Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 09 Jan 2001 16:41:08 +0100 | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: FS callback routines |
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Jesse Pollard wrote: > Daniel Phillips <phillips@innominate.de>: > > This may be the most significant new feature in 2.4.0, as it allows us > > to take a fundamentally different approach to many different problems. > > Three that come to mind: mail (get your mail instantly without polling); > > make (don't rely on timestamps to know when rebuilding is needed, don't > > scan huge directory trees on each build); locate (reindex only those > > directories that have changed, keep index database current). As you > > noticed, there are many others. > > ... > > It would also be very nice if the security of the feature could be > confirmed. The problem with SGI's implementation is that it becomes > possible to monitor files that you don't own, don't have access to, > or are not permitted to know even exist.
To receive notification about events in a given directory you have to be able to open it. Is this adequate for your needs?
> For these reasons, we have disabled the feature.
It's nice to have that option, isn't it? ;-)
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