Re: kqueue and note_rename
Am 25.01.2012 um 23:51 schrieb Julian Elischer: On 1/25/12 10:44 AM, Matthias Zitzen wrote: Hello list, does anybody have an idea, how to obtain the new name of a renamed file after the note_rename event is fired. I'm not very familiar with filesystem-operations. I checked the typical functions like stat or lstat, but these functions are working only with filenames. there is no real way. the new link to the inode could come from any point in the filesystem so the only way to find it would be an exhaustive search. the only information that you could return that might make any sense would be the inode number of the new parent. That would allow you to follow the '..' links and do 'pwd' in effect. I have not checked to see if that information is returned. If it isn't it might be a really nice enhancement to see if it could be added. Is there a any other method to get fileevents on FressBSD? especially with the filenames too? Matthias___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
kqueue and note_rename
Hello list, does anybody have an idea, how to obtain the new name of a renamed file after the note_rename event is fired. I'm not very familiar with filesystem-operations. I checked the typical functions like stat or lstat, but these functions are working only with filenames. Matthias ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: kqueue and note_rename
On 1/25/12 10:44 AM, Matthias Zitzen wrote: Hello list, does anybody have an idea, how to obtain the new name of a renamed file after the note_rename event is fired. I'm not very familiar with filesystem-operations. I checked the typical functions like stat or lstat, but these functions are working only with filenames. there is no real way. the new link to the inode could come from any point in the filesystem so the only way to find it would be an exhaustive search. the only information that you could return that might make any sense would be the inode number of the new parent. That would allow you to follow the '..' links and do 'pwd' in effect. I have not checked to see if that information is returned. If it isn't it might be a really nice enhancement to see if it could be added. Matthias ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
