Closed Bug 707916 Opened 13 years ago Closed 10 years ago

[OS.File] Add an API for filesystem event notification (ie. inotify, filewatcher...)

Categories

(Core :: Networking: File, enhancement)

Product:
Core
Component:
Networking: File
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 958280

People

(Reporter: cedricv, Unassigned)

Details

This is a feature currently missing in the platform that would be quite useful.

Eg. for bug 671982
Summary: (JSFileAPI) Add an API for filesystem events (inotify, filewatcher...) → (JSFileAPI) Add an API for filesystem event notification (ie. inotify, filewatcher...)
Assignee: general → nobody
Severity: normal → enhancement
Component: JavaScript Engine → Networking: File
QA Contact: general → networking.file
Summary: (JSFileAPI) Add an API for filesystem event notification (ie. inotify, filewatcher...) → [OS.File] Add an API for filesystem event notification (ie. inotify, filewatcher...)
It may be possible to implement this:
- under Linux, with inotify;
- under MacOS and BSD with kqueue;
- under Windows with FindFirstChangeNotification/FindNextChangeNotification.
Doug, David,
I assume this feature will be useful for the Media Storage API?
I think this is generally lower-level than the Media Storage API, but I would be glad if we could use it somewhere in the implementation of that API.
All this work is getting done elsewhere.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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