Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932116AbWBXIiN (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Feb 2006 03:38:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932115AbWBXIiN (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Feb 2006 03:38:13 -0500 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.197]:18849 "EHLO zproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932111AbWBXIiM convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Feb 2006 03:38:12 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=pqdgSJX+UNPgpUfh4ZN6U1zv5LncH3tr4iex8Ghg/F1DS/hgFbKwWWUdEGOGtZg1WpiaD+HmlTSKPZMwgfc3mYg1Qysn2B/hU//VMuni+a7VCILCxKLCEVIL/jG3CbvH2NKs9oh3dQV+XQW+jfuabA8z2qFh/3F4dP8j01LjYvY= Message-ID: <5be025980602240038g4206eeaai73f83cd86ef2d409@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 03:38:11 -0500 From: "Wei Hu" To: "Hareesh Nagarajan" Subject: Re: Looking for a file monitor Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <43FEBE83.6070700@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <5be025980602232351k3f6182bbqed5ea54079193953@mail.gmail.com> <43FEBE83.6070700@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 870 Lines: 22 Thanks for the information. I understand inotify is a replacement for dnotify. But I still don't get the advantages of it. What kind of events can I watch? On 2/24/06, Hareesh Nagarajan wrote: > Wei Hu wrote: > > I looked into dnotify but it was not what I'm looking for. I want a > > monitor program that can intercept all file access of any process that > > satisfy a given filter. Is there a program? I searched on Google but > > had no luck. > > dnotify has been succeeded by inotify. check the link below: > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml/inotify/README > > ./hareesh > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/