Yes, it looks like that fd is opened just because there's an fd field in the handle and otherwise it could get lonely ;-)
There are already OSX version ifdefs in the code so another probably won't hurt. Glad to hear this problem exists only because it's a low priority and not because there's a fundamental obstacle. On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 12:50 AM, Saúl Ibarra Corretgé <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 06/02/2015 02:21 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > As far as I can tell, libuv on OS X uses FSEvents to watch directories > > but kqueue to watch files, resulting in one open fd per watched file. > > Combined with OS X's insanely small default fd table, this makes it > > tough to build a dropbox style sync utility on top of libuv. > > > > FAIS we still open an fd when FSEvents is used, which should be solvable. > > > The FSEvents doc says that since 10.7, FSEvents can watch files as well > > as directories. But the libuv code still seems to test for S_IFDIR and > > otherwise goto fallback (kqueue). > > > > I'm wondering whether a pure FSEvents file watcher isn't in libuv > > because it wouldn't work for some reason, or because it's just a low > > priority. If the latter, I'd be happy to try and come up with a patch. > > > > Fedor can probably give you a better answer, but probably it has to do > with the fact that OSX < 10.7 is still supported (ish). Personally, I'm > open to the debate of dumping support for OSX < 10.8, but we should > probably preserve it in v1.x, dumping it in master should be fine though. > > You're more than welcome to write a patch for it and improve it, of course! > > > Cheers, > > -- > Saúl Ibarra Corretgé > bettercallsaghul.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "libuv" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/libuv/IlZlhWilF5E/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/libuv. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "libuv" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/libuv. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
