Predefined Constants

The constants below are defined by this extension, and will only be available when the extension has either been compiled into PHP or dynamically loaded at runtime.

IN_ACCESS ( integer ): File was accessed (read) (*)
IN_MODIFY ( integer ): File was modified (*)
IN_ATTRIB ( integer ): Metadata changed (e.g. permissions, mtime, etc.) (*)
IN_CLOSE_WRITE ( integer ): File opened for writing was closed (*)
IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE ( integer ): File not opened for writing was closed (*)
IN_OPEN ( integer ): File was opened (*)
IN_MOVED_TO ( integer ): File moved into watched directory (*)
IN_MOVED_FROM ( integer ): File moved out of watched directory (*)
IN_CREATE ( integer ): File or directory created in watched directory (*)
IN_DELETE ( integer ): File or directory deleted in watched directory (*)
IN_DELETE_SELF ( integer ): Watched file or directory was deleted
IN_MOVE_SELF ( integer ): Watch file or directory was moved
IN_CLOSE ( integer ): Equals to IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE
IN_MOVE ( integer ): Equals to IN_MOVED_FROM | IN_MOVED_TO
IN_ALL_EVENTS ( integer ): Bitmask of all the above constants
IN_UNMOUNT ( integer ): File system containing watched object was unmounted
IN_Q_OVERFLOW ( integer ): Event queue overflowed (wd is -1 for this event)
IN_IGNORED ( integer ): Watch was removed (explicitly by inotify_rm_watch() or because file was removed or filesystem unmounted
IN_ISDIR ( integer ): Subject of this event is a directory
IN_ONLYDIR ( integer ): Only watch pathname if it is a directory (Since Linux 2.6.15)
IN_DONT_FOLLOW ( integer ): Do not dereference pathname if it is a symlink (Since Linux 2.6.15)
IN_MASK_ADD ( integer ): Add events to watch mask for this pathname if it already exists (instead of replacing mask).
IN_ONESHOT ( integer ): Monitor pathname for one event, then remove from watch list.

Note: The events marked with an asterisk (*) above can occur for files in watched directories.