[Popcon-developers] Debconf ideas

[dank06@kegel.com (Dan Kegel)]

On 6/18/07, Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert at math.u-bordeaux1.fr> wrote:
> > Alternately, you could use inotify on /bin and /usr/bin,
> > and track both file open and file close.  That would give
> > you not only how often the program was run, but how long
> > it ran, too.
>
> Do you think the overhead will be less than without noatime ?

I expect inotify is more overhead than atime.  I only mentioned it
because I thought it was interesting that it lets you monitor
how long the apps run.  I probably should have held my tongue...