Re: Listen to file changes
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 12/14/12 10:34, Polytropon wrote: >> >> On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:45:43 -0800 (PST), Jack Mc Lauren wrote: >>> >>> Hi all >>> I want to monitor files access and change time. How can I >>> listen to specific file or directory to monitor ? I'm coding with c. >> >> >> If I remember correctly, what you're searching for does already >> exist: FAM - the File Alteration Monitor. It's in the ports >> collection (/usr/ports/devel/fam). There are also C++ and >> Ruby bindings, maybe you can also interface with C... >> >> For C: Maybe using readdir() et al. could be useful? Also see >> "man 5 inode", "man 5 dir" and "man 3 readdir" for more info. >> And struct ufs2_dinode in /usr/include/ufs/ufs/dinode.h should >> have the information you need to parse for; maybe also check >> the FILE type in /usr/include/stdio.h for access flags. > > See also kevent(2) and the EVFILT_VNODE system filter. Exactly. Check out how "tail -f" works in /usr/src/usr.bin/tail/forward.c -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Listen to file changes
On 12/14/12 10:34, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:45:43 -0800 (PST), Jack Mc Lauren wrote: Hi all I want to monitor files access and change time. How can I listen to specific file or directory to monitor ? I'm coding with c. If I remember correctly, what you're searching for does already exist: FAM - the File Alteration Monitor. It's in the ports collection (/usr/ports/devel/fam). There are also C++ and Ruby bindings, maybe you can also interface with C... For C: Maybe using readdir() et al. could be useful? Also see "man 5 inode", "man 5 dir" and "man 3 readdir" for more info. And struct ufs2_dinode in /usr/include/ufs/ufs/dinode.h should have the information you need to parse for; maybe also check the FILE type in /usr/include/stdio.h for access flags. See also kevent(2) and the EVFILT_VNODE system filter. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Listen to file changes
On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:45:43 -0800 (PST), Jack Mc Lauren wrote: > Hi all > I want to monitor files access and change time. How can I > listen to specific file or directory to monitor ? I'm coding with c. If I remember correctly, what you're searching for does already exist: FAM - the File Alteration Monitor. It's in the ports collection (/usr/ports/devel/fam). There are also C++ and Ruby bindings, maybe you can also interface with C... For C: Maybe using readdir() et al. could be useful? Also see "man 5 inode", "man 5 dir" and "man 3 readdir" for more info. And struct ufs2_dinode in /usr/include/ufs/ufs/dinode.h should have the information you need to parse for; maybe also check the FILE type in /usr/include/stdio.h for access flags. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Listen to file changes
Hi all I want to monitor files access and change time. How can I listen to specific file or directory to monitor ? I'm coding with c. Thanks In advance ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
