw, _getfd(file))
43 me.file = file
44 def update(me):
45 """FW.update() -> RC: nonzero if the file has changed state"""
46 cdef int rc
47 if isinstance(me.file, str):
48 rc = fwatch_update(&me.fw, me.file)
49 else:
50 rc = fwatch_updatefd(&me.fw, _getfd(me.file))
51 return rc
52
53###----- That's all, folks --------------------------------------------------