Re: [Tracker] one question about inotify

[Jerry Tan <Jerry Tan Sun COM>]

thanks.

Solaris has a samilar API,  File events notification
It is just like inofy or fam,
I will check its status to see if I can use it in tracker currently.


BTW: Is there any roadmap for tracker?
    I notice that you are not guarentee its API and database schema 
stability before 1.0.
    Is there any schedule to integrate it into gnome stack?


> On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 17:58 +0800, Jerry Tan wrote:
>   
> > when I configure tracker trunk code on solaris,
> >
> > it tells me that
> >
> > file monitor backend to be used: polling only
> > inotify header location: none
> > ioprio support: no
> >
> >
> > It detects some kernel features, such as inotify
> > which is to monito file system change,
> >     
>
> It will also detect FAM/GAMIN as well (make sure you have the headers
> for these installed so it can detect them)
>
>   
> > but I want to know that solaris doesnot support inotify,
> > how it will impact tracker's features on solaris?
> >     
>
> real time updates and detection of file moves will be affected. Does
> solaris provide any kernel notification of file changes?
>
> If so we would accept patches for it
>
>
>   
> > btw: I have no linux box at hand, I want to know
> > when configure tracker on linux, what are the values for
> > file monitor backend to be used?
> >     
>
> 1) Inotify
> 2) GAMIN
> 3) FAM
> 4) POLLING (also used if any of the above fail like EG on NFS)
>
> jamie.
>
>
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