Re: fam vs. gamin

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Alexander Larsson">

> > But it works by polling, while fam queries the remote fam server which
> > is notified by dnotify.
> 
> Are you actually aware of any systems that have set up fam on the NFS
> server like this?

I've seen some desktop deployments (home on NFS) that once used it, but
mainly because it could be done, not because it was absolutely necessary.

However, in an utterly different use case, I have seen fam used with the
Courier IMAP server, between IMAP frontends and the file storage backend.
It's used for client notification, so almost as soon as an email is dropped
into a Maildir by the MTA, it's visible to the client.

Not massive rationalisation, but something to consider.

- Jeff

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