fs_rom closing and re-opening watches

Pirmin Duss pirmin.duss at gapfruit.com
Wed Nov 4 08:39:09 CET 2020


Hello Emery

Thanks for the explanation. With this information I see, why closing and
re-opening files on notification is required.

Cheers,
Pirmin

On 11/3/20 10:57 AM, Emery Hemingway wrote:
> Hello Pirmin,
> 
> From what I remember, given that the watch notifications do not carry
> any metadata on the nature of the notification (for better or worse),
> closing and reopening the handles is the best way for fs_rom to stay
> informed.
> 
> I believe the reasoning was that if a file exists and is watched, then a
> new file is "moved" to replace the watched file, a fresh watch handle
> needs to be opened. I think many text editors and other tools do this.
> 
> Cheers,
> Emery
> 
> 
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