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Watching filesystem events with inotifyWatching filesystem events with inotifyPosted Sep 30, 2004 13:27 UTC (Thu) by elanthis (guest, #6227)In reply to: Watching filesystem events with inotify by rjw Parent article: Watching filesystem events with inotify
The ioctl is simply easier to code and use, so it was used.
The inotify developer is quite willing to switch to a write() based interface, if Linus/Andrew decide it's necessary.
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Watching filesystem events with inotify Posted Sep 30, 2004 14:18 UTC (Thu) by rjw (guest, #10415) [Link] I wasn't really asking about this specific case.I was just wondering if this principle was still current... it seems like new ioctl() calls are coming thick and fast.
Watching filesystem events with inotify Posted Sep 30, 2004 20:10 UTC (Thu) by elanthis (guest, #6227) [Link] ioctls are still frowned upon, yes. they just happen to have their uses.
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