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List:       hpux-devtools
Subject:    RE: HPUX-DEVTOOLS: File System Change Notification fcntl's
From:       "BRIX,THOMAS (HP-Germany,ex2)" <thomas_brix () hp ! com>
Date:       2002-11-28 12:01:26
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Hi, 

on trusted systems you may audit who does what type of actions.
"man audit" provides a small intro; however, it does not mention 
any signals being sent.

HTH, Thomas


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Rauenzahn [mailto:rrauenza@cup.hp.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 20:24
> To: Prothro, John; hpux-devtools@cxx.cup.hp.com
> Subject: Re: HPUX-DEVTOOLS: File System Change Notification fcntl's
> 
> 
> > HI,
> > 
> > I have a question about file system capabilites.
> > 
> > I have noticed that on Windows... (yuk piece of *!^$@^&$#)
> > that one can receive notification of file system changes.
> > 
> > Re: http://netez.com/2xExplorer/shellFAQ/bas_xplore.html
> > 
> > 
> > I have also found out that Linux supports this notion with 
> an fcntl()
> > whereas the application is subsequently notified by a signal.
> > 
> > Re: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/dnotify.txt
> > 
> > My question is... does HPUX support any such capability?
> 
> No, I don't think we do.  You'd probably have to poll 
> the directory and see if the ctime changes... But that
> won't catch everything that you might want.
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