Re: inotify back end for tail -f on linux

[Giuseppe Scrivano]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

> Actually, there may be a nice way to allow --pid=PID to
> integrate seamlessly with inotify support.
>
> I think you can add an IN_DELETE_SELF inotify watch on the "/proc/PID"
> directory.  I suspect that every system with inotify support also
> has usable /proc/PID directories.  The only requirement seems to be
> that the desired directory be readable.

I tried to watch /proc/$PID using inotify-tools and a few lines program
that I wrote ad-hoc and it seems I can't monitor /proc correctly.
I didn't receive IN_DELETE_SELF or any other message when the $PID
process was killed.

It seems I can't use inotify in this direct way to monitor processes
status.

Cheers,
Giuseppe