Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:29:57 +0100 From: Mario Hoerich <lists@MHoerich.de> To: Amy Dee <amygdee@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pop-up or plugin or script for folder change Message-ID: <20041229212957.GA38657@Pandora.MHoerich.de> In-Reply-To: <20041229061553.95225.qmail@web30901.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20041229061553.95225.qmail@web30901.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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# Amy Dee: [ Gkrellm2 plugin for folder changes ] > Please notice I said folder, not file, so > gkrellm plugins I found are only for file changes, not > folder. Have you tried those plugins? Just like everything else, a directory *is* just a file. Go ahead, use vi or most[1] to look inside! You'll see a bunch of dirent(5) entries, one per file inside, plus some zero-padding. It's a pretty regular file actually (when compared to, say, printers), the only special thing being the lack of write access as only the kernel is allowed to write to a directory. Which it automagically does whenever a file within is added or removed. So unless the plugin developer decided to allow only regular files, you should be able to just use it for directories as well. HTH, Mario [1]: I think less (more is really less here) is less willing to cooperate on directories than most. --
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