Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: init script optimizations?

[Georgi Georgiev]

maillog: 17/10/2004-00:44:09(+0000): Jeff Davidson types
> > The modtime of a directory changes only if a file is created/deleted in
> > the directory itself. However, if you simply edit a file you may not
> > change the modtime of the directory. Try it yourself:
> >
> What about a hash of the directory?  I haven't investigated the situation much,
> but I'd have to imagine that a CRC32, md5, or SHA1 (overkill) would be able to
> detect a file change and still be faster than always running modules-update.

Isn't this simpler and just as effective?

find /etc/modules.d/ -newer /etc/modules.conf | grep -q . && modules-update

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