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