From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265069AbUEMVVe (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 May 2004 17:21:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265100AbUEMVVe (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 May 2004 17:21:34 -0400 Received: from CPE0000c02944d6-CM00003965a061.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([69.193.74.215]:5558 "EHLO tentacle.dhs.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265069AbUEMVVc (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 May 2004 17:21:32 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] inotify -- a dnotify replacement From: John McCutchan To: raven@themaw.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, nautilus-list@gnome.org In-Reply-To: References: <1084152941.22837.21.camel@vertex> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1084483479.31578.2.camel@vertex> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 17:24:39 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 11:36, raven@themaw.net wrote: > Hi John. > > On Sun, 9 May 2004, John McCutchan wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have been working on inotify a dnotify replacement. > > I have a rather unusual requirement for notification events. > > I've had a brief look at the code but it doesn't look like it would > cater for it. > > Would this allow me to receive a notification when a directory is > passed over during a path walk? You can easily add event types to inotify, and just hook in at the proper point in the kernel to get the events sent. That being said, I don't think this would be a worth while event to have. John