Re: How to execute a program after every change in the Directory?

[Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net>]

* Pierangelo Masarati <ando@sys-net.it> [1127 14:27]:
> Bruno Negr?o wrote:
> 
> >
> >>I want to execute a script every time my Directory changes, can someone
> >>give me a clue of a good practice for doing this?
> >
> >
> >I'd like do do something like slurpd does - monitoring the replication 
> >log and read the changes from there. What do you think of this strategy?
> 
> The replog is periodically erased by slurpd as soon as an entry has been 
> dealt with.  You need to ensure you get to every change before slurpd 
> cleans it up.

Well, you could not run slurpd as a daemon, and have your monitor kick it
off in one-shot mode before it exits. 

Better be sure not to crash half way through, of course...
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