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Date:      Tue, 20 Feb 2001 14:58:43 -0600
From:      Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com>
To:        Jonathan Graehl <jonathan@graehl.org>
Cc:        freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: modifying config files for a running daemon
Message-ID:  <20010220145843.D85542@prism.flugsvamp.com>
In-Reply-To: <NCBBLOALCKKINBNNEDDLMEECDLAA.jonathan@graehl.org>
References:  <20010220105723.C85542@prism.flugsvamp.com> <NCBBLOALCKKINBNNEDDLMEECDLAA.jonathan@graehl.org>

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On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 12:48:19PM -0800, Jonathan Graehl wrote:
> Is there any way to be sure of receiving a change notification only after the
> writer has closed the file?

No, I don't think so.  But even if that was the case, it doesn't eliminate
the race condition where another process can open the file after the
notification was sent.
--
Jonathan

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