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>
>
> Using kqueue you can monitor a file/directory for changes and have it
> trigger something when that event happens. But you want to monitor you
> whole partition.. perhaps intercept some syscalls ?
>
>
Thanks a bunch for the replies, I'll do some more homework on all 3 options=
.
At least I know where to start now.

Thanks again

Cornelis