Hey everyone,
Is there a way to "watch" a file for changes? I know I could poll the
file every few seconds and check to see if the buffer has changed but
is there a cleaner way?
thanks!
Ben
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"Benjamin D. LeMasurier" <ui*****@uidzer 0.org> wrote in message
news:9c******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com... Hey everyone,
Is there a way to "watch" a file for changes?
I assume you mean changes made by some other process.
Otherwise your program already 'knows' when it changes
things.
I know I could poll the
file every few seconds and check to see if the buffer has changed but
is there a cleaner way?
Depending upon your operating system, probably yes. But
standard C doesn't recognize the notion of multiple processes,
shared files, etc. Those issues are the domain of the operating
system. Ask in a forum which discuss your host platform.
-Mike
"Benjamin D. LeMasurier" <ui*****@uidzer 0.org> wrote in message
news:9c******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com... Hey everyone,
Is there a way to "watch" a file for changes? I know I could poll the
file every few seconds and check to see if the buffer has changed but
is there a cleaner way?
Depends on your OS. AFAIK, there is no standard 'C' way to do it. On a POSIX
system, stat() and check atime.
thanks!
Ben
"dandelion" <so*******@mead own.net> writes: "Benjamin D. LeMasurier" <ui*****@uidzer 0.org> wrote in message
news:9c******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com... Hey everyone,
Is there a way to "watch" a file for changes? I know I could poll the
file every few seconds and check to see if the buffer has changed but
is there a cleaner way?
Depends on your OS. AFAIK, there is no standard 'C' way to do it. On a POSIX
system, stat() and check atime.
<OT>
mtime, not atime. For details, consult the documentation or an
appropriate newsgroup.
</OT>
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"dandelion" <so*******@mead own.net> wrote in message news:<415d286d$ 0$147 Depends on your OS. AFAIK, there is no standard 'C' way to do it. On a POSIX
system, stat() and check atime.
I am in a linux/unix environment. I will give stat() a try
thanks!
Ben
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news:ln******** ****@nuthaus.mi b.org... "dandelion" <so*******@mead own.net> writes: "Benjamin D. LeMasurier" <ui*****@uidzer 0.org> wrote in message
news:9c******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com... Hey everyone,
Is there a way to "watch" a file for changes? I know I could poll the
file every few seconds and check to see if the buffer has changed but
is there a cleaner way?
Depends on your OS. AFAIK, there is no standard 'C' way to do it. On a
POSIX system, stat() and check atime.
<OT>
mtime, not atime. For details, consult the documentation or an
appropriate newsgroup.
</OT>
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Right of course. Errare humanum est.
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