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author | Jamie McClelland <jm@mayfirst.org> | 2010-12-20 09:26:51 -0500 |
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committer | Jamie McClelland <jm@mayfirst.org> | 2010-12-20 09:26:51 -0500 |
commit | 8ea1266d0dfd68a7f4b72d441226a96eaef35748 (patch) | |
tree | 99c254c8ff4710f7737066f7a4cf204dffba6685 | |
parent | ca9b8d2ac9cb21d9a175bf18b95696ba01485a87 (diff) |
more precise description of file::ChangeNotify's behavior
with regard to different operating systems. And, monitoring
/etc/passwd is not recommended, so removed from description.
-rw-r--r-- | examples/monkeysphere-monitor-keys | 15 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/examples/monkeysphere-monitor-keys b/examples/monkeysphere-monitor-keys index d121828..78df88e 100644 --- a/examples/monkeysphere-monitor-keys +++ b/examples/monkeysphere-monitor-keys @@ -5,17 +5,10 @@ # designed to be started at system start time and should run # as root. # -# Optionally, pass the path to a file that is changed every -# time a user is added and this script will re-load the -# list of directories to monitor to include new additions. -# -# If liblinux-inotify2-perl is installed, then the Linux -# inotify method is used to determine if a file has changed. -# Otherwise, a generic/cross platform library is used. -# -# Known bugs: with inotify, if you pass /etc/passwd as the -# first argument, the script will not detect changes to the -# file when a new user is added. +# File::ChangeNotify is cross platform - it will choose an +# sub class for monitoring file system changes appropriate to +# your operating system (if you are running Linux, +# liblinux-inotify2-perl is recommended). use strict; use File::ChangeNotify; |