67 lines
2.0 KiB
Lua
67 lines
2.0 KiB
Lua
---@meta
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---Functionality that allows to monitor a directory or file for changes
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---using the native facilities provided by the current operating system
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---for better efficiency and performance.
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---@class dirmonitor
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dirmonitor = {}
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---@alias dirmonitor.callback fun(fd_or_path:integer|string)
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---
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---Creates a new dirmonitor object.
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---
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---@return dirmonitor
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function dirmonitor.new() end
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---
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---Monitors a directory or file for changes.
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---
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---In "multiple" mode you will need to call this method more than once to
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---recursively monitor directories and files.
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---
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---In "single" mode you will only need to call this method for the parent
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---directory and every sub directory and files will get automatically monitored.
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---@param path string
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---
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---@return integer fd The file descriptor id assigned to the monitored path when
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---the mode is "multiple", in "single" mode: 1 for success or -1 on failure.
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function dirmonitor:watch(path) end
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---
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---Stops monitoring a file descriptor in "multiple" mode
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---or in "single" mode a directory path.
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---@param fd_or_path integer | string A file descriptor or path.
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function dirmonitor:unwatch(fd_or_path) end
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---
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---Verify if the resources registered for monitoring have changed, should
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---be called periodically to check for changes.
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---
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---The callback will be called for each file or directory that was:
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---edited, removed or added. A file descriptor will be passed to the
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---callback in "multiple" mode or a path in "single" mode.
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---
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---@param callback dirmonitor.callback
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---
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---@return boolean? changes True when changes were detected.
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function dirmonitor:check(callback) end
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---
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---Get the working mode for the current file system monitoring backend.
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---
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---"multiple": various file descriptors are needed to recursively monitor a
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---directory contents, backends: inotify and kqueue.
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---
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---"single": a single process takes care of monitoring a path recursively
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---so no individual file descriptors are used, backends: win32 and fsevents.
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---
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---@return "single" | "multiple"
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function dirmonitor:mode() end
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return dirmonitor
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