Re: g_io_channel_add_watch

[Tristan Van Berkom <vantr touchtunes com>]

Thanks alot; I needed a laugh.

        I have the luxury of coding in a Linux;
embedded environment and never had to _or_ bothered
to deal with Win32. Every time I hear stuff like
that my disinterest in Win. increases. Just glad
its not my job.

Good luck,

Tristan

Harring Figueiredo wrote:
>  Tristan,
>
>  You are just repeating my question !!! LOL -- this was exactly what I said
> when
> I first tried to work with the proprietary, close source/info, software.--- I
> asked their company?
>
>  Did you guys know that there is something called socket and that would make
> your app network transparent ?
>
>   Answer: Oh, it is esasier for our users to access the protocol through a flat
> file.
>
>    I said: "Well, now every user running on a dist. environment needs to set a
> socket server of their own on a machine just to do what your software could do
> in the first place -- Now we have to write a server, a file locking mechanism
> that on windows correctly ( We initially used JAVA to write to this file, but
> stupid, brain dead JAVA did not have file locking -- and now it does not work
> properly on 1.4 -- end side note). { try : file.getChannel.lcok(), and you will
> get a ugly exception!!).
>
>   Are you sure you guys still think that it would be easier ??
>
>   Then I said -- people make stupid mistakes -- they just have a tough time
> admitting it.
>
>   Sorry for being so humble :P)
>
>  Is that funny or what ? ( I hope you had a good laugh :P)
>
> Harring.
>
>
> --- Tristan Van Berkom <vantr touchtunes com> wrote:
> > I _really_ don't get it. why do
> > Inter Process Communication with a
> > regular file !?
> >
> > why not a network protocoll ?
> >
> > man connect(), recv(), socket(),
> >       accept(), bind() ...
> >
> > you must have some of this stuff in
> > a Win environment.
> >
> >
> >     -Tristan
> >
> > Harring Figueiredo wrote:
> > >  Thanks for the reply --
> > >
> > >  I need to communicate with a proprietary software through this file --
> > >  Locking is done on both sides -- I guess I am going to do the "smartest"
> > > pulling there is:)
> > >
> > >    while(file locked)
> > >    {
> > >        sleep(1);
> > >        if(tries > 10 ) break; /* could not open the file for now -- come
> > back
> > > later. */
> > >     }
> > >
> > >  I can't think of any alternatives --
> > >
> > > Harring
> > >
> > > --- Tristan Van Berkom <vantr touchtunes com> wrote:
> > > >       An IO channel needs an open file descritpor.
> > > > How do you manage that in windows ? I assume you need to
> > > > use a socket instead of a named pipe. (I'm guessing
> > > > you need a simple IPC). I'm absolutly clueless in
> > > > the Win environmentbut I know that g_io_channel_add_watch
> > > > needs to have an open file descriptor if its ever going
> > > > to perform select() poll() or whatever it does.
> > > >
> > > > Good luck!
> > > >       -Tristan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Harring Figueiredo wrote:
> > > > > Folks,
> > > > >
> > > > >  I am writting an app on Linux to run on Win.
> > > > >
> > > > >  On Win, once we open a file, it is locked, so other proc are
> > automatically
> > > > > blocked from  opening that file.
> > > > >
> > > > >   I want to add a watch (g_io_chanel_add_watch) to a regular file on
> > > > windows.
> > > > > Will this cause the file to remain open while the watch is active ? Can
> > the
> > > > > other process(es) still open the file?
> > > > >
> > > > >  Anyone with experience on that ?
> > > > >
> > > > >  Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > >  I have not tested, because I still don;t have the Win machine...
> > Thanks !!
> > > > > Harring.