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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
    "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">

<refentry id="class-giofilemonitor">
    <refnamediv>
        <refname>gio.FileMonitor</refname>
        <refpurpose>File Monitor</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>

    <refsect1>
        <title>Synopsis</title>

    <classsynopsis language="python">
        <ooclass><classname>gio.FileMonitor</classname></ooclass>
        <ooclass><classname><link linkend="class-gobject">gobject.GObject</link></classname></ooclass>

    <methodsynopsis language="python">
        <methodname><link linkend="method-giofilemonitor--cancel">cancel</link></methodname>
        <methodparam></methodparam>
    </methodsynopsis>
    <methodsynopsis language="python">
        <methodname><link linkend="method-giofilemonitor--emit-event">emit_event</link></methodname>
        <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">child</parameter></methodparam>
        <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">other_file</parameter></methodparam>
        <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">event_type</parameter></methodparam>
    </methodsynopsis>
    <methodsynopsis language="python">
        <methodname><link linkend="method-giofilemonitor--is-cancelled">is_cancelled</link></methodname>
        <methodparam></methodparam>
    </methodsynopsis>
    <methodsynopsis language="python">
        <methodname><link linkend="method-giofilemonitor--set-rate-limit">set_rate_limit</link></methodname>
        <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">limit_msecs</parameter></methodparam>
    </methodsynopsis>

    </classsynopsis>
    </refsect1>

    <refsect1>
        <title>Ancestry</title>

<synopsis>+-- <link linkend="class-gobject">gobject.GObject</link>
  +-- <link linkend="class-giofilemonitor">gio.FileMonitor</link>
</synopsis>

    </refsect1>

    <refsect1 id="properties-giofilemonitor">
        <title>gio.FileMonitor Properties</title>
    
        <blockquote role="properties">
            <informaltable pgwide="1" frame="none">
                <tgroup cols="3">
                    <colspec column="1" colwidth="1in"/>
                    <colspec column="2" colwidth="1in"/>
                    <colspec column="3" colwidth="4in"/>
                    <tbody>
                        <row valign="top">
                            <entry>"cancelled"</entry>
                            <entry>Read</entry>
                            <entry>
                                Whether the monitor has been cancelled. Default value: <literal>False</literal>.
                            </entry>
                        </row>
                        <row valign="top">
                            <entry>"rate-limit"</entry>
                            <entry>Read/Write</entry>
                            <entry>
                                The limit of the monitor to watch for changes, in milliseconds.
                                Allowed values: >= 0. Default value: 800.
                            </entry>
                        </row>
                    </tbody>
                </tgroup>
            </informaltable>
        </blockquote>
  
    </refsect1>

    <refsect1 id="signal-prototypes-giofilemonitor">
        <title>gio.FileMonitor Signal Prototypes</title>
  
        <para><link linkend="signal-prototypes-gobject">gobject.GObject Signal Prototypes</link></para>
  
        <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
                <term><link linkend="signal-giofilemonitor--aborted">"changed"</link></term>
                <listitem>
                    <methodsynopsis language="python"><methodname>callback</methodname>
                        <methodparam><parameter>filemonitor</parameter></methodparam>
                        <methodparam><parameter>file</parameter></methodparam>
                        <methodparam><parameter>other_file</parameter></methodparam>
                        <methodparam><parameter>event_type</parameter></methodparam>
                        <methodparam><parameter>user_param1</parameter></methodparam>
                        <methodparam><parameter>...</parameter></methodparam>
                    </methodsynopsis>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
  
    </refsect1>

    <refsect1>
        <title>Description</title>

        <para>
            The <link linkend="class-giofilemonitor"><classname>gio.FileMonitor</classname></link>
            monitors a file or directory for changes.
        </para>
        <para>
            To obtain a <link linkend="class-giofilemonitor"><classname>gio.FileMonitor</classname></link>
            for a file or directory, use
            <methodname><link linkend="method-giofile--monitor">gio.FileMonitor.monitor</link></methodname>(),
            <methodname><link linkend="method-giofile--monitor-file">gio.FileMonitor.monitor_file</link></methodname>(), or
            <methodname><link linkend="method-giofile--monitor-directory">gio.FileMonitor.monitor_directory</link></methodname>().
        </para>
        <para>
            To get informed about changes to the file or directory you are monitoring,
            connect to the "changed" signal.
        </para>
    </refsect1>

    <refsect1>
        <title>Methods</title>
        <para> Unfinished section, you may want to see the relevant C API docs for methods descriptions.</para>
  </refsect1>
</refentry>