Variable: file-notify--library

file-notify--library is a variable defined in filenotify.el.gz.

Value

inotify

Documentation

Non-nil when Emacs has been compiled with file notification support.

The value is the name of the low-level file notification package to be used for local file systems. Remote file notifications could use another implementation.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/filenotify.el.gz
(defconst file-notify--library
  (cond
   ((featurep 'inotify) 'inotify)
   ((featurep 'kqueue) 'kqueue)
   ((featurep 'gfilenotify) 'gfilenotify)
   ((featurep 'w32notify) 'w32notify))
  "Non-nil when Emacs has been compiled with file notification support.
The value is the name of the low-level file notification package
to be used for local file systems.  Remote file notifications
could use another implementation.")