You should use gvfs instead gnomevfs is deprecated 2008/8/28 Damien Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Hi List, > > I'm trying to use the directory monitoring API in gnomevfs, but I'm having > difficulty understanding how it is supposed to be used. The documentation at > > http://library.gnome.org/devel/gnome-vfs-2.0/unstable/gnome-vfs-20-gnome-vfs-monitor.htmldoesn't > have any examples and I haven't been able to find a simple example > on the web. The API seems simple enough, but I'm not sure I understand how > the callback mechanism is supposed to work. (This probably reflects a deeper > lack of understanding of glib, but I'll persist...) > > For example, I gather this program won't work because there is no GMainLoop > in place to generate the callback: > > #include <libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs.h> > > int exit=0; > > static void MonitorCallback(GnomeVFSMonitorHandle *handle, const gchar > *monitor_uri, const gchar *info_uri, GnomeVFSMonitorEventType event_type, > gpointer user_data) > { > exit=1; > } > > int main() > { > if(!gnome_vfs_initialized()) > gnome_vfs_init(); > GnomeVFSMonitorHandle *h; > gnome_vfs_monitor_add(&h, "/home/myusername", > GNOME_VFS_MONITOR_DIRECTORY, MonitorCallback, NULL); > while(!exit); > gnome_vfs_monitor_cancel(h); > return 0; > } > > but something like this should work correctly? > > #include <glib.h> > #include <libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs.h> > > static void MonitorCallback(GnomeVFSMonitorHandle *handle, const gchar > *monitor_uri, const gchar *info_uri, GnomeVFSMonitorEventType event_type, > gpointer user_data) > { > g_print("Monitor event received, exiting...\n"); > g_main_loop_quit((GMainLoop*)user_data); > } > > int main() > { > if(!gnome_vfs_initialized()) > gnome_vfs_init(); > GMainLoop *loop; > loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE); > GnomeVFSMonitorHandle *h; > gnome_vfs_monitor_add(&h, "/home/myusername", > GNOME_VFS_MONITOR_DIRECTORY, MonitorCallback, loop); > g_main_loop_run(loop); > gnome_vfs_monitor_cancel(h); > return 0; > } > > Can someone can give me an idea of whether the above should work or what I > would need to do to that simple example to get it working? Looking at the > above I don't really understand how glib would know how to attach the > MonitorCallback to the GMainLoop, which isn't even running yet (if I created > and started another main loop inside the outer loop, would it also generate > callbacks?). > > thanks, > D > _______________________________________________ > gnome-vfs-list mailing list > gnome-vfs-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-vfs-list > >
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