Strategie for detecting changes to remote network files
Strategie for detecting changes to remote network files
- Subject: Strategie for detecting changes to remote network files
- From: Thomas Tempelmann <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:35:38 +0200
My app, a find tool with a file browser, attempts to keep its browser window updated even if the user renames or moves files via another app, e.g. in the Finder.
With local volumes, that's fairly easy.
But how shall I do this on remote volumes?
Is it best I perform my own checking by re-fetching the file properties to detect modifications, or do the advanced tracking methods of OS X also work well on remote volumes?
E.g., does any of the network file systems, maybe SMB2, support file change notifications, meaning polling is not necessary, and does OSX make use of that?
Or would at least OSX notify me when the user on this Mac makes changes to files on the network volume? (Meaning I could detect changes made by the user without polling, while I'd still need to poll to detect changes made from other computers?)
Any advice and insights are appreciated.
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