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Am 25.01.2012 um 23:51 schrieb Julian Elischer:

> On 1/25/12 10:44 AM, Matthias Zitzen wrote:
>> Hello list,
>> does anybody have an idea, how to obtain the new name of a renamed =
file after the note_rename event is fired.  I'm not very familiar with =
filesystem-operations. I checked the typical functions like stat or =
lstat, but these functions are working only with filenames.
>=20
> there is no real way.
> the new link to the inode could come from any point in the filesystem =
so the
> only way to find it would be an exhaustive search.
> the only information  that you could return that might make any sense =
would be the inode number of the new parent.
> That would allow you to follow the '..' links and do 'pwd' in effect.
> I have not checked to see if that information is returned. If it isn't =
it might be a really nice enhancement to see if it could be added.
>=20

Is there a any other method to get fileevents on FressBSD? especially =
with the filenames too?

Matthias=