On Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:35:04 -0600, Philip McGrath <phi...@philipmcgrath.com> wrote:
>It appears that a `filesystem-change-evt` created with a path referring to >a symbolic link effectively watches the target of the link for changes, not >the link itself. For example, deleting the link and creating a new link >that points to a different target does not cause the event to become ready >for synchronization. (I've included a demonstration program at the end of >this email.) > >If this is the expected behavior, it seems like it would be worth >mentioning in the documentation for `filesystem-change-evt`. > : Changing a symlink should cause a change event on the link's parent directory. As to monitoring the link file itself, I'm not sure that can be done. AFAICT, Windows and Linux both will transfer a file notify request on the symlink to be on the target instead. George -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
