[NTLUG:Discuss] File system modification tracker

[Ralph Green]

On 2/13/13, Christopher Cox <cjcox at acm.org> wrote:
> My point is that it's "flat".. that is, you can watch the directory entries for
> a directory inode.  So.. for any new directory within a tree, you have to setup
> another callback.
  That is right.  For Leroy's purposes, I expect he would only need to
watch a couple of directories(~ and ~/.kde4), so inotify seems
practical to me.  But, obviously, he decides what is practical to him.
>
> Because inodes are name spaced for a filesystem (in general), I always wanted
> something that would tell me if an inode mod happened for the filesystem.. do
> you know if that's possible? (I know.. I'm drifting off the OP)
 I am not sure I understand what you want.  I went to test my inotfy
programs and they don't work. The library has had some updates and
parameters changed.  I'll get it working again and see if I can
experiment with what I think you want.
Good day,
Ralph