Hello Rishi > Suppose I have a config file that my program reads > at startup. Now suppose a user goes ahead and changes > that file, I wish to re-read the file again. > How do I achieve that? > TIA! > Rishi this is not related to this mailing list ( assuming ur talking about a user space process ). anyway, the standard way is to send the progi a signal, usually HUP . set ur progi to catch this signal, and reread its configuration. these would help: man signal man sigaction ======================================================================== nir. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
