If we go with Tracker then: 1) we will need to use their uuid stuff 2) new dependancy?
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 direct subscriber > of the bug. > > 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? > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/zeitgeist/+bug/602211/+subscribe > -- This is me doing some advertisement for my blog http://seilo.geekyogre.com -- 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
