dnotify
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dnotify is a file system event monitor for the Linux kernel, one of the subfeatures of the fcntl call. It was introduced in the 2.4 kernel series[1]. It has been obsoleted by inotify, but will be retained for compatibility reasons.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Namely, in 2.4.0-test9.
[edit] See also
- File alteration monitor
- Gamin
- The Documentation/dnotify.txt file in the kernel source tree.