Re: File watcher process for BSD

Matt McClure <[email protected]> Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:34:34 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.network.unison.devel
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> On Aug 24, 2015, at 19:36, Chris Stankevitz <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On 8/21/15 10:38 AM, Matt McClure wrote:
>> Is fsmonitor.py sufficient?
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> Matt,
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> I assumed it wasn't given that is has sections for linux, mac, and windows but not BSD.  Mac code uses fsevents which is not supported on BSD.  Linux code uses inotify which is not supported by BSD.

You might know better then et than I do in that case.

> Can you tell me: when using '-repeat watch', how does unison discover the PID of the fsmonitor.py?  Or, if unison launches fsmonitor.py, where/how does it find it or where can I change the name?

Sorry, I don't know without reading the code.

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> Thank you,
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> Chris
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