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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt | 39 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt index 9f5d338ddbb8..6baf88f46859 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt @@ -62,38 +62,9 @@ disabled, fcntl(fd, F_NOTIFY, ...) will return -EINVAL. Example ------- +See Documentation/filesystems/dnotify_test.c for an example. - #define _GNU_SOURCE /* needed to get the defines */ - #include <fcntl.h> /* in glibc 2.2 this has the needed - values defined */ - #include <signal.h> - #include <stdio.h> - #include <unistd.h> - - static volatile int event_fd; - - static void handler(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *data) - { - event_fd = si->si_fd; - } - - int main(void) - { - struct sigaction act; - int fd; - - act.sa_sigaction = handler; - sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask); - act.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO; - sigaction(SIGRTMIN + 1, &act, NULL); - - fd = open(".", O_RDONLY); - fcntl(fd, F_SETSIG, SIGRTMIN + 1); - fcntl(fd, F_NOTIFY, DN_MODIFY|DN_CREATE|DN_MULTISHOT); - /* we will now be notified if any of the files - in "." is modified or new files are created */ - while (1) { - pause(); - printf("Got event on fd=%d\n", event_fd); - } - } +NOTE +---- +Beginning with Linux 2.6.13, dnotify has been replaced by inotify. +See Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt for more information on it. |