1 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/inotify/syscall.go b/inotify/syscall.go
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index 0000000..245bc41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inotify/syscall.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package inotify
+
+import (
+	"C"
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+type Cint C.int
+
+/* Create and initialize inotify instance.  */
+func inotify_init() (Cint, error) {
+	fd, errno := syscall.InotifyInit()
+	return Cint(fd), os.NewSyscallError("inotify_init", errno)
+}
+
+/* Create and initialize inotify instance.  */
+func inotify_init1(flags Cint) (Cint, error) {
+	fd, errno := syscall.InotifyInit1(int(flags))
+	return Cint(fd), os.NewSyscallError("inotify_init1", errno)
+}
+
+/* Add watch of object NAME to inotify instance FD.  Notify about
+   events specified by MASK.  */
+func inotify_add_watch(fd Cint, name string, mask uint32) (Cint, error) {
+	wd, errno := syscall.InotifyAddWatch(int(fd), name, mask)
+	return Cint(wd), os.NewSyscallError("inotify_add_watch", errno)
+}
+
+/* Remove the watch specified by WD from the inotify instance FD.  */
+func inotify_rm_watch(fd Cint, wd Cint) error {
+	success, errno := syscall.InotifyRmWatch(int(fd), uint32(wd))
+	switch success {
+	case -1:
+		if errno == nil {
+			panic("should never happen")
+		}
+		os.NewSyscallError("inotify_rm_watch", errno)
+	case 0:
+		if errno != nil {
+			panic("should never happen")
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	panic("should never happen")
+}
+
+func sysclose(fd Cint) error {
+	return os.NewSyscallError("close", syscall.Close(int(fd)))
+}
+
+func sysread(fd Cint, p []byte) (Cint, error) {
+	n, err := syscall.Read(int(fd), p)
+	return Cint(n), os.NewSyscallError("read", err)
+}