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+# Copyright (C) 2020 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
+# License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
+
+# for systems lacking Linux::Inotify2 or IO::KQueue, just emulates
+# enough of Linux::Inotify2
+package PublicInbox::FakeInotify;
+use strict;
+use Time::HiRes qw(stat);
+my $IN_CLOSE = 0x08 | 0x10; # match Linux inotify
+
+sub new { bless { watch => {} }, __PACKAGE__ }
+
+# behaves like Linux::Inotify2->watch
+sub watch {
+        my ($self, $path, $mask, $cb) = @_;
+        my @st = stat($path) or return;
+        $self->{watch}->{"$path\0$mask"} = [ @st, $cb ];
+}
+
+# behaves like non-blocking Linux::Inotify2->poll
+sub poll {
+        my ($self) = @_;
+        my $watch = $self->{watch} or return;
+        for my $x (keys %$watch) {
+                my ($path, $mask) = split(/\0/, $x, 2);
+                my @now = stat($path) or next;
+                my $prv = $watch->{$x};
+                my $cb = $prv->[-1];
+                # 10: ctime, 7: size
+                if ($prv->[10] != $now[10]) {
+                        if (($mask & $IN_CLOSE) == $IN_CLOSE) {
+                                eval { $cb->() };
+                        }
+                }
+                @$prv = (@now, $cb);
+        }
+}
+
+1;