Subject: SGI::FAM 1.002 trial release
From: "Jesse N. Glick" <[email-masked]>
Date: 30 Sep 1997 13:27:29 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.modules

This is to announce the trial release of a Perl extension module which
interfaces to SGI Irix's "FAM", or File Access Monitor. This service
(consisting of kernel support, and a FAM daemon with local and NFS
modes) allows SGIs to monitor files and directories for various kinds of
activity; SGI::FAM provides a fairly simple Perl wrapper around it. It
is alpha-level.

Also included is magicrcs, an experimental script which uses SGI::FAM to
keep files under RCS control without (much) user intervention.

The package is available for the time being from
<ftp://ftp.sig.bsh.com/pub/perl/SGI-FAM-1.002.tar.gz>. Please email me
at <mailto:[email-masked]> with questions or comments.

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Jesse N. Glick                   *             mailto:[email-masked]
Sr. Programmer/Analyst           *           Strategic Interactive Group
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