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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
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Subject: Re: watch for files
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On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 05:26:40PM -0500, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> =3DIs there an utility to watch files changes and make some defined=20
> =3Dactions. Actions defined in a configuration file.
>=20
> On the low level BSDs have kqueue. On the higher level there is the devel=
/fam=20
> port, which uses smart mechanisms on Linux and Irix, but resorts to=20
> inefficient polling everywhere else, including BSD.
>=20
> An attempt to teach fam the benefits of kqueue exists at:
>=20
> 	http://sourceforge.net/projects/bsdfam
>=20
> but appears to have stalled. If you have "milk and time", you best improv=
e the=20
> devel/fam. If not, you can just the existing fam API and wait for someone=
=20
> else to make it BSD-aware and efficient.

The l0pht-watch port does this on a less generic level (it's intended
to watch for changes to a directory, and I think it can perform
actions when they occur).

Kris

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