File alteration monitor

File alteration Monitor is a Subsystem for Unix-like operating systems notify certain applications whether certain files have been modified.

For example a filemanager application can detect if some file has been altered and update the icon or its filename respectively.

The system consists of two parts:

• famd, the FAM Daemon, which provides notifications and listens for requests.
  It can be configured by /etc/fam.conf
• libfam, the interface to the client