&reftitle.constants; &extension.constants;

# FAM event constants

Constant | Description
`FAMChanged` (`integer`) | Some value which can be obtained with fstat(1) changed for a file or directory.
`FAMDeleted` (`integer`) | A file or directory was deleted or renamed.
`FAMStartExecuting` (`integer`) | An executable file started executing.
`FAMStopExecuting` (`integer`) | An executable file that was running finished.
`FAMCreated` (`integer`) | A file was created in a directory.
`FAMMoved` (`integer`) | This event never occurs.
`FAMAcknowledge` (`integer`) | An event in response to `fam_cancel_monitor`.
`FAMExists` (`integer`) | An event upon request to monitor a file or directory. When a directory is monitored, an event for that directory and every file contained in that directory is issued.
`FAMEndExist` (`integer`) | Event after the last FAMEExists event.