On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 05:40:29PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2019/08/01 17:32, [email protected] wrote: > > hi guys, > > > > just wondering if mpd can be compiled with the auto-update enabled ? > > Currently after installing mpd binary I have to manually update my database > > when files are removed / added. Thxs for your time > > > > > > -- > > Securely sent with Tutanota. Get your own encrypted, ad-free mailbox: > > https://tutanota.com > > It's not a simple case of "enable flag and build it", this features uses > a Linux-specific interface (inotify) to monitor directories. > > It might be possible to convert to something using the BSD kqueue interface, > but this will use quite a lot of resources (a file descriptor for every > monitored file, not just directory), on even an average sized music > collection this is likely to run into kernel limits very easily ..
We have a port of inotify. Maybe we could provide a FLAVOR? (I don't need it, just saying) -- Antoine
