signaling when a file is closed

[Mike McCarty]

Andrew B. Young wrote:
> If this is OT feel free to direct me elsewhere.
> 
> I need to know when a process as finished writing
> a file and has closed it.  My only clue is fuser,
> which somehow knows what processes have files open.
> 
> Is there a way for me to set a signal on a file's
> state that lets me know when it has been closed?

Is it possible simply to use tee or perhaps a named
pipe? That way you would get actual real time pass-through.

Mike
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