From kfm-devel  Thu Jul 01 08:18:27 2004
From: Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 08:18:27 +0000
To: kfm-devel
Subject: Re: konqueror preloading issue
Message-Id: <200407011018.27916.coolo () kde ! org>
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Am Wednesday 30 June 2004 22:39 schrieb Dr. Juergen Pfennig:
> On Wednesday 30 June 2004 10:56, David Faure wrote:
> > <coolo2english> And that doesn't include monitoring for changes. The app
> > does that. </coolo2english> :-)
>
> Ok, anyhow - a Windows programmer like me will learn new Linux tricks from
> having a lock at the code. Maybe I will learn how Linux monitors
> directories for changes (FAM isn't used any more?) - under Windows
FAM is only used if the system doesn't support DNOTIFY (this is a linux kernel
feature). I think for both methods you need to keep a file descriptor open. So 
you can find out quite easily which process is the one keeping the mount 
point busy - in using fuser or lsof.

Greetings, Stephan