to den 11.08.2005 Klokka 21:41 (+0300) skreiv Heikki Orsila: > Peter Chubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > if (fcntl(fd, F_SETLEASE, F_RDLCK) == -1) > > fail; > > Is that something inotify can do? If so, then should F_SETLEASE/GETLEASE > be deprecated for future? F_SETLEASE is Linux specific, and inotify is > generally more useful. It looks like inotify could be used to detected > changes in any file.
inotify does not give you synchronous notification. It just tells you something has happened after the fact. Not the same thing at all. Cheers, Trond - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
