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List:       opensolaris-rfe
Subject:    Re: [osol-rfe] boot-archive creation enhancement
From:       Roland Mainz <roland.mainz () nrubsig ! org>
Date:       2008-06-23 9:01:36
Message-ID: 485F6670.9545DC77 () nrubsig ! org
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Akhilesh Mritunjai wrote:
> This is just a contemplation.
> 
> > From what I know, the list of files on which boot-archive depends on is already \
> > known. Will it be fruitful to run a daemon that just watches those files for \
> > changes and updates boot archive in real-time ?
> 
> Few points to ponder:
> 
> 1. The mechanism might be to either poll (stat and mtime) or use event ports.
[snip]

Try this:
$ ksh93 -c 'builtin -f libshell.so.1 poll ; poll --man' # - this is a
poll(1) implementation which is accessible from the shell.

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Bye,
Roland

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