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From: Jeroen van Disseldorp <jdizzl@xs4all.nl>
Organization: Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Detecting changes in a directory tree
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 13:58:36 -0500
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Hi,

For an application I'm writing I need to know if files in a certain 
directory tree were modified and/or deleted by another process. I 
assume that that tree is mounted on the machine that my app is running 
on. The device it has mounted on can be a local HD, but it can also be 
hosted remotely and mounted over nfs.

I know of FAM, but this is documented to only watch a directory 1 level 
deep, and I need the whole tree to be monitored. Does anyone know a 
solution for this? Does the kernel provide facilities for this?

(Please send me replies directly or via CC, as I am not subscribed to 
the kernel mailinglist)

Regards,
  Jeroen van Disseldorp         mailto:jdizzl@xs4all.nl
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