Path: usenet.cise.ufl.edu!huron.eel.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-dc.gsl.net!gsl-penn-ns.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.he.net!news.aracnet.com!news.rain.net!news.teleport.com!not-for-mail From: "Jesse N. Glick" Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.modules Subject: SGI::FAM 1.002 trial release Followup-To: comp.lang.perl.modules Date: 30 Sep 1997 13:27:29 GMT Organization: Strategic Interactive Group, Inc. Lines: 20 Sender: news-merlyn@gadget.cscaper.com Approved: merlyn@stonehenge.com (comp.lang.perl.announce) Message-ID: <60quo1$ob3$1@news1.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gadget.cscaper.com X-Disclaimer: The "Approved" header verifies header information for article transmission and does not imply approval of content. Xref: usenet.cise.ufl.edu comp.lang.perl.announce:34 comp.lang.perl.modules:953 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 . Please email me at with questions or comments. -- Jesse N. Glick * mailto:jglick@sig.bsh.com Sr. Programmer/Analyst * Strategic Interactive Group 800 Boylston St. Boston MA 02199 * 617-867-1017 (tel) 617-867-1111 (fax) .