package main // Watches for changes to a directory. Works cross-platform import ( "go.wit.com/log" "github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify" ) // This would be a really dumb way to watch for new network interfaces // since it then watches a linux only directory /sys/class/net for changes func watchSysClassNet() { // Create new watcher. watcher, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher() if err != nil { log.Error(err, "watchSysClassNet() failed") return } defer watcher.Close() // Start listening for events. go func() { for { select { case event, ok := <-watcher.Events: if !ok { return } log.Println("event:", event) if event.Has(fsnotify.Write) { log.Println("modified file:", event.Name) } case err, ok := <-watcher.Errors: if !ok { return } log.Println("error:", err) } } }() // Add a path. err = watcher.Add("/tmp") if err != nil { log.Error(err, "watchSysClassNet() watcher.Add() failed") return } // Block main goroutine forever. <-make(chan struct{}) } func fsnotifyNetworkInterfaceChanges() error { watcher, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher() if err != nil { return err } defer watcher.Close() // Watch for network interface changes err = watcher.Add("/sys/class/net") if err != nil { return err } for { select { case event := <-watcher.Events: log.Println("fsnotifyNetworkInterfaceChanges() event =", event) if event.Op&fsnotify.Create == fsnotify.Create { // Do something on network interface creation } case err := <-watcher.Errors: log.Println("fsnotifyNetworkInterfaceChanges() event err =", err) return err } } }