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# inotify_read

(PECL inotify >= 0.1.2)

inotify_read — Read events from an inotify instance

### Description

array inotify_read ( resource `$inotify_instance` )

Read inotify events from an inotify instance.

### Parameters

`inotify_instance`

  Resource returned by inotify_init()

### Return Values

An array of inotify events or `FALSE` if no events was pending and `inotify_instance` is non-blocking. Each event is an array with the following keys:

- wd is a watch descriptor returned by inotify_add_watch()
- mask is a bit mask of events
- cookie is a unique id to connect related events (e.g. `IN_MOVE_FROM` and `IN_MOVE_TO`)
- name is the name of a file (e.g. if a file was modified in a watched directory)

### 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
- inotify_queue_len() - Return a number upper than zero if there are pending events

inotify_queue_len
inotify_rm_watch
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