Re: Tracking a file in real-time
At 7:55 AM -0400 10/13/07, Garry T. Williams wrote:
On Thursday 11 October 2007 08:50:31 FS wrote:
> I have a need to track changes to a file being made in real-time.
Curtis mentioned inotify(7). Here's a small sample program using this
interface.
AFAICT, inotify cannot solve the OP's problem. He already knows the file.
He needs to know /where/ and /what/ changed in the file. inotify can
optimize the actual solution so it won't need polling.
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