Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 11:40:29 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Rafael García <rafael AT geninfor DOT com>
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Subject: Re: continuous file reading
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On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Rafael Garc=EDa wrote:

> Now, my question is about the main loop, where I try to read all the time=
,
> because I don't know if it is possible to use some kind of signal to read
> only where file had grown.
>=20
> Any suggestion?

Use the `fstat' library function, it returns info about the file's size
and time stamp by its handle.