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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY fam-download-http "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/distfiles/fam-&fam-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY fam-download-ftp "ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/download/stable/fam-&fam-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY fam-md5sum "1bf3ae6c0c58d3201afc97c6a4834e39">
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10 | <!ENTITY fam-size "301 KB">
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11 | <!ENTITY fam-buildsize "7.7 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY fam-time "0.26 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="fam" xreflabel="FAM-&fam-version;">
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16 | <sect1info>
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17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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19 | </sect1info>
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20 |
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21 | <?dbhtml filename="fam.html"?>
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22 | <title>FAM-&fam-version;</title>
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23 |
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24 | <indexterm zone="fam">
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25 | <primary sortas="a-FAM">FAM</primary>
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26 | </indexterm>
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27 |
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28 | <sect2>
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29 | <title>Introduction to <application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application></title>
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30 |
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31 | <para>The <application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application> package contains a
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32 | File Alteration Monitor which is useful for notifying applications of
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33 | changes to the file system.</para>
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34 |
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35 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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36 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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37 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&fam-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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38 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&fam-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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39 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &fam-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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40 | <listitem><para>Download size: &fam-size;</para></listitem>
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41 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: &fam-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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42 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &fam-time;</para></listitem>
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43 | </itemizedlist>
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44 | </sect3>
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45 |
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46 | <sect3>
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47 | <title>Additional downloads</title>
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48 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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49 | <listitem><para>Dnotify patch (Recommended):
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50 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/fam-&fam-version;-dnotify-1.patch"/></para></listitem>
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51 | </itemizedlist>
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52 | </sect3>
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53 |
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54 | <sect3>
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55 | <title><application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application> dependencies</title>
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56 |
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57 | <sect4>
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58 | <title>Required</title>
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59 | <para><xref linkend="portmap"/></para></sect4>
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60 | </sect3>
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61 |
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62 | </sect2>
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63 |
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64 | <sect2>
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65 | <title>Installation of <application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application></title>
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66 |
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67 | <para>Install <application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application> by running the
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68 | following commands:</para>
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69 |
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70 | <screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../fam-&fam-version;-dnotify-1.patch &&
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71 | chmod 755 configure &&
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72 | autoreconf -f -i &&
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73 | ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
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74 | make</command></userinput></screen>
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75 |
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76 | <para>Now, as the root user:</para>
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77 |
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78 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>
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79 |
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80 | </sect2>
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81 |
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82 | <sect2>
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83 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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84 |
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85 | <para><command>patch -Np1 -i ../fam-&fam-version;-dnotify-1.patch</command>:
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86 | This patch enables <application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application> to use
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87 | the Linux kernel dnotify mechanism to inform the calling process of
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88 | file modifications, rather than polling the file system for
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89 | modifications.</para>
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90 |
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91 | <para><command>chmod 755 configure</command>: <command>configure</command> is
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92 | set to read-only and <command>autoreconf</command> will fail if the
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93 | permissions aren't changed.</para>
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94 |
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95 | <para><command>autoreconf -f -i</command>: The autotools need rebuilding
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96 | because the dnotify patch affects <filename>configure.ac</filename> and
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97 | <filename>Makefile.am</filename>.</para>
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98 |
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99 | </sect2>
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100 |
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101 | <sect2>
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102 | <title>Configuring <application>FAM</application></title>
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103 |
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104 | <sect3 id='fam-config'>
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105 | <title>Config files</title>
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106 |
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107 | <para><filename>/etc/rpc</filename>,
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108 | <filename>/etc/fam.conf</filename>,
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109 | <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> or
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110 | <filename>/etc/xinetd.conf</filename> or
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111 | <filename>/etc/xinetd.d/fam</filename>
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112 | </para>
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113 |
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114 | <indexterm zone="fam fam-config">
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115 | <primary sortas="e-etc-rpc">/etc/rpc</primary>
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116 | </indexterm>
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117 | <indexterm zone="fam fam-config">
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118 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fam.conf">/etc/fam.conf</primary>
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119 | </indexterm>
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120 | <indexterm zone="fam fam-config">
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121 | <primary sortas="e-etc-inetd.conf">/etc/inetd.conf</primary>
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122 | </indexterm>
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123 | <indexterm zone="fam fam-config">
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124 | <primary sortas="e-etc-xinetd.conf">/etc/xinetd.conf</primary>
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125 | </indexterm>
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126 | <indexterm zone="fam fam-config">
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127 | <primary sortas="e-etc-xinetd.d-sgi_fam">/etc/xinetd.d/sgi_fam</primary>
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128 | </indexterm>
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129 | </sect3>
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130 |
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131 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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132 |
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133 | <para>Configuring the file alteration monitor.</para>
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134 |
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135 | <para>If you use <application>inetd</application>, add the
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136 | <application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application> entry to
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137 | <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> with the following command:</para>
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138 |
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139 | <screen><userinput><command>echo "sgi_fam/1-2 stream rpc/tcp wait root /usr/sbin/famd fam" \
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140 | >> /etc/inetd.conf</command></userinput></screen>
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141 |
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142 | <para>If you use <application>xinetd</application>, the following command will
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143 | create the <application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application> file as
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144 | <filename>/etc/xinetd.d/sgi_fam</filename> (be sure the "nogroup" group
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145 | exists):</para>
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146 |
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147 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> /etc/xinetd.d/sgi_fam << "EOF"</command>
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148 | # Begin /etc/xinetd.d/sgi_fam
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149 |
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150 | # description: FAM - file alteration monitor
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151 | service sgi_fam
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152 | {
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153 | type = RPC UNLISTED
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154 | socket_type = stream
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155 | user = root
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156 | group = nogroup
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157 | server = /usr/sbin/famd
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158 | wait = yes
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159 | protocol = tcp
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160 | rpc_version = 2
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161 | rpc_number = 391002
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162 | }
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163 |
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164 | # End /etc/xinetd.d/sgi_fam
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165 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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166 |
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167 | <para id='fam-init'>If you do not have an <command>inetd</command> daemon
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168 | installed and have no wish to install one, you can also start
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169 | <command>famd</command> during system startup by installing the
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170 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/fam</filename> init script included in the
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171 | <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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172 |
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173 | <screen><userinput><command>make install-fam</command></userinput></screen>
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174 |
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175 | <indexterm zone="fam fam-init">
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176 | <primary sortas="f-fam">fam</primary>
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177 | </indexterm>
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178 |
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179 | </sect3>
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180 |
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181 | </sect2>
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182 |
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183 | <sect2>
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184 | <title>Contents</title>
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185 |
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186 | <segmentedlist>
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187 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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188 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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189 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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190 |
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191 | <seglistitem>
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192 | <seg>famd</seg>
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193 | <seg>libfam.[so,a]</seg>
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194 | <seg>None</seg>
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195 | </seglistitem>
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196 | </segmentedlist>
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197 |
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198 | <variablelist>
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199 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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200 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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201 |
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202 | <varlistentry id="famd">
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203 | <term><command>famd</command></term>
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204 | <listitem>
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205 | <para>is the file alteration monitor daemon.</para>
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206 | <indexterm zone="fam famd">
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207 | <primary sortas="b-famd">famd</primary>
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208 | </indexterm>
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209 | </listitem>
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210 | </varlistentry>
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211 |
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212 | <varlistentry id="libfam">
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213 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libfam.[so,a]</filename></term>
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214 | <listitem>
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215 | <para>contains functions that support the file allocation monitor.</para>
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216 | <indexterm zone="fam libfam">
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217 | <primary sortas="c-libfam">libfam.[so,a]</primary>
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218 | </indexterm>
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219 | </listitem>
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220 | </varlistentry>
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221 |
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222 | </variablelist>
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223 | </sect2>
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224 |
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225 | </sect1>
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226 |
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