lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1998]   [Aug]   [29]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: VFS/fcntl() feature [PATCH]

Jamie Lokier writes:

> What I meant about modifying files is, the select(2) behaviour
> suggested doesn't seem to allow me to know when one specific file
> is modified. For that I'd need something like poll(2) on the file,
> but with a new flag meaning "file modified".
>
> Actually I haven't a clue why I'd be interested in that information
> anyway. I was just thinking of what's needed to emulate win32's
> notification hooks without polling.

That is reason enough: www.winehq.com

The last time this came up, someone reported that SGI has an API for
it in Irix. Does anyone remember? It would be good to follow SGI so
that more Irix applications run on Linux.

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:44    [W:0.378 / U:0.052 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site