+/* wait_until_ready() will loop (up to a max of secs_timeout) until inotify seems to
+ * be responding. Returns 0 if inotify is never ready during the interval, otherwise
+ * it suggests inotify is up and going.
+ * secs_timeout may be 0 which means 'forever'
+ * NOTE: This wastes some time, always
+ */
+unsigned char pnd_notify_wait_until_ready ( unsigned int secs_timeout );
+