On 2008 Nov 1, at 22:56, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote: > On 2008 Nov 1, at 22:47, Theo Van Dinter wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 05:41:51PM -0400, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >>> Hey, anybody know of any program, which can sync or mirror a >>> directory, without the need to scan the directory? For now, I'd >>> be happy to find *any* such program, for whatever OS. >> >> But otherwise it depends on the platform. You'd need a way to track >> fs writes, preferably by path (as opposed to fs block, etc,) which >> may > > Er, he said that. He even told you some of the OS-dependent > notification mechanisms. He wants to know if anyone else has made > use of them yet.
And even more to the point, the "fam" and "gamin" packages provide system-independent interfaces to these mechanisms. (Which gives Mr. Harvey something to look for: a backup/snapshot/copy package which depends on fam/gamin.) -- brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell] [EMAIL PROTECTED] system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] [EMAIL PROTECTED] electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
