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in reply to Re^2: Reopen file when contents changed?
in thread Reopen file when contents changed?

Forking anything would require resources... There is no need to fork just to read the contents of a file. But anyway, I think keeping the file open and just seek(0) is easier than opening the file everytime. I don't know how much impact open() would generate on load, but I do think seek(0) would cause even less impact.