From fa7a3b619d233eb020ef07941dd3c9697474baaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Charles.Forsyth" Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:37:49 +0000 Subject: 20070322-1937 registry updates --- man/4/registry | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'man') diff --git a/man/4/registry b/man/4/registry index c952d3d6..a8b852d9 100644 --- a/man/4/registry +++ b/man/4/registry @@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ so that several processes can set different filters simultaneously. (Note that after the write, the file offset must be set to zero using .IR sys-seek (2) before reading.) +.TP +.B event +A read-only text file that can be used to detect when changes are made to the registry. +Reading from it blocks until a change is made. At that point, the read completes and returns a +string with a newline terminated decimal version number representing +the number of changes made to the registry, which matches +.B Qid.vers +for the registry directory. +Multiple changes are coalesced into one report. .PP A service file created by .B new -- cgit v1.2.3