Scott, Sorry, I spoke to soon. This fsevents api does indeed *sound* robust enough for my requirments. But now what? I assume these are libraries of functions in c. How does "high level" Randall get these functions into an xtalk external? Are you an external writer?
Randall -----Original Message----- From: "Scott Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Revolution Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: 1/10/2008 1:21 PM Subject: Re: tapping into finder events Recently, Randall Lee Reetz wrote: > The suggestions posted to my questions have all required polling, which is > peridic comparison of what was with what is now. This is scary inefficient > compared with getting delta messages as they occure. Not sure if you've already come across this, but it *looks* like the underlying principles may be what you're after (for OS X only): "... the FSEvents API. This API provides a mechanism to notify clients about directories they ought to re-scan in order to keep their internal data structures up-to-date with respect to the true state of the file system. (For example, when files or directories are created, modified, or removed.) It sends these notifications "in bulk", possibly notifying the client of changes to several directories in a single callback. By using the API, clients can notice such changes quickly, without needing to resort to recursive polling/scanning of the file system." http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/FSEvents_Ref/FSEve nts/index.html Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
