Bret Hughes, On Thursday August 07, 2003 06:36, Bret Hughes wrote: > The recent thread where fam was found to be the service that had a port > open got me wondering bout something that I have never researched. > > What is it used for on the default install. IIUC fam is used to monitor > the status of files and if changed do something. Is there some desktop > sort of deal that this is used for?
AFAIK, the primary thing that uses sgi_fam is Nautilus. But I can't remember if scrollkeeper needs it too. Basically, fam is very good at what it does, and RH has decided to make it available and ready for those things that need it especially in the GUI set-ups. I think I remember someone saying that Konqueror needed it too, but that may be a "because it was compiled that way" kind of thing. -- Brian Ashe CTO Dee-Web Software Services, LLC. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dee-web.com/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
