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From: Soeren Straarup <xride@x12.dk>
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Cornelis Swanepoel wrote:

> I have a FreeBSD 6.0 box with a partition that is accessible to a number =
of
> clients via SMB and NFS.
>
> I would like to monitor activity on this partition so that every time a
> write to it is completed, my C program is run (which stats the file and
> stores some info about it in a database amongst other things)
>
> My question is: What do I need to learn in order to construct a trigger f=
or
> my code?
>
> If anyone can point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate =
it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Cornelis

I don't know if this is what your looking for:

/usr/src/usr.sbin/gstat

\S=F8ren

Soeren Straarup   | aka OZ2DAK aka Xride
FreeBSD wannabe   | FreeBSD since 2.2.6-R
    'We wanted to believe. But the tools
     had been taken away..' Mulder
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