inotify_queue_len

(PECL inotify >= 0.1.2)

inotify_queue_len — Return a number upper than zero if there are pending events

Description

int inotify_queue_len ( resource $inotify_instance )

This function allows to know if inotify_read() will block or not. If a number upper than zero is returned, there are pending events and inotify_read() will not block.

Parameters

inotify_instance

Resource returned by inotify_init()

Return Values

Returns a number upper than zero if there are pending events.

See Also

  • inotify_init() - Initialize an inotify instance
  • stream_select() - Runs the equivalent of the select() system call on the given arrays of streams with a timeout specified by tv_sec and tv_usec
  • stream_set_blocking() - Set blocking/non-blocking mode on a stream