Inotify still sucks rest assured :-) A watch on a dir will only tell us when some unspecified thing happens to some unspecified file in that directory. We could install monitors directly on the last N (fx. 100) actual file inodes perhaps, but I am reluctant to do that - what happens when we aren't running? Do you wanna stat() all the last N files on startup (eeeeek!)?
In any case this could be done entirely in an extension. As I said before I think FANotify and/or btrfs is our only hope here - or actually using Tracker directly to monitor these events. Tracker is probably the most advanced file monitor out there these days. -- Monitoring for new files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/602211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Zeitgeist Framework Team, which is subscribed to Zeitgeist Framework. Status in Zeitgeist Framework: New Bug description: I was thinking on how tracker monitors new files to index. Turns out they monitor directories using inotify. Recurse XDG dirs and single iterate $HOME Does this make sense to us? _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zeitgeist Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zeitgeist More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
