Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 19:07:59 -0500 From: "Mezz bsdforums.org" <reigncracks@hotmail.com> To: piero@poprostu.pl Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: refreshing the menus [solution] Message-ID: <F62JobJRR1imk5YifVA000140a0@hotmail.com>
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>Joe, thanks for help. You were right about me having, but not running
>fam. So here goes the solution:
>
>one need:
>$ grep fam /etc/rpc
>sgi_fam 391002 # file alteration monitor
>
>$ grep fam /etc/inetd.conf
>sgi_fam/1-2 stream rpc/tcp wait root /usr/local/bin/fam fam
>
>This is a suggested solution. But if you don't need nor like to run
>inetd, one can run fam as daemon :
>
>$ more /usr/local/etc/rc.d/fam.sh.sample
>#!/bin/sh
>if ! PREFIX=$(expr $0 : "\(/.*\)/etc/rc\.d/$(basename $0)\$"); then
> echo "$0: Cannot determine the PREFIX" >&2
> exit 1
>fi
>
>case "$1" in
>start)
> [ -x ${PREFIX}/bin/fam ] && ( ${PREFIX}/bin/fam & ) && echo -n ' fam'
> ;;
>stop)
> killall fam && echo -n ' fam'
> ;;
>*)
> echo "Usage: `basename $0` {start|stop}" >&2
> ;;
>esac
>exit 0
>
>It is also good to take a look at the /usr/local/etc/fam.conf and "man
>fam".
>
>BTW: FAM port for FreeBSD seems to install only the line into the
>/etc/rpc, the entry in inetd.conf or the start up script you have to
>make yourself.
Cool, thanks for create a startup script! My plan is going to use
daemontools, which I always replace from inetd to daemontools/ucspi-tcp. I
don't like inetd. ;-)
Cheers,
Mezz
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