1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/fs-util.c b/src/basic/fs-util.c
index 51268828af..e24e7036f7 100644
--- a/src/basic/fs-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/fs-util.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "mkdir.h"
 #include "parse-util.h"
 #include "path-util.h"
+#include "stdio-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "time-util.h"
@@ -493,3 +494,17 @@ int get_files_in_directory(const char *path, char ***list) {
 
         return n;
 }
+
+int inotify_add_watch_fd(int fd, int what, uint32_t mask) {
+        char path[strlen("/proc/self/fd/") + DECIMAL_STR_MAX(int) + 1];
+        int r;
+
+        /* This is like inotify_add_watch(), except that the file to watch is not referenced by a path, but by an fd */
+        xsprintf(path, "/proc/self/fd/%i", what);
+
+        r = inotify_add_watch(fd, path, mask);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return -errno;
+
+        return r;
+}