On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:31:03 -0600, John McKown wrote: > >Linux addresses this issue via a utility called "mlocate". It runs >periodically, usually once a day during a low activity time, via >crontab. And, as you immediate can tell, it is not real time. Files get >created and deleted without an immediate database update. Hum, might be >interesting to see about using the inotify interface to implement a >"real time" update to the mlocate database. > >I wonder if z/OS UNIX has something to monitor UNIX filesystem events. >Something to think about. > OS X does much of this for a couple purposes.
"Spotlight" maintains a timely index of not only names but also content of files. "Time Machine" performs hourly incremetal backups based on notifications without scanning the entire filesystem for changes. But after a restart, TM does scan the entire filesystem to detect recent changes. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
