Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 12:57:29 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: "Eric A. Davis" <edavis@nas.nasa.gov>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to add new system calls... Message-ID: <19980415125729.03160@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199804142351.QAA16873@shark.nas.nasa.gov>; from Eric A. Davis on Tue, Apr 14, 1998 at 04:51:08PM -0700 References: <199804142351.QAA16873@shark.nas.nasa.gov>
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On Tue, Apr 14, 1998 at 04:51:08PM -0700, Eric A. Davis wrote: > > I am working on a project (for McKusick's Adv. Kernel class) that allows > user level processes to monitor filesystem activity on a file by file > basis. The application program expresses interest in files by supplying > the pathname of a file and a set of events to be monitored. These events > can be create file, delete file, size changed, attributes changed, etc. YES! I've been missing this since I left my Amiga 5 years ago! Does the above imply watching for changes in directories, too? Ie, file added to directory, notification sent... What level of notification? Do you get information saying 'file so changed atime to XXX'/'file XXX added to directory', or just a flag saying 'event so happened on descriptor so'? Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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