Yes, /proc is not a real bloc device, inotify can't monitor it. You can improve some widgets, but for most of them, it will be impossible.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Julien Danjou <[email protected]> wrote: > At 1237331029 time_t, Nathan Huesken wrote: >> What do you thing? Cool Idea or garbage? > > Both. > To monitor regular file, you can use inotify. You should probably > require à Lua module to access this function, but that should not be too > hard to do. However, note that inotify is Linux specific. > > OTOH, and AFAIK, inotify won't work for /sys or /proc , because this 2 > file systems are not real file sytems and no one is writing your > battery status inside a file; it's when you open it that you go and ask your > battery its status. > > Cheers, > -- > Julien Danjou > // ᐰ <[email protected]> http://julien.danjou.info > // 9A0D 5FD9 EB42 22F6 8974 C95C A462 B51E C2FE E5CD > // When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAknAncIACgkQpGK1HsL+5c11RwCgoZN48Lujz6O54T7oY1W7gyB9 > yUQAmgPvQl+tjyEdG/qDnFkRgGTzUT47 > =uriq > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- Christophe-Marie Duquesne -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
