[haiku-development] Re: Monitoring file contents modifications
- From: Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:39:43 +0100
On 2010-02-07 at 18:39:16 [+0100], Michael Pfeiffer
<michael.w.pfeiffer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In BeOS it was quite easy using the node monitor to get a notification
> after the contents of a file had changed by testing if the "opcode" field
> in the notification message was set to B_STAT_CHANGED.
> Changing attribute values did not trigger that notification.
> It seems in Haiku however changing an attribute also triggers
> B_STAT_CHANGED (with B_STAT_SIZE and B_STATE_MODIFICATION_TIME set in
> "fields" field in the notification message).
>
> In BeOS maybe other file modifications (for instance changing the owner?)
> also triggered B_STATE_CHANGED. My point is that in Haiku I cannot
> distinguish between attribute modifications and file contents modifications
> anymore. Any ideas how to monitor file contents modifications in Haiku only
> would be appreciated.
This sounds like a BFS bug. If you haven't done so already, please file a
ticket.
CU, Ingo
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