/tmp (and opt) files

j.travis skynet at psinode.com
Fri Apr 30 23:45:14 UTC 2004



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Wilts" <ewilts at ewilts.org>
Subject: Re: /tmp files


> On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 08:55:54AM -0700, j.travis wrote:
> > Is there any way to monitor a directory for files that exist only for
> > a split second? Like say I wanted to monitor /tmp and if a file get
> > written to it I want to know the details (name, permissions, size,
> > etc) even though it dissappears a second later.

> I haven't used it, but I think the sgi_fam module does this.
> man fam 

Thanks, for the tip.  I had then impression that sgi_fam was more for use 
with a GUI (to keep the windows up to date, etc.)
but I'll look into seeing if can do what I want.

On a related note... is there any reason that I shouldn't install software
into the /opt directory? 






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