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From: Simon Barner <barner@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: watch for files
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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.

devel/gamin is a (well, partial) drop-in replacement for fam that makes use
of kqueue(2). From my experience, it works nicely with GNOME and KDE.

--=20
Best regards / Viele Gr=FC=DFe,                             barner@FreeBSD.=
org
 Simon Barner                                                barner@gmx.de

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