Re: VFS/fcntl() feature [PATCH]

Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 28 Aug 1998 17:02:16 +0100

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Alan Cox wrote:
> 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 ;)

Sure, but how does select() notify the process when a file is modified?
Note I said modified, not extended.

-- Jamie

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