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Subject: Re: [Patch][RFC] fcntl: add ability to stop monitored processes
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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On Llu, 2005-06-13 at 14:50, Neil Horman wrote:
> You mean add the ability to monitor directories for changes to the ptrace
> interface entirely?

If you are using it for debugging and tracking file accesses then ptrace
seems to be the right interface. 

Alan