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Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 12:04:40 -0700
From: Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>
To: raven@themaw.net
Cc: John McCutchan <ttb@tentacle.dhs.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] inotify -- a dnotify replacement
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On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 11:36:38PM +0800, raven@themaw.net wrote:

> Would this allow me to receive a notification when a directory is
> passed over during a path walk?

No.  And are you sure you want this?

> Could this strategy be adapted to notify an in kernel module?

Maybe you should explain what you are trying to do...  getting a
notification when a path element is walked sounds problematic of many
levels.


  --cw