16 Feb
2007
16 Feb
'07
6:13 p.m.
R P Herrold wrote:
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
Sure I understand that, but If I wanted it to be within 15 seconds response, I'd have to check 4times x 60 seconds x 60 minutes x 24 hours per day. Kind of a waste for a file that may or may not be transmitted each day.
push v pull, poll v select -- SGI formerly had 'fam' and the fam daemon to make this more economical, and we shipped it in centos-2
http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?coll=0650&db=bks&...
and
CentOS 4 ships with gamin, which is API compatible to fam. CentOS 5 will have inotify.
Ralph