Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives (was: silent semantic changes with reiser4) | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Thu, 02 Sep 2004 23:27:06 +0100 |
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On Iau, 2004-09-02 at 22:47, Jamie Lokier wrote: > - Can the daemon keep track of _every_ file on my disk like this? > That's more than a million files, and about 10^5 directories. > dnotify would require the daemon to open all the directories. > I'm not sure what inotify offers.
This is currently a real issue for both desktop search and for virus scanners. They want a "what changed and where" system wide (or at least per namespace/mount).
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