[PATCH v2] inotifyd: -x: new option

[Bartosz Gołaszewski]

2015-10-20 13:17 GMT+02:00 Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux at googlemail.com>:
>
> inotifyd syntax is "inotifyd PROG FILE1[:MASK]...",
> and PROG is run with
>
>     PROG ACTUAL_EVENTS FILEn [SUBFILE]
>
> This severely limits the number of unmodified PROGs you can run
> to achieve some useful result. For example, even cat'ting newly
> created files to stdout can't be done by PROG=cat, you need
> to massage argv's
>
> IOW: in practice, you always need a shim.

I agree that the functionality of inotifyd is limited. I tried working
with what's available.

Would you be willing to accept patches that expand this applet? Like
for example being able to redirect the events to stdout instead of
only being able to pass them as arguments to PROG? This is how
inotifywait works BTW.

Other than that: I'm late to the party - I don't have anything more to
add than what Laurent already said. I don't like the idea of a child
killing its parents - I prefer strict hierarchy.

Best regards,
Bartosz Golaszewski