> > Thats all. The program wakes up when something happens and you can do a=20
> > fstat() or readdir() to figure out _what_ the changes are. Simple, small,=
> > no obscure API.
> > Currently the only way to do this is by frequently polling which is mostl=
> > y not
> > what you would like to do.
>
> This was actually discussed at Linux Expo and before (many times), the
> favoured idea has been to allow select() on a directory to have those
> semantics. It also means "top" can select on /proc ;)
Heh. In the back of my mind, I originally thought that select() supported
these semantics. Especially given that early unices allowed conventional
file ops on directories.
Steve
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