Re: UKKQueue and CVS
Re: UKKQueue and CVS
- Subject: Re: UKKQueue and CVS
- From: Uli Kusterer <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:22:54 +0100
On 21.12.2010, at 11:58, Martin Hewitson wrote:
> I have implemented an editor where I use UKKQueue to handle changes to the file by other apps. The problem is that I don't get a notification if the file is committed to a CVS repository (or an SVN repository, for that matter).
Many applications create a second file, write to that, then swap the two out afterwards. That way, if the write fails, you don't lose the file. Since kqueues work at a low level, you'll get a 'delete' or 'rename/move' notification in that case only. Have you checked if that's the case?
Cheers,
-- Uli Kusterer
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