time to execute.
*/
virtual bool AddTree(const wxFileName& path, int events = wxFSW_EVENT_ALL,
- const wxString& filter = wxEmptyString) = 0;
+ const wxString& filter = wxEmptyString);
/**
Removes @a path from the list of watched paths.
/**
These are the possible types of file system change events.
- All of these events are reported on all supported platforms.
+
+ Not all of these events are reported on all platforms currently.
@since 2.9.1
*/
enum wxFSWFlags
{
- wxFSW_EVENT_CREATE = 0x01, ///< File or directory was created
- wxFSW_EVENT_DELETE = 0x02, ///< File or directory was deleted
- wxFSW_EVENT_RENAME = 0x04, ///< File or directory was renamed
- wxFSW_EVENT_MODIFY = 0x08, ///< File or directory was modified
- wxFSW_EVENT_ACCESS = 0x10, ///< File or directory was accessed
-
- wxFSW_EVENT_WARNING = 0x20, ///< A warning condition arose.
- wxFSW_EVENT_ERROR = 0x40, ///< An error condition arose.
+ /// File or directory was created.
+ wxFSW_EVENT_CREATE = 0x01,
+
+ /// File or directory was deleted.
+ wxFSW_EVENT_DELETE = 0x02,
+
+ /**
+ File or directory was renamed.
+
+ Notice that under MSW this event is sometimes -- although not always --
+ followed by a ::wxFSW_EVENT_MODIFY for the new file.
+
+ Under OS X this event is currently not detected and instead separate
+ ::wxFSW_EVENT_CREATE and ::wxFSW_EVENT_DELETE events are.
+ */
+ wxFSW_EVENT_RENAME = 0x04,
+
+ /**
+ File or directory was modified.
+
+ Depending on the program doing the file modification, multiple such
+ events can be reported for a single logical file update.
+
+ Under OS X this event is currently not detected.
+ */
+ wxFSW_EVENT_MODIFY = 0x08,
+
+ /**
+ File or directory was accessed.
+
+ This event is currently only detected under Linux.
+ */
+ wxFSW_EVENT_ACCESS = 0x10,
+
+ /**
+ A warning condition arose.
+
+ This is something that probably needs to be shown to the user in an
+ interactive program as it can indicate a relatively serious problem,
+ e.g. some events could have been missed because of an overflow. But
+ more events will still be coming in the future, unlike for the error
+ condition below.
+ */
+ wxFSW_EVENT_WARNING = 0x20,
+
+ /**
+ An error condition arose.
+
+ Errors are fatal, i.e. no more events will be reported after an error
+ and the program can stop watching the directories currently being
+ monitored.
+ */
+ wxFSW_EVENT_ERROR = 0x40,
wxFSW_EVENT_ALL = wxFSW_EVENT_CREATE | wxFSW_EVENT_DELETE |
wxFSW_EVENT_RENAME | wxFSW_EVENT_MODIFY |