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Old 02-27-2007
With the concept of tail -f, only the script was provided, where you have the list updated in the file 'update' every 'n' seconds maintained in the for loop, if you want to refresh the list as soon as possible, decrement the sleep time.

Though I had not done extensive testing for the posted script. I just verified whether the update file is getting refreshed and it worked for me.

Am sure the required difference would be necessarily be captured.

Please post us with what is needed and whats happening! Smilie
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mp_compareoids

MP_CompareOIDs(3MPAPI)				   Common Multipath Management Library Functions			    MP_CompareOIDs(3MPAPI)

NAME

       MP_CompareOIDs - compare two object IDs

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag... ] file... -lMPAPI [ library... ]
       #include <mpapi.h>

       MP_STATUS MP_CompareOIDs(MP_OID oid1, MP_OID oid2);

PARAMETERS

       oid1    An object ID that has type MP_OIDs for two objects to compare.

       oid2    An object ID that has type MP_OIDs for two objects to compare.

DESCRIPTION

       The  MP_CompareOIDs()  function compares two object IDs (OIDs) for equality to see whether they refer to the same object. The fields in the
       two object IDs are compared field-by-field for equality.

RETURN VALUES

       MP_STATUS_FAILED    The object IDs do not compare.

       MP_STATUS_SUCCESS    The two object IDs refer to the same object.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard: ANSI  INCITS  412  |
       |			     |Multipath Management API	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       libMPAPI(3LIB), attributes(5)

       Multipath Management API Version 1.0

SunOS 5.11							    15 Feb 2006 					    MP_CompareOIDs(3MPAPI)