About:
FAM, the File Alteration Monitor, provides an API which applications can use to be notified when specific files or directories are changed. It comes in two parts: fam, the daemon which listens for requests and delivers notification, and libfam, a library which client applications can use to communicate with fam.

Author:
SGI Open Source <fam __at__ oss __dot__ sgi __dot__ com> [contact developer]

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8.43/10.00 (2 votes)

Homepage:
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/
Tar/GZ:
ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/download/fam-2.6.10.tar.gz
Debian package:
http://packages.debian.org/[..]_packages.pl?keywords=fam&searchon=names
CVS tree (cvsweb):
http://savannah.nongnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/fam/
Mailing list archive:
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/mail.html
Mirror site:
http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/fam/

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		6 - Mature
[Environment]		No Input/Output (Daemon)
[Intended Audience]		Developers, End Users/Desktop
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL), OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
[Operating System]		POSIX, POSIX :: BSD, POSIX :: IRIX, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]		C++
[Topic]		Desktop Environment, Desktop Environment :: File Managers, Software Development :: Libraries, System :: Filesystems, System :: Monitoring

Dependencies: [change]
portmap (required)
xinetd (recommended)
[download links]

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	2.6.10	15-Apr-2003	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Articles referencing this project

• Debian: New fam packages fix privilege escalation
  by Patrick Lenz , in Security
  Sat, Aug 17th 2002 03:19