glfs/general/genlib/fam.xml
Bruce Dubbs 52d29f7a42 XML Updates to Part III from DJ
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY fam-download-http " ">
<!ENTITY fam-download-ftp "ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/download/stable/fam-&fam-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY fam-size "320 KB">
<!ENTITY fam-buildsize "6.9 MB">
<!ENTITY fam-time "0.68 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="fam" xreflabel="FAM-&fam-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="fam.html"?>
<title>FAM-&fam-version;</title>
<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application></title>
<para>The <application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application> package contains a
File Alteration Monitor which is useful for notifying applications of
changes to the file system.</para>
<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&fam-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&fam-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &fam-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&fam-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&fam-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Dnotify patch (Recommended): <ulink
url="&patch-root;/fam-&fam-version;-dnotify-1.patch"/></para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3><title><application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application> dependencies
</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="portmap"/></para></sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application></title>
<para>Install <application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application> by running the
following commands:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../fam-&fam-version;-dnotify-1.patch &amp;&amp;
autoreconf -f -i &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>
<para><command>patch -Np1 -i ../fam-&fam-version;-dnotify-1.patch</command>: This patch enables
<application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application> to use the Linux kernel
dnotify mechanism to inform the calling process of
file modifications, rather than polling the file system for
modifications.</para>
<para><command>autoreconf -f -i</command>
This command is necessary since the dnotify patch affects the
<filename>configure.ac</filename> and <filename>Makefile.am</filename>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application></title>
<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<para><filename>/etc/rpc</filename>,
<filename>/etc/fam.conf</filename>,
<filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename>,
<filename>/etc/xinetd.d/fam</filename>
or <filename>/etc/xinetd.conf</filename>
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
<para>Configuring the file alteration monitor.</para>
<para>If you use <application>inetd</application>, add the
<application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application> entry to
<filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> with the
following command: </para>
<screen><userinput><command>echo "sgi_fam/1-2 stream rpc/tcp wait root /usr/sbin/famd fam" &gt;&gt; /etc/inetd.conf</command></userinput></screen>
<para>If you use <application>xinetd</application>, add an entry to
<filename>/etc/xinetd.conf</filename> with the following command (be
sure the "nogroup" group exists):</para>
<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/xinetd.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
# description: FAM - file alteration monitor
service sgi_fam
{
type = RPC UNLISTED
socket_type = stream
user = root
group = nogroup
server = /usr/sbin/famd
wait = yes
protocol = tcp
rpc_version = 2
rpc_number = 391002
}
<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
<para>If you do not have any inetd daemon installed and have no
wish to install one, you can also start fam during system startup
by installing <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/fam</filename>
init script included in the
<xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
<screen><userinput><command>make install-fam</command></userinput></screen>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>
<para>The <application><acronym>FAM</acronym></application> package contains
the <command>famd</command> executable and <filename>libfam</filename>
libraries.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Description</title>
<sect3><title>famd</title>
<para><command>famd</command> is the file alteration monitor.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>