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On Thursday 29 September 2005 12:53, James Wonnacott wrote: > I am trying to determine the best way to monitor changes to a directory on > my server. > As soon as the diectory contents are updated I want another event to take > place. > I have a file alteration monitor called fam (not suprisingly) on my > mandrake distro but I'm not too sure how to talk to it!!!! (the man file > is a bit obscure) > There's 'inotify' [1][2][3] which is a 2.6 kernel feature designed to do exactly this. I've no idea how to use or implement it, but presumably it is accessible through a C library. Here are some links you may find useful: * http://www.edoceo.com/creo/inotify/ (this page is somewhat outdated - inotify is now part of the standard kernel - no patches needed). * http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-inotify.html (also somewhat outdated - ignore the stuff about kernel patching) * http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml/inotify/ Regards, David. -- David Johnson www.david-web.co.uk - My Personal Website www.ethereye.org.uk - EtherEye Network Host Checker www.penguincomputing.co.uk - Need a Web Developer? -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html