FAM_MONITOR_DIRECTORY(3) 1 FAM_MONITOR_DIRECTORY(3)fam_monitor_directory - Monitor a directory for changesSYNOPSIS
resource fam_monitor_directory (resource $fam, string $dirname)
DESCRIPTION
Requests monitoring for a directory and all contained files.
A FAM event will be generated whenever the status of the directory (i.e. the result of function stat(3) on that directory) or its content
(i.e. the results of readdir(3)) changes.
The possible event codes are described in detail in the constants part of this section.
PARAMETERS
o $fam
- A resource representing a connection to the FAM service returned by fam_open(3)
o $dirname
- Path to the monitored directory
RETURN VALUES
Returns a monitoring resource or FALSE on errors.
SEE ALSO fam_monitor_file(3), fam_monitor_collection(3), fam_cancel_monitor(3), fam_suspend_monitor(3), fam_resume_monitor(3).
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libgamin-1(3) C Library Functions libgamin-1(3)NAME
libgamin-1 - library interfaces to detect when a file or a directory has been modified
DESCRIPTION
libgamin-1 is compatible with FAM 2.6.8 and allows to detect when a file or a directory has been modified.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgamin |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO gam_server(1), attributes(5)
Developers want to monitor the changes of a file may use the interfaces exported by FAM project http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam and link
the application to libgamin-1.
For the detail information of FAM interfaces refer to http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/doc.html.
Gamin Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/~veillard/gamin
NOTES
Written by Lin Ma, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.
SunOS 5.11 25 Mar 2008 libgamin-1(3)
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