Date: 13 May 2003 09:41:08 -0400 From: "Jeff Neuffer Jr." <jneuffer@nstel.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trigger on file change Message-ID: <1052833268.10876.131.camel@shortfin> In-Reply-To: <1052826451.27682.29.camel@horus> References: <1052826451.27682.29.camel@horus>
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This is interesting. It would be nice to know what (if anything) can be done. Wouldn't something like Tripwire do this? On Tue, 2003-05-13 at 07:47, Guy Van Sanden wrote: > I need to have a script run everytime a file changes. > The file only changes once every month (tops), but the script needs to > be run rather fast after the change (5-10 minutes) > > I thought of leaving the script looping, making a checksum / date check > every time and sleeping the rest, but it seems like a lot of overhead > (disk access). > > Does anyone know of a utility that can do this, possibly one that can > monitor filehandlers in the kernel? > > Thanks > > Guy > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Jeff Neuffer Jr. Data Services Technician North State Communications 336-819-6723 Data Service's Office 336-886-2243 Fax 336-886-3967 Business Data Repair 336-886-3630 After Hours Emergency Subscriber's Page: http://www.northstate.net
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