Added new method WatchManager.close() to close inotify's file

descriptor when needed (bug reported by jdw@research.att.com).

2 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/python2/pyinotify.py b/python2/pyinotify.py
index e10aa83..d7fb8af 100755
--- a/python2/pyinotify.py
+++ b/python2/pyinotify.py
@@ -1607,6 +1607,18 @@ class WatchManager:
             err = 'Cannot initialize new instance of inotify%s' % strerrno()
             raise OSError(err)
 
+    def close(self):
+        """
+        Close inotify's file descriptor, this action will also automatically
+        remove (i.e. stop watching) all its associated watch descriptors.
+        After a call to this method the WatchManager's instance become useless
+        and cannot be reused, a new instance must then be instanciated. It
+        makes sense to call this method in few situations for instance if
+        several independant WatchManager must be instanciated or if all watches
+        must be removed and no other watches need to be added.
+        """
+        os.close(self._fd)
+
     def get_fd(self):
         """
         Return assigned inotify's file descriptor.
diff --git a/python3/pyinotify.py b/python3/pyinotify.py
index a2eda17..9a7afac 100755
--- a/python3/pyinotify.py
+++ b/python3/pyinotify.py
@@ -1555,6 +1555,18 @@ class WatchManager:
             err = 'Cannot initialize new instance of inotify Errno=%s'
             raise OSError(err % strerrno())
 
+    def close(self):
+        """
+        Close inotify's file descriptor, this action will also automatically
+        remove (i.e. stop watching) all its associated watch descriptors.
+        After a call to this method the WatchManager's instance become useless
+        and cannot be reused, a new instance must then be instanciated. It
+        makes sense to call this method in few situations for instance if
+        several independant WatchManager must be instanciated or if all watches
+        must be removed and no other watches need to be added.
+        """
+        os.close(self._fd)
+
     def get_fd(self):
         """
         Return assigned inotify's file descriptor.