Very Computer

by **Alex Ram** » Wed, 13 Jul 1994 12:40:20

Is there a system-efficient way to watch for the change of
status on a file? That is, without doing a stat() on the file
every so often.

The architecture is SunOS 4.1.3, and portability isn't really an
issue.

Thanks,

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Louisiana Tech University, BSEE/Sr * These opinions are probably mine

by **Barry Margol** » Fri, 15 Jul 1994 01:49:01

>Is there a system-efficient way to watch for the change of
>status on a file? That is, without doing a stat() on the file
>every so often.

No. The periodic stat() method is how "tail -f" does it.
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Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

Watching file change