Re: Bug#846401: ITP: fswatch -- File change monitor that receives notifications on file or directory changes
On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 01:32:27AM +0100, Alf Gaida wrote:
> fswatch implements four kinds of monitors:
^^^^
> * A monitor based on the File System Events API of Apple OS X.
> * A monitor based on kqueue, a notification interface introduced in FreeBSD 4.1 (and supported
> on most *BSD systems, including OS X).
> * A monitor based on the File Events Notification API of the Solaris kernel and its derivatives.
> * A monitor based on inotify, a Linux kernel subsystem that reports file system changes to applications.
> * A monitor based on ReadDirectoryChangesW, a Microsoft Windows API that reports changes to a directory.
> * A monitor which periodically stats the file system, saves file modification times in memory, and
> manually calculates file system changes (which works anywhere stat (2) can be used).
The math makes me confused, I have some troubles understanding the carry
rules here: if I have a whole hand of fingers, and need to use one finger
from the other hand, this makes four, right? If so, you got it correct, but
as I'm not certain, I thought it's better to ask.
Meow!
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