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redhat 9.0
fam(1M) fam(1M)
NAME
fam - file alteration monitor
SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/fam [ -f | -v | -d ] [ -l | -t NFS_polling_interval ]
[ -T idle_timeout ] [ -p program.version ] [ -L ] [ -C ]
[ -c config_file ]
DESCRIPTION
fam is a server that tracks changes to the filesystem and
relays these changes to interested applications. Applica-
tions such as fm(1G) and mailbox(1) present an up-to-date
view of the filesystem. In the absence of fam, these
applications and others like them are forced to poll the
filesystem to detect changes. fam is more efficient.
Applications can request fam to monitor any files or
directories in any filesystem. When fam detects changes
to monitored files, it notifies the appropriate applica-
tion. The FAM API provides a programmatic interface to
fam; see fam(3X).
fam is informed of filesystem changes as they happen by
the kernel through the imon(7M) pseudo device driver. If
asked to monitor files on an NFS mounted filesystem, fam
tries to use fam on the NFS server to monitor files. If
fam cannot contact a remote fam, it polls the files
instead. fam also polls special files.
Normally, fam is started by inetd(1M). It is registered
with portmap(1M) as performing the sgi_fam service. |
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