fam
[Top] [All Lists]

[fam] New / Updated Files

To: fam@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [fam] New / Updated Files
From: Martin Rode <martin.rode@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 18 Apr 2002 10:35:23 +0200
Sender: owner-fam@xxxxxxxxxxx
Dear FAM developers,

after asking for a solution for my current problem on linux-kernel I was
pointed to the FAM project. From reading the FAQ I understand that you
can monitor abritary files or directories for changes. 

My problem is slightly different. We often have the problem, that we
need to create what we call "hot folders". A hot folder is being polled
for changes every n seconds. Newly arrived files are being processed.
Updated files are being re-processed. As you can image it is not
desirable to do this with find & friends, so I was looking for a
solution within the VFS layer of the linux kernel. People mentioned
d_notify but it does not help much.

So, my questions:

1) Is FAM capable of doing what I need to create a "hot folder" without
polling the directory every n seconds ?

2) If not, are there any plans to have such a feature integrated into
FAM?


Thanks for your help!



;martin

p.s.: please reply to my reply-address, I'm no subscriber to any of your
lists.

-- 
                  Dipl.-Kfm. Martin Rode                    
                     Managing Director

                martin.rode@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                  

Programmfabrik GmbH                 Fon +49-(0)30-4281-8001
Frankfurter Allee 73d               Fax +49-(0)30-4281-8008
10247 Berlin                        Funk +49-(0)163-5321400
 
                http://www.programmfabrik.de/
 





--
Source code, list archive, and docs: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/
To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe fam | mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxx

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>