On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Gary Pigott <ilug at garypigott.net> wrote:
>> I'm not a console programmer, but isn't dnotify used for this purpose? If
inotify would actually be the replacement, its added value resides in
the fact that one does not need to open a file to witness a change.
Combine it with inotify-tools (http://inotify-tools.sourceforge.net/)
and you're in business.
Steph
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