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+// Copyright (c) 2014-2015 The Notify Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// BUG(rjeczalik): Notify does not collect watchpoints, when underlying watches
+// were removed by their os-specific watcher implementations. Instead users are
+// advised to listen on persistant paths to have guarantee they receive events
+// for the whole lifetime of their applications (to discuss see #69).
+
+// BUG(ppknap): Linux (inotify) does not support watcher behavior masks like
+// InOneshot, InOnlydir etc. Instead users are advised to perform the filtering
+// themselves (to discuss see #71).
+
+// BUG(ppknap): Notify was not tested for short path name support under Windows
+// (ReadDirectoryChangesW).
+
+// BUG(ppknap): Windows (ReadDirectoryChangesW) cannot recognize which notification
+// triggers FileActionModified event. (to discuss see #75).
+
+package notify
+
+var defaultTree = newTree()
+
+// Watch sets up a watchpoint on path listening for events given by the events
+// argument.
+//
+// File or directory given by the path must exist, otherwise Watch will fail
+// with non-nil error. Notify resolves, for its internal purpose, any symlinks
+// the provided path may contain, so it may fail if the symlinks form a cycle.
+// It does so, since not all watcher implementations treat passed paths as-is.
+// E.g. FSEvents reports a real path for every event, setting a watchpoint
+// on /tmp will report events with paths rooted at /private/tmp etc.
+//
+// The c almost always is a buffered channel. Watch will not block sending to c
+// - the caller must ensure that c has sufficient buffer space to keep up with
+// the expected event rate.
+//
+// It is allowed to pass the same channel multiple times with different event
+// list or different paths. Calling Watch with different event lists for a single
+// watchpoint expands its event set. The only way to shrink it, is to call
+// Stop on its channel.
+//
+// Calling Watch with empty event list does expand nor shrink watchpoint's event
+// set. If c is the first channel to listen for events on the given path, Watch
+// will seamlessly create a watch on the filesystem.
+//
+// Notify dispatches copies of single filesystem event to all channels registered
+// for each path. If a single filesystem event contains multiple coalesced events,
+// each of them is dispatched separately. E.g. the following filesystem change:
+//
+// ~ $ echo Hello > Notify.txt
+//
+// dispatches two events - notify.Create and notify.Write. However, it may depend
+// on the underlying watcher implementation whether OS reports both of them.
+//
+// Windows and recursive watches
+//
+// If a directory which path was used to create recursive watch under Windows
+// gets deleted, the OS will not report such event. It is advised to keep in
+// mind this limitation while setting recursive watchpoints for your application,
+// e.g. use persistant paths like %userprofile% or watch additionally parent
+// directory of a recursive watchpoint in order to receive delete events for it.
+func Watch(path string, c chan<- EventInfo, events ...Event) error {
+ return defaultTree.Watch(path, c, events...)
+}
+
+// Stop removes all watchpoints registered for c. All underlying watches are
+// also removed, for which c was the last channel listening for events.
+//
+// Stop does not close c. When Stop returns, it is guranteed that c will
+// receive no more signals.
+func Stop(c chan<- EventInfo) {
+ defaultTree.Stop(c)
+}