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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt index 9f5d338ddbb..6baf88f4685 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		pause(); -			printf("Got event on fd=%d\n", event_fd); -		} -	} +NOTE +---- +Beginning with Linux 2.6.13, dnotify has been replaced by inotify.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.  |