diff -ur beagle-0.0.8.1.old/glue/inotify-glue.c beagle-0.0.8.1/glue/inotify-glue.c
--- beagle-0.0.8.1.old/glue/inotify-glue.c	2005-04-06 18:02:33.000000000 -0400
+++ beagle-0.0.8.1/glue/inotify-glue.c	2005-04-06 18:04:54.000000000 -0400
@@ -85,20 +85,23 @@
 inotify_glue_watch (int fd, const char *filename, __u32 mask)
 {
 	struct inotify_watch_request iwr;
-	__s32 wd;
+	int file_fd, wd;
 
-	iwr.mask = mask;
-	iwr.name = strdup (filename);
-	if (!iwr.name) {
-		perror ("strdup");
+	file_fd = open (filename, O_RDONLY);
+	if (file_fd < 0) {
+		perror ("open");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	iwr.fd = file_fd;
+	iwr.mask = mask;
+
 	wd = ioctl (fd, INOTIFY_WATCH, &iwr);
 	if (wd < 0)
 		perror ("ioctl");
 
-	free (iwr.name);
+	if (close (file_fd))
+		perror ("close");
 
 	return wd;
 }
diff -ur beagle-0.0.8.1.old/glue/inotify.h beagle-0.0.8.1/glue/inotify.h
--- beagle-0.0.8.1.old/glue/inotify.h	2005-04-06 18:02:33.000000000 -0400
+++ beagle-0.0.8.1/glue/inotify.h	2005-04-06 18:06:04.000000000 -0400
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  * Pass to the inotify device via the INOTIFY_WATCH ioctl
  */
 struct inotify_watch_request {
-	char		*name;		/* filename name */
+	int		fd		/* fd of filename to watch */
 	__u32		mask;		/* event mask */
 };