Re: alternative filesystem view

> What I meant by that is the OS keeps track of the 
> state/status of the filesystem, which is different 
> than BitPim's filesystem view.

That isn't true :-)  A program like Explorer effectively
polls the filesystem to maintain what it is showing in
response to user interaction.

It can register a change notification with the kernel.
However that may or may not fire, and when it does
can include details of the changes (eg file foo was
deleted) or no details at all (just that a change has
happened).  (And if the directory is on a networked
filesystem then that may or may not even do change
notifications).

The story is the same on Linux.  Any program that shows
filesystem information has to be aware that contents
can change underneath them, and operations can take an
unknowable amount of time.

Roger




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