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Re: [RFC/PATCH] Documentation/technical/api-fswatch.txt: start with outline

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PWPete Wyckoff <pw@padd.com>
Date
Mar 15, 2013, 16:27 UTC
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gitster@pobox.com wrote on Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:38 -0700:
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> Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > However, AFAIK inotify doesn't work recursively, so the daemon
> > would at least have to track the directory structure to be able to
> > register / unregister inotify handlers as directories come and go.
> 
> Yes, and you would need one inotify per directory but you do not
> have an infinite supply of outstanding inotify watch (wasn't the
> limit like 8k per a single uid or something?), so the daemon must be
> prepared to say "I'll watch this, that and that directories, but the
> consumers should check other directories themselves."

fanotify is an option here too; it can watch an entire file system.

		-- Pete
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  1. Documentation/technical/api-fswatch.txt: start with outlineRamkumar Ramachandra, Mar 10, 2013
  2. Heiko VoigtMar 11, 2013
  3. Ramkumar RamachandraMar 12, 2013
  4. Erik Faye-LundMar 12, 2013
  5. Jeff KingMar 12, 2013
  6. Karsten BleesMar 12, 2013
  7. Duy NguyenMar 13, 2013
  8. Karsten BleesMar 13, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2013
  10. Duy NguyenMar 14, 2013
  11. Pete WyckoffMar 15, 2013
  12. Thomas RastMar 16, 2013
  13. Ramkumar RamachandraMar 18, 2013
  14. Thomas RastMar 18, 2013
  15. Ramkumar RamachandraMar 25, 2013
  16. Duy NguyenMar 25, 2013
  17. Ramkumar RamachandraMar 25, 2013

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