Cron Job Question

[imanahmadi]

I have a question about the use of cron job. I understand that it
executes a process at a certain schedule, but is there a way to execute
a process once there has been a change in a directory or file? If so,
how would one do such thing? If not, what can be done to execute a
process once a change has been made in a directory or file?

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[Bigdakine]

>Subject: Cron Job Question

>From: imanahmadi [email]member32513@dbforums.com[/email]
>Date: 7/3/03 4:36 PM Hawaiian Standard Time
>Message-id: <3074158.1057286190@dbforums.com>
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>I have a question about the use of cron job. I understand that it
>executes a process at a certain schedule, but is there a way to execute
>a process once there has been a change in a directory or file?

Generally if I need to do something like that, I write a simple shell script.

You could write a C-program to do it, but why knock yourself out?

Stuart
Dr. Stuart A. Weinstein
Ewa Beach Institute of Tectonics
"To err is human, but to really foul things up
requires a creationist"