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BSD-licensed clone of SGI's FAM (File Alteration Monitor) API used to notify application when specific files or directories are changed. Unlike Linux version, to monitor changes it uses excellent kqueue(9) kernel API available in modern BSD derivatives.

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Operating Systems

BSD

Languages

English

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Developers

User Interface

Non-interactive (Daemon)

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Related Categories

C File Systems

Registered

2001-12-07

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