Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 May 2004 10:02:56 +0800 (WST) | From | Ian Kent <> | Subject | Re: [RFC/PATCH] inotify -- a dnotify replacement |
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On Thu, 13 May 2004, John McCutchan wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 11:36, raven@themaw.net wrote: > > Hi John. > > > > On Sun, 9 May 2004, John McCutchan wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have been working on inotify a dnotify replacement. > > > > I have a rather unusual requirement for notification events. > > > > I've had a brief look at the code but it doesn't look like it would > > cater for it. > > > > Would this allow me to receive a notification when a directory is > > passed over during a path walk? > > You can easily add event types to inotify, and just hook in at the > proper point in the kernel to get the events sent. That being said, I > don't think this would be a worth while event to have. >
But you don't know what I need it for.
Maybe it is a bit of sledge hammer.
Hopefully I'll have some time to check it out further on the weekend.
Ian
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