poll file descriptor in node.js

[Henri Tuhola]

I want to do an event emitter that gets events from libudev.

udev_monitor_get_fd gives me a file descriptor that I'd need to poll, and once the descriptor wakes up I'd need to call udev_monitor_receive_device to retrieve the event so I can emit it.

Am I able to do this with node.js and libuv or do I need to pack that monitor into it's own thread?

[Bert Belder]

If you're targeting node 0.8.0 or later, you can use uv_poll: https://github.com/joyent/node/blob/44dd2c392a1378c081b5b21cf5d987e7509457c9/deps/uv/include/uv.h#L943-1008

- Bert

[Henri Tuhola]

Thanks from your help.

Here's something back: https://github.com/cheery/node-udev