Re: monitoring file changes in a sysfs filesystem

[Miguel GÃmez <magomez igalia com>]

> > I'm trying to monitor the changes in a file from /sys (as you know, it's 
> > a sysfs filesystem), but setting a file monitor with g_file_monitor_file 
> > doesn't work. No matter what I do, I can't receive the changed signal 
> > from the file monitor.
>
> sysfs, being a virtual file system, doesn't generate any notification
> events.

Yep, I've realized about that. Anyway, I've found that it's possible to 
monitor changes in these files creating a g_io_channel for the file and 
setting a watch on it.

> you will have to poll yourself, but it's not such a good idea; if you're
> looking at hardware events you should probably use udev or HAL.

Yes, you are right :)

Thanks!

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Miguel Gomez <magomez igalia com>
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