class INotify::Notifier

def initialize

Raises:
  • (SystemCallError) - if inotify failed to initialize for some reason

Returns:
  • (Notifier) - 
def initialize
  @fd = Native.inotify_init
  @watchers = {}
  return unless @fd < 0
  raise SystemCallError.new(
    "Failed to initialize inotify" +
    case FFI.errno
    when Errno::EMFILE::Errno; ": the user limit on the total number of inotify instances has been reached."
    when Errno::ENFILE::Errno; ": the system limit on the total number of file descriptors has been reached."
    when Errno::ENOMEM::Errno; ": insufficient kernel memory is available."
    else; ""
    end,
    FFI.errno)
end