2007-11-29 17:10:07

by Vitaliy Ivanov

Subject: Something similar to inotify in 2.4.

Hi all,

Can anyone advice whether there is something similar to inotify in 2.4 kernel?

Need efficient way to track file system changes.

Maybe some other tools, approaches under 2.4?

TIA,
Vitaliy

2007-11-29 20:39:39

by Kyle McMartin

Subject: Re: Something similar to inotify in 2.4.

On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 07:09:51PM +0200, Vitaliy Ivanov wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Can anyone advice whether there is something similar to inotify in 2.4 kernel?
>
> Need efficient way to track file system changes.
>
> Maybe some other tools, approaches under 2.4?
>

dnotify[1]? but it might make you cry.

cheers,
Kyle

1.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/dnotify.txt;h=6984fca6002a304272ea3606e0ad1a34568221d6;hb=HEAD

2007-11-30 02:29:36

by Rene Herman

Subject: Re: Something similar to inotify in 2.4.

On 29-11-07 18:09, Vitaliy Ivanov wrote:

> Can anyone advice whether there is something similar to inotify in 2.4
> kernel?

inotify is 2.6 (dnotify 2.4).

Rene