File watchers use is specific routines at the back such as inotify, kqueue or fsevent. That said this is not the same as what UV_poll_t does. The former is for watching higher level changes to files, that is be notified when the file changes, the latter is for I/O readiness.
What is your use case for adding FD based fswatch? Nikhil On Apr 22, 2013 9:06 PM, "Ujjwal Thaakar" <[email protected]> wrote: > When there is stat, there is fstat so I see it only reasonable that there > should be a FWatch support at the js level and then Watch can be a special > case of this. Watch does the same thing I guess at the backend using > UV_poll_t so why not give direct support to watching fds. What do you think? > > > On 22 April 2013 20:49, Nikhil Marathe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Fds can refer to non files so there doesn't seem to be js level support. >> You'll want to use UV_poll_t >> https://github.com/search?q=uv_poll_t+repo%3AJoyent%2Fnode&ref=searchresults&type=Code >> >> Nikhil >> On Apr 22, 2013 12:16 AM, "Ujjwal Thaakar" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Is there any provision like fs.Watch but for file descriptors? >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >>> Posting guidelines: >>> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "nodejs" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "nodejs" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "nodejs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nodejs/e2IHI4l5AW4/unsubscribe?hl=en. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Thanks > Ujjwal > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
