From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 7 00:36:06 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 647FD37B401 for ; Wed, 7 May 2003 00:36:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pd5mq1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08CD943F85 for ; Wed, 7 May 2003 00:36:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cpressey@catseye.mb.ca) Received: from pd2mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HEI00ETT9VDMC@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 07 May 2003 01:23:37 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pd4mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr3so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.214]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HEI003087FOXN@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 07 May 2003 00:31:00 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml2so.prod.shaw.ca (pn2ml2so-qfe0.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.121.146]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.6 (built Apr 26 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HEI008EZ7FO0Y@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 07 May 2003 00:31:00 -0600 (MDT) Received: from www.kallisti.ca (h24-70-180-74.wp.shawcable.net [24.70.180.74]) 2003))freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 07 May 2003 00:30:59 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 01:31:30 -0500 From: Chris Pressey In-reply-to: <3EB807B9.4070603@potentialtech.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20030507013130.48812aa0.cpressey@catseye.mb.ca> Organization: Cat's Eye Technologies MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.8) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <3EB807B9.4070603@potentialtech.com> Subject: Re: Realtime Filesystem Replication X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 07:36:06 -0000 On Tue, 06 May 2003 15:06:33 -0400 Bill Moran wrote: > YOU wrote: > > Thanks so far to the suggestions including rsync and unison. Both > > appear to be triggered upon a command line or user typed command. Is > > someone using a system that tracks the mtimes for files and updates > > without prompt? > > Are you sure you really need _realtime_? That's a pretty tall order, > and I don't know of anything that can provide it. Purely out of curiousity, would it even be technically possible? Would kevents be the thing to handle something like this, or would they be too low-level? -Chris