Re: File Monitoring under Mac OS X
Re: File Monitoring under Mac OS X
- Subject: Re: File Monitoring under Mac OS X
- From: Sam Hart <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 08:56:07 +0100
Krishna wrote:
It is my understanding that the FreeBSD file system,
which is the one used in the Darwin kernel of Mac OS
is stackable. Is writing a loadable module on top of
this a better option?
in reference to stacking file systems in Darwin, you might want to read
this :
<
http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1242.html>
to quote :
"Stacking File Systems -- Apple does not support the development of
stacking VFS plug-ins on Mac OS X. We've taken this position because,
in our opinion, it's not possible to create a stacking VFS plug-in that:
1. works reliably,
2. does not severely impinge on system performance, and
3. has any hope of binary (or even source-level) compatibility with
future systems."
AFAIK that still holds
However I am led to believe that it has been done, but am not sure if
it met Apple's criteria quoted above.
S a m
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