linux-kernel - Re: inotify, new idea?

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Message-ID: <20140420174418.GN17765@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Date:	Sun, 20 Apr 2014 13:44:18 -0400
From:	"Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>
To:	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc:	Jos Huisken <jos.huisken@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: inotify, new idea?

On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 06:15:40AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> (One of us is misunderstanding fanotify; it might be me.)

No I think you are right, and that the misunderstanding is on my part.
I had not realized that fanotify did not provide create/delete events,
only access events.

> Did you look at fanotify closely? I don't think it could be used for
> this task -- does not notify linka dn unlink events, difficult to set
> up recursive monitoring, etc.

It would appear you are correct.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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